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早型矮星系核:来自恒星星族的启示

Nuclei of early-type dwarf galaxies: insights from stellar populations

Sanjaya Paudel, Thorsten Lisker, Harald Kuntschner

摘要:

本文对室女星系团中26个早型矮星系的空间分辨恒星星族性质进行了综合分析。利用Lick/IDS吸收线指数,我们得到了简单恒星星族(SSP)等效年龄、金属丰度和[ $α$ /Fe]丰度比。特别是,我们集中在中央核和周围的银河系主体之间的恒星星族的比较。对于大多数dE来说,核心的恒星星族明显比各自银河系主体的恒星族年轻,平均相差3.5 Gyr。我们发现只有五个dEs的显着年龄比他们的银河系主体的核。此外,我们观察到大多数dE核更丰富的金属相比,他们的宿主星系。这些年龄和金属丰度的行为所示的几乎所有的dEs比M $_{\it r}$ = -17马格。我们还研究了径向梯度的存在下,在SSP参数的一个子集的13 dEs(高达1.2千秒差距或15弧秒半径)。我们注意到两种不同类型的梯度,即包括核在内的平滑轮廓,以及核与星系其余部分之间发生断裂的轮廓。然而,总体趋势是年龄增加,金属含量随半径降低,这与早期的研究一致。

英文摘要:

(Abridged) We present a comprehensive analysis of the spatially resolved stellar population properties of 26 early-type dwarf (dE) galaxies in the Virgo cluster. Using Lick/IDS absorption line indices we derive simple stellar population(SSP)-equivalent age, metallicity and [$α$/Fe] abundance ratio. In particular, we focus on the comparison of the stellar populations between the central nucleus and the surrounding galactic main body. The stellar populations of the nuclei are, for most dEs, significantly younger than those of the respective galactic main bodies, with an average difference of 3.5 Gyr. We find only five dEs with significantly older nuclei than their galactic main bodies. Furthermore, we observe most dE nuclei to be more metal rich compared to their host galaxies. These age and metallicity behaviours are shown by almost all dEs brighter than M$_{\it r}$ = -17 mag. We also examine the presence of radial gradients in the SSP parameters for a subset of 13 dEs (up to 1.2 kpc or 15 arcsec radius). We notice two different types of gradients, namely smooth profiles that include the nucleus, and profiles where a break occurs between the nucleus and the rest of the galaxy. Nevertheless, an overall trend of increasing age and decreasing metallicity with radius exists, consistent with earlier studies.

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