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NGC 1569中老恒星的HST/ACS测光:一次邻近星暴的恒星形成历史

HST/ACS Photometry of Old Stars in NGC 1569: The Star Formation History of a Nearby Starburst

Aaron J. Grocholski, Roeland P. van der Marel, Alessandra Aloisi, Francesca Annibali, Laura Greggio, Monica Tosi

摘要:

我们使用HST/ACS获得了NGC 1569的深V和I波段图像,NGC 1569是宇宙中最接近和最强烈的星暴星系之一。这些数据使我们能够研究潜在的旧恒星星族,旨在了解NGC 1569在整个哈勃时间内的演变。我们专注于星系的不太拥挤的外部区域,色星等图(CMD)主要显示了一个红巨星分支(RGB),它向下延伸到红色团块/水平分支特征(RC/HB)。一个简单的恒星星族分析给出了一个更复杂的恒星形成历史(SFH)的外部区域的明确证据。我们推导出完整的SFH使用一个新开发的代码,SFHMATRIX,它适合CMD赫斯图通过解决一个非负最小二乘问题。我们的分析表明,RGB尖端和RC/HB的相对亮度,以及RGB的曲率和颜色,提供了足够的信息来改善年龄-金属丰度-消光简并。最适合数据的距离/红化组合是E(B-V)= 0.58 +/- 0.03和D = 3.06 +/- 0.18 Mpc。恒星形成开始于大约13 Gyr前,这占了外部区域的大部分质量。然而,最初的爆发之后是一个相对较低但恒定的恒星形成速率,直到大约0.5-0.7 Gyr前,可能有一个短暂的低强度恒星形成爆发。

英文摘要:

(abridged) We used HST/ACS to obtain deep V- and I-band images of NGC 1569, one of the closest and strongest starburst galaxies in the Universe. These data allowed us to study the underlying old stellar population, aimed at understanding NGC 1569's evolution over a full Hubble time. We focus on the less-crowded outer region of the galaxy, for which the color-magnitude diagram (CMD) shows predominantly a red giant branch (RGB) that reaches down to the red clump/horizontal branch feature (RC/HB). A simple stellar population analysis gives clear evidence for a more complicated star formation history (SFH) in the outer region. We derive the full SFH using a newly developed code, SFHMATRIX, which fits the CMD Hess diagram by solving a non-negative least squares problem. Our analysis shows that the relative brightnesses of the RGB tip and RC/HB, along with the curvature and color of the RGB, provide enough information to ameliorate the age-metallicity-extinction degeneracy. The distance/reddening combination that best fits the data is E(B-V) = 0.58 +/- 0.03 and D = 3.06 +/- 0.18 Mpc. Star formation began ~ 13 Gyr ago, and this accounts for the majority of the mass in the outer region. However, the initial burst was followed by a relatively low, but constant, rate of star formation until ~ 0.5-0.7 Gyr ago when there may have been a short, low intensity burst of star formation.

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