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蓝色致密矮星系的恒星星族和恒星形成性质

The Stellar Population and Star Formation Properties of Blue Compact Dwarf Galaxies

Yinghe Zhao, Qiusheng Gu, Yu Gao

摘要:

利用Gil de Paz等人(2003)的样本与Sloan数字巡天数据第6版(SDSS DR 6)进行交叉相关,选取了一个蓝色致密矮星系(BCD)样本,研究了该样本的恒星星族、恒星形成历史和恒星形成特性。该样本包括31个BCD,它们跨越了银河系参数的大范围。利用恒星布居综合方法,我们导出了这些BCD的恒星星族,并重建了它们的恒星形成历史。我们的研究证实,BCDs不是经历第一次恒星形成的年轻系统,而是经历恒星爆发活动的老系统。大多数星系的恒星质量加权年龄可以达到10 Gyr,而光度加权年龄可能达到$\sim 3$年轻几个数量级($\sim 10$ Myr)。基于多波长数据,我们还研究了恒星形成的综合性质。我们的样本星系的SFR跨越近3个数量级,从几个$10^{-3}$到$\sim1\,M_\odot$ yr $^{-1}$,中值为$\sim 0.1\, M_\odot$ yr $^{-1}$。我们发现,约90%的BCD在我们的样本有他们的出生率参数(当前SFR的平均过去SFR的比值)$b>2-3$。我们进一步讨论了当前SFR与星系恒星质量的相关性,并探讨了SFR与金属丰度之间的联系。

英文摘要:

We study the stellar populations, star formation histories and star formation properties for a sample of blue compact dwarf galaxies (BCDs) selected by cross-correlating the Gil de Paz et al. (2003) sample with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 6 (SDSS DR6). The sample includes 31 BCDs, which span a large range in galactic parameters. Using a stellar population synthesis method, we derive the stellar populations and reconstruct the star formation histories for these BCDs. Our studies confirm that BCDs are not young systems experiencing their first star formation but old systems undergoing a starburst activity. The stellar mass-weighted ages can be as old as 10 Gyr while the luminosity-weighted ages might be up to $\sim 3$ orders of magnitude younger ($\sim 10$ Myr) for most galaxies. Based on multi-wavelength data, we also study the integrated star formation properties. The SFR for our sample galaxies spans nearly 3 orders of magnitude, from a few $10^{-3}$ to $\sim1\,M_\odot$ yr$^{-1}$, with the median value of $\sim 0.1\, M_\odot$ yr$^{-1}$. We find that about 90% BCDs in our sample have their birthrate parameter (the ratio of the current SFR to the averaged past SFR) $b>2-3$. We further discuss correlations of the current SFR with the integrated galactic stellar mass and explore the connection between SFR and metallicity.

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