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合唱团HI星系群:矮星系的金属丰度

Choirs HI Galaxy Groups: The metallicity of dwarf galaxies

Sarah M. Sweet, Michael J. Drinkwater, Gerhardt Meurer, Kenji Bekki, Michael A. Dopita, Virginia Kilborn, David C. Nicholls

摘要:

我们重新校准了富含气体的恒星形成矮星的光度-金属丰度关系,使其亮度达到M $_R$-13。我们使用Dopita等人(2013)的金属丰度校准来校准本分析中所有数据的关系。在金属度-光度空间中,我们在高置信度的SDSS DR 8恒星形成星系样本中发现了两个子群; 52%是富含金属的巨星,48%是金属介质星系。在文献中被归类为潮汐矮星系(TDG)候选者的富金属矮星的金属丰度通常为12 + log(O/H)= 8.70 $\pm$ 0.05,而比M $_R$ = -16更暗的SDSS矮星的平均金属丰度为12 + log(O/H)= 8.28 $\pm$ 0.10,无论它们的光度如何,这表明低光度星系的金属丰度存在一个大致的底限。我们的流体动力学模拟预测,TDGs应该有金属丰度高于正常的光度-金属丰度关系。因此,金属丰度可以是一个有用的诊断识别TDG候选人群在没有潮汐尾巴。在亮于M $_R$ ~ -16的星等上,我们对9个HI富气星系团中的53个成星星系进行的取样与SDSS样品定义的正态关系是一致的。在较暗的幅度有一个增加的分散在我们的样品中的金属丰度,暗示了广泛的HI含量和环境。在我们的样本中,我们确定了三个(16%的矮星)强TDG候选者(12 + log(O/H)> 8.6),和四个(21%)非常贫金属的矮星(12 + log(O/H)< 8.0),它们可能是最近点燃的恒星形成的富含气体的矮星。

英文摘要:

We present a recalibration of the luminosity-metallicity relation for gas-rich, star-forming dwarfs to magnitudes as faint as M$_R$ ~ -13. We use the Dopita et al. (2013) metallicity calibrations to calibrate the relation for all of the data in this analysis. In metallicity-luminosity space we find two sub-populations within a sample of high-confidence SDSS DR8 star-forming galaxies; 52% are metal-rich giants and 48% are metal-medium galaxies. Metal-rich dwarfs classified as tidal dwarf galaxy (TDG) candidates in the literature are typically of metallicity 12 + log(O/H) = 8.70 $\pm$ 0.05, while SDSS dwarfs fainter than M$_R$ = -16 have a mean metallicity of 12 + log(O/H) = 8.28 $\pm$ 0.10, regardless of their luminosity, indicating that there is an approximate floor to the metallicity of low luminosity galaxies. Our hydrodynamical simulations predict that TDGs should have metallicities elevated above the normal luminosity-metallicity relation. Metallicity can therefore be a useful diagnostic for identifying TDG candidate populations in the absence of tidal tails. At magnitudes brighter than M$_R$ ~ -16 our sample of 53 star-forming galaxies in 9 HI gas-rich groups is consistent with the normal relation defined by the SDSS sample. At fainter magnitudes there is an increase in dispersion in metallicity of our sample, suggestive of a wide range of HI content and environment. In our sample we identify three (16% of dwarfs) strong TDG candidates (12 + log(O/H) > 8.6), and four (21%) very metal poor dwarfs (12 + log(O/H) < 8.0), which are likely gas-rich dwarfs with recently ignited star formation.

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