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WISE发现低金属量蓝色致密矮星系

WISE Discovery of Low Metallicity Blue Compact Dwarf Galaxies

Roger L. Griffith, Chao-Wei Tsai, Daniel Stern, Andrew Blain, Peter R. M. Eisenhardt, Fiona Harrison, Thomas H. Jarrett, Kristin Madsen, Spencer A. Stanford, Ed… 展开作者

Roger L. Griffith, Chao-Wei Tsai, Daniel Stern, Andrew Blain, Peter R. M. Eisenhardt, Fiona Harrison, Thomas H. Jarrett, Kristin Madsen, Spencer A. Stanford, Edward L. Wright, Jingwen Wu, Yanling Wu, Lin Yan

摘要:

本文报道了利用宽视场红外巡天探测器(WISE)发现的两个新的低金属丰度蓝矮星系WISEP J080103.93+264053.9(以下简称W 0801 +26)和WISEP J170233.53+180306.4(以下简称W1702+18)。我们通过这两种BCD在中红外波长下的极红色来识别它们,并使用凯克一号上的低分辨率成像光谱仪获得了后续的光谱学。这两个来源的中红外特性与研究充分的极低金属量星系SBS 0335- 052 E相似。我们确定W 0801 +26和W1702+18的金属丰度分别为12 + log(O/H)= 7.75和7.63,将它们置于非常缺乏金属的星系中(Z < 1/10 Zsun)。它们的H β当量宽度大于300埃,与SBS 0335- 052 E相似,暗示存在年轻(小于500万年)的恒星形成区。我们测量的W 0801 +26和W1702+18的恒星形成率分别为2.6和10.9 Msun/年。这些BCD显示了最近在极低金属丰度环境中的恒星形成活动,为研究极端条件下的恒星形成提供了新的实验室,并且是宇宙中形成的第一代星系的低红移类似物。利用全天WISE巡天,我们讨论了一种新的方法来识别类似的恒星形成,低金属丰度的BCDs。

英文摘要:

We report two new low metallicity blue compact dwarf galaxies (BCDs), WISEP J080103.93+264053.9 (hereafter W0801+26) and WISEP J170233.53+180306.4 (hereafter W1702+18), discovered using the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE). We identified these two BCDs from their extremely red colors at mid-infrared wavelengths, and obtained follow-up optical spectroscopy using the Low Resolution Imaging Spectrometer on Keck I. The mid-infrared properties of these two sources are similar to the well studied, extremely low metallicity galaxy SBS 0335-052E. We determine metallicities of 12 + log(O/H) = 7.75 and 7.63 for W0801+26 and W1702+18, respectively, placing them amongst a very small group of very metal deficient galaxies (Z < 1/10 Zsun). Their > 300 Angstrom Hbeta equivalent widths, similar to SBS 0335-052E, imply the existence of young (< 5 Myr) star forming regions. We measure star formation rates of 2.6 and 10.9 Msun/yr for W0801+26 and W1702+18, respectively. These BCDs, showing recent star formation activity in extremely low metallicity environments, provide new laboratories for studying star formation in extreme conditions and are low-redshift analogs of the first generation of galaxies to form in the universe. Using the all-sky WISE survey, we discuss a new method to identify similar star forming, low metallicity BCDs.

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