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M101星系的恒星星族特征及其演化线索

Gradients of Stellar Population Properties and Evolution Clues in a Nearby Galaxy M 101

Lin Lin, Hu Zou, Xu Kong, Xuanbin Lin, Yewei Mao, Zhaoji Jiang, Xu Zhou

摘要:

收集了从紫外、光学到红外的多波段光度图像,以获得附近的Scd型星系M101的空间分辨特性。利用演化的恒星星族合成模型,得到了Sandage恒星形成历史中年龄、金属丰度、尘埃衰减和恒星形成时间尺度的二维分布和径向剖面。当拟合的模型,我们使用IRX- $A_\mathrm{FUV}$关系,发现依赖于出生率b(现在和过去的平均恒星形成率的比率)的第二个参数,以约束尘埃衰减。M101的盘状结构中存在明显的参数梯度,支持“由内而外的盘状结构”生长理论。发现了两个具有不同年龄和颜色梯度的盘状区域,类似于另一个晚型星系NGC 628。恒星含量的金属丰度梯度比H { \sc ii}区的金属丰度梯度平缓。该星系的星盘内部光学厚度大于外部光学厚度,与类似和早期形态类型的星系相比,该星系的全球尘埃衰减较低。我们强调,变分恒星形成时标描述了真正的恒星形成历史的星系。从市中心到郊区,时间尺度稳步增加。我们还证实,在这个星系中的隆起是一个盘状的伪隆起,其演变很可能是由一些长期的小酒吧相对年轻的年龄,丰富的金属,和大量的尘埃过程。

英文摘要:

Multi-band photometric images from ultraviolet and optical to infrared are collected to derive spatially resolved properties of a nearby Scd type galaxy M 101. With evolutionary stellar population synthesis models, two-dimensional distributions and radial profiles of age, metallicity, dust attenuation, and star formation timescale in the form of the Sandage star formation history are obtained. When fitting with the models, we use the IRX-$A_\mathrm{FUV}$ relation, found to depend on a second parameter of birth rate b (ratio of present and past-averaged star formation rate), to constrain the dust attenuation. There are obvious parameter gradients in the disk of M101, which supports the theory of an "inside-out disk" growth scenario. Two distinct disc regions with different gradients of age and color are discovered, similar to another late-type galaxy NGC 628. The metallicity gradient of the stellar content is flatter than that of H {\sc ii} regions. The stellar disk is optically thicker inside than outside and the global dust attenuation of this galaxy is lower, compared with galaxies of similar and earlier morphological type. We highlight that a variational star formation timescale describes the real star formation history of a galaxy. The timescale increases steadily from the center to the outskirt. We also confirm that the bulge in this galaxy is a disk-like pseudobulge, whose evolution is likely to be induced by some secular processes of the small bar with relatively young age, rich metal, and much dust.

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