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静止旋涡星系和椭圆星系的相似恒星星族

The similar stellar populations of quiescent spiral and elliptical galaxies

Aday R. Robaina, Ben Hoyle, Anna Gallazzi, Raul Jimenez, Arjen van der Wel, Licia Verde

摘要:

我们比较了星系动物园和SDSS DR 7中视觉分类的非恒星形成螺旋星系和椭圆星系中心区域的恒星星族特性。这些星系位于红移范围$0.04<z<0.1$内,恒星质量大于$logM_*=10.4$。我们只选择正面的螺旋星系,以避免污染的光从光盘的SDSS光纤,使强大的视觉识别的螺旋结构。总的来说,我们发现,星系与较大的中央恒星速度色散,无论形态类型,有年龄较大,较高的金属丰度,和增加过剩的α-元素。年龄和α增强,在固定的速度分散,不依赖于形态类型。唯一的参数,在一个给定的速度色散,与形态类型相关的是金属丰度,在那里的螺旋星系的凸起的金属丰度是0.07德克斯高于椭圆星系。然而,对于具有给定总恒星质量的星系,这种对形态的依赖性消失了。假设,对于我们的样本,速度色散跟踪的质量单独的凸起,而不是总质量(凸起+磁盘)的星系,我们的研究结果意味着星系的形成时代和恒星形成期的持续时间与质量的凸起。金属保留在星系中的程度,而不是由于流出而被移除,由星系的总质量决定。

英文摘要:

We compare the stellar population properties in the central regions of visually classified non-starforming spiral and elliptical galaxies from Galaxy Zoo and SDSS DR7. The galaxies lie in the redshift range $0.04<z<0.1$ and have stellar masses larger than $logM_*=10.4$. We select only face-on spiral galaxies in order to avoid contamination by light from the disk in the SDSS fiber and enabling the robust visual identification of spiral structure. Overall, we find that galaxies with larger central stellar velocity dispersions, regardless of morphological type, have older ages, higher metallicities, and an increased overabundance of alpha-elements. Age and alpha-enhancement, at fixed velocity dispersion, do not depend on morphological type. The only parameter that, at a given velocity dispersion, correlates with morphological type is metallicity, where the metallicity of the bulges of spiral galaxies is 0.07 dex higher than that of the ellipticals. However, for galaxies with a given total stellar mass, this dependence on morphology disappears. Under the assumption that, for our sample, the velocity dispersion traces the mass of the bulge alone, as opposed to the total mass (bulge+disk) of the galaxy, our results imply that the formation epoch of galaxy and the duration of its star-forming period are linked to the mass of the bulge. The extent to which metals are retained within the galaxy, and not removed as a result of outflows, is determined by the total mass of the galaxy.

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