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用GHOSTS巡天检验星系形成模型:M81恒星晕的颜色轮廓

Testing galaxy formation models with the GHOSTS survey: The color profile of M81's stellar halo

Antonela Monachesi, Eric F. Bell, David Radburn-Smith, Marija Vlajic, Roelof S. de Jong, Jeremy Bailin, Julianne J. Dalcanton, Benne W. Holwerda, David Streich

摘要:

本文利用HST ACS/WFC对GHOSTS巡天19个视场的观测资料,研究了M81最外层的恒星星族的性质。观察到的场探测到距离银河系中心约50 kpc的投影距离的恒星晕。在F606 W和F814 W过滤器中观察每个视野。色星等图(CMD)的50%完整性水平通常位于红巨星分支(TRGB)尖端以下2等处。在距离近于15千秒差距的领域显示的证据盘占主导地位的人口,而在更大的距离领域主要是由晕星。M81晕CMD的RGB与~ 10 Gyr的等时线和[Fe/H] ~ -1.2 dex的等时线匹配良好,表明M81晕的优势恒星星族具有相似的年龄和金属丰度。M81晕的颜色分布宽度约为0.4等,中位值(F606 W-F814 W)约为1等,用23.7 &lt;F814 W 15 kpc星等范围内的恒星测量< 25.5. When considering only fields located at galactocentric radius R >,没有发现晕的颜色梯度。我们将RGB M81晕星在~ 15和50 kpc的中间颜色之间的差异限制为0.03+/-0.11等,对应于假设10 Gyr的恒定年龄的径向范围内的金属丰度差异为0.08+/-0.35 dex。我们比较这些结果与模型预测的颜色恒星晕形成纯粹通过吸积的卫星星系。当我们以与HST数据相同的方式分析宇宙学激发的模型时,我们发现它们预测恒星晕没有颜色梯度,与观测结果非常一致。

英文摘要:

We study the properties of the stellar populations in M81's outermost part, which hereafter we will term the stellar halo, using HST ACS/WFC observations of 19 fields from the GHOSTS survey. The observed fields probe the stellar halo out to a projected distance of ~ 50 kpc from the galactic center. Each field was observed in both F606W and F814W filters. The 50% completeness levels of the color magnitude diagrams (CMDs) are typically at 2 mag below the tip of the red giant branch (TRGB). Fields at distances closer than 15 kpc show evidence of disk-dominated populations whereas fields at larger distances are mostly populated by halo stars. The RGB of the M81's halo CMDs is well matched with isochrones of ~ 10 Gyr and metallicities [Fe/H] ~ -1.2 dex, suggesting that the dominant stellar population of M81's halo has a similar age and metallicity. The halo of M81 is characterized by a color distribution of width ~ 0.4 mag and an approximately constant median value of (F606W - F814W) ~ 1 mag measured using stars within the magnitude range 23.7 < F814W < 25.5. When considering only fields located at galactocentric radius R > 15 kpc, we detect no color gradient in the stellar halo of M81. We place a limit of 0.03+/-0.11 mag difference between the median color of RGB M81 halo stars at ~ 15 and at 50 kpc, corresponding to a metallicity difference of 0.08+/-0.35 dex over that radial range for an assumed constant age of 10 Gyr. We compare these results with model predictions for the colors of stellar halos formed purely via accretion of satellite galaxies. When we analyze the cosmologically motivated models in the same way as the HST data, we find that they predict no color gradient for the stellar halos, in good agreement with the observations.

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