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矮球状星系的超新星驱动外流和化学演化

Supernova-driven outflows and chemical evolution of dwarf spheroidal galaxies

Yong-Zhong Qian, Gerald J. Wasserburg

摘要:

我们提出了一个一般的唯象模型的金属丰度分布(MD)的[Fe/H]矮球状星系(dSphs)。这些星系似乎已经停止从星系际介质中吸积气体,并且是恒星经历缓慢内部演化的星系化系统。对于各种各样的未处理的重子物质的进料恒星形成的下落历史,大多数观察到的MD可以很好地描述我们的模型。关键的要求是,由超新星驱动的外流所损失的气体质量的比例接近于1。该模型还预测了恒星总质量与dSphs的平均金属丰度之间的关系,符合其暗物质晕的性质。该模型进一步预测,作为一个自然的结果,元素,如O,Mg和Si的丰度比[E/Fe]下降的恒星星族在高端的[Fe/H]范围在dSph.我们发现,在我们的模型中的MD是非常尖锐的峰值在一个[Fe/H]值,在大多数球状星团中观察到的,远低于气体损失的净速率恒星形成和流出。这表明球状星团可能是与dSphs相同家族的末端成员。

英文摘要:

We present a general phenomenological model for the metallicity distribution (MD) in terms of [Fe/H] for dwarf spheroidal galaxies (dSphs). These galaxies appear to have stopped accreting gas from the intergalactic medium and are fossilized systems with their stars undergoing slow internal evolution. For a wide variety of infall histories of unprocessed baryonic matter to feed star formation, most of the observed MDs can be well described by our model. The key requirement is that the fraction of the gas mass lost by supernova-driven outflows is close to unity. This model also predicts a relationship between the total stellar mass and the mean metallicity for dSphs in accord with properties of their dark matter halos. The model further predicts as a natural consequence that the abundance ratios [E/Fe] for elements such as O, Mg, and Si decrease for stellar populations at the higher end of the [Fe/H] range in a dSph. We show that for infall rates far below the net rate of gas loss to star formation and outflows, the MD in our model is very sharply peaked at one [Fe/H] value, similar to what is observed in most globular clusters. This suggests that globular clusters may be end members of the same family as dSphs.

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