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局域宇宙中的球状后合并

Spheroidal post-mergers in the local Universe

Alfredo Carpineti, Sugata Kaviraj, Daniel Darg, Chris Lintott, Kevin Schawinski, Stanislav Shabala

摘要:

星系合并是标准等级星系形成范例的一个基本方面。最近,银河动物园项目通过对整个SDSS光谱样本的直接目视检查,编制了一个包含3373个合并的大型同质目录。我们探讨了一个子集的星系从这个目录是球状的“合并后”(SPM)-其中一个单一的残余物是在合并后的最后阶段的放松,并显示出证据占主导地位的隆起,使他们似是而非的早期类型的星系的祖先。我们的研究结果表明,SPM有蓝色的颜色比一般的早期型星系人口可能是由于合并引起的恒星形成。使用光发射线比的分析表明,我们的SPM中有20个表现出LINER或Seyfert样的活动(68%),而其余10个星系被归类为恒星形成(16%)或静止(16%)。与Darg等人在正在进行的合并中的发射线活动的比较表明,活动星系核的分数在合并后上升,这表明活动星系核相可能只在合并过程的最后阶段才占主导地位。SPM的光学颜色和它们的祖先的合理质量比表明,虽然少数与两个早期星系之间的主要合并一致,但绝大多数是主要合并的残余物,其中至少有一个祖先是晚期星系。

英文摘要:

Galaxy merging is a fundamental aspect of the standard hierarchical galaxy formation paradigm. Recently, the Galaxy Zoo project has compiled a large, homogeneous catalogue of 3373 mergers, through direct visual inspection of the entire SDSS spectro- scopic sample. We explore a subset of galaxies from this catalogue that are spheroidal 'post-mergers' (SPMs) - where a single remnant is in the final stages of relaxation after the merger and shows evidence for a dominant bulge, making them plausible progenitors of early-type galaxies. Our results indicate that the SPMs have bluer colours than the general early-type galaxy population possibly due to merger-induced star formation. An analysis using optical emission line ratios indicates that 20 of our SPMs exhibit LINER or Seyfert-like activity (68%), while the remaining 10 galaxies are classified as either star forming (16%) or quiescent (16%). A comparison to the emission line activity in the ongoing mergers from Darg et al. indicates that the AGN fraction rises in the post-mergers, suggesting that the AGN phase probably becomes dominant only in the very final stages of the merger process. The optical colours of the SPMs and the plausible mass ratios for their progenitors indicate that, while a minority are consistent with major mergers between two early-type galaxies, the vast majority are remnants of major mergers where at least one progenitor is a late-type galaxy.

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