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根据HST/ACS资料研究贫金属行星BCD的恒星形成史

The Star Formation History of the very metal poor BCD IZw18 from HST/ACS data

F. Annibali, M. Cignoni, M. Tosi, R. P. van der Marel, A. Aloisi, G. Clementini, R. Contreras Ramos, G. Fiorentino, M. Marconi, I. Musella

摘要:

通过对深HST/ACS数据与合成色星等图的比较,推导了蓝矮星系IZw 18的恒星形成历史。统计分析的最佳拟合SFH和相对不确定性的识别。我们确认IZw 18不是一个真正年轻的星系,它开始形成恒星的时间早于~1 Gyr,可能与哈勃时间一样古老。在IZw 18的主体中,我们推断锁定在老恒星中的质量的下限为~2 x 10^{6} M_sun。IZw 18的主体在过去的1000万年里一直在非常活跃地形成恒星,平均恒星形成率(SFR)高达~1 M_sun/yr(或~2 x 10^{-5} M_sun/yr^{-1} pc^{-2})。另一方面,次级天体在这些时期的活动要少得多,这与没有显著的星云发射相一致。高电流SFR可以解释IZw 18中非常蓝色和高电离气体含量的现象,类似于早期宇宙中的原始星系。需要详细的化学演化模型来定量检查合成CMD的SFH是否可以解释低测量元素丰度,或者是否需要金属损失的银河风。

英文摘要:

We have derived the star formation history (SFH) of the blue compact dwarf galaxy IZw18 through comparison of deep HST/ACS data with synthetic color magnitude diagrams. A statistical analysis was implemented for the identification of the best-fit SFH and relative uncertainties. We confirm that IZw18 is not a truly young galaxy, having started forming stars earlier than ~1 Gyr ago, and possibly at epochs as old as a Hubble time. In IZw18's main body we infer a lower limit of ~2 x 10^{6} M_sun for the mass locked-up in old stars. IZw18' s main body has been forming stars very actively during the last ~10 Myr, with an average star formation rate (SFR) as high as ~1 M_sun/yr (or ~2 x 10^{-5} M_sun yr^{-1} pc^{-2}). On the other hand, the secondary body was much less active at these epochs, in agreement with the absence of significant nebular emission. The high current SFR can explain the very blue colors and the high ionized gas content in IZw18, resembling primeval galaxies in the early Universe. Detailed chemical evolution models are required to quantitatively check whether the SFH from the synthetic CMDs can explain the low measured element abundances, or if galactic winds with loss of metals are needed.

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