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作为恒星低速弥散核环起源的中等年龄恒星:Mrk 1157的例子

Intermediate-age Stars as Origin of Low Stellar velocity Dispersion Nuclear Rings: the case of Mrk 1157

Rogério Riffel, Rogemar André Riffel, Fabricio Ferrari, Thaisa Storchi-Bergmann

摘要:

我们用双子座近红外积分场摄谱仪(NIFS)以35 pc的空间分辨率绘制了Seyfert 2星系Mrk 1157(NGC 591)内部400 pc的恒星星族年龄分布图。我们已经进行了小波和主成分分析的数据,以消除仪器签名。一个古老的恒星星族组成部分(年龄> 5 Gyr)是占主导地位的内部~ 130 pc,我们归因于星系的隆起。在这一区域以外,直到观测场的边界,年轻到中等年龄的组成部分(0.1- 0.7 Gyr)占主导地位。至于Mrk 1066,我们以前研究过,我们发现这个中间的年龄组成部分和低恒星速度色散(西格玛 *)的部分环之间的空间相关性。在其他活动星系中也观察到了低σ * 核环,我们对Mrk 1157和Mrk 1066的研究结果表明,它们是由中等年龄的恒星形成的。这样的年龄与低σ * 环的起源是一个过去的事件的场景是一致的,该事件触发了气体的流入并形成了恒星,这些恒星仍然保持着形成它们的气体的较冷运动学。没有证据表明存在一个未解决的无特征的连续体和热尘埃成分-在Mrk 1066中发现-在Mrk 1157中发现。

英文摘要:

We have used the Gemini Near-infrared Integral Field Spectrograph (NIFS) to map the age distribution of the stellar population in the inner 400 pc of the Seyfert 2 galaxy Mrk 1157 (NGC 591), at a spatial resolution of 35 pc. We have performed wavelet and principal component analysis in the data in order to remove instrumental signatures. An old stellar population component (age > 5 Gyr) is dominant within the inner ~ 130 pc which we attribute to the galaxy bulge. Beyond this region, up to the borders of the observation field, young to intermediate age components (0.1--0.7 Gyr) dominate. As for Mrk 1066, previously studied by us, we find a spatial correlation between this intermediate age component and a partial ring of low stellar velocity dispersions (sigma*). Low-sigma* nuclear rings have been observed in other active galaxies and our results for Mrk 1157 and Mrk 1066 reveal that they are formed by intermediate age stars. Such age is consistent with a scenario in which the origin of the low-sigma* rings is a past event which triggered an inflow of gas and formed stars which still keep the colder kinematics of the gas from which they have formed. No evidence for the presence of an unresolved featureless continuum and hot dust component -- as found in Mrk1066 -- are found for Mrk 1157.

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