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矮星系的表面亮度分布:I.概况和统计

Surface Brightness Profiles of Dwarf Galaxies: I. Profiles and Statistics

Kimberly A. Herrmann, Deidre A. Hunter, Bruce G. Elmegreen

摘要:

旋涡星系的径向表面亮度分布可分为三种类型:(I)单指数型,即光以一个指数衰减到一个转折点后再衰减;(II)较陡型,或(III)较缓型。在矮星盘中也发现了轮廓断裂,但有些矮星II型在脱落前是平坦的或逐渐增加到断裂。在这里,我们重新研究了141颗矮星的恒星盘轮廓:96颗不规则矮星(dIms),26颗蓝色致密矮星(BCD)和19颗麦哲伦型螺旋(Sms)。我们在多达11个通带中拟合单指数、双指数甚至三指数分布:GALEX EUV和NUV,地基UBV JHK和Hα,以及Spitzer 3.6和4.5 μm。我们发现,更明亮的星系有更明亮的中心,更大的内外标度长度,并在更大的半径破裂;矮的趋势与M_B延伸到螺旋。而V带破裂面亮度与破裂类型、M_B和哈勃类型无关。矮型II型和III型轮廓在断裂处类似地脱落,但具有不同的内部,并且II型断裂的距离是III型的两倍。外部II型和III型标度长度随波长的变化趋势可能较弱,但纯II型内标度长度从FUV到可见光波段明显减小,而III型内标度长度随红色波段增加。这表明不同的恒星形成历史对剖面类型的影响,但尽管如此,在所有通带中,断裂位置大致相同。矮星系延续了轮廓和哈勃类型之间的趋势,因此较晚类型的星系比早期类型的螺旋星系有更多的II型,但更少的I型和III型轮廓。与dIm相比,BCD和SMS分别被过度代表为III型和II型。

英文摘要:

Radial surface brightness profiles of spiral galaxies are classified into three types: (I) single exponential, or the light falls off with one exponential to a break before falling off (II) more steeply, or (III) less steeply. Profile breaks are also found in dwarf disks, but some dwarf Type IIs are flat or increasing out to a break before falling off. Here we re-examine the stellar disk profiles of 141 dwarfs: 96 dwarf irregulars (dIms), 26 Blue Compact Dwarfs (BCDs), and 19 Magellanic-type spirals (Sms). We fit single, double, or even triple exponential profiles in up to 11 passbands: GALEX FUV and NUV, ground-based UBV JHK and Hα, and Spitzer 3.6 and 4.5 μm. We find that more luminous galaxies have brighter centers, larger inner and outer scale lengths, and break at larger radii; dwarf trends with M_B extend to spirals. However, the V-band break surface brightness is independent of break type, M_B, and Hubble type. Dwarf Type II and III profiles fall off similarly beyond the breaks but have different interiors and IIs break ~twice as far as IIIs. Outer Type II and III scale lengths may have weak trends with wavelength, but pure Type II inner scale lengths clearly decrease from the FUV to visible bands whereas Type III inner scale lengths increase with redder bands. This suggests the influence of different star formation histories on profile type, but nonetheless the break location is approximately the same in all passbands. Dwarfs continue trends between profile and Hubble types such that later-type galaxies have more Type II but fewer Type I and III profiles than early-type spirals. BCDs and Sms are over-represented as Types III and II, respectively, compared to dIms.

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