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NGC 3310 $-$盘中的电离恒星布居I.小合并对星系演化的影响

Ionizing stellar population in the disk of NGC 3310 $-$ I. The impact of a minor merger on galaxy evolution

D. Miralles-Caballero, A. I. Díaz, F. F. Rosales-Ortega, E. Pérez-Montero, S. F. Sánchez

摘要:

对小合并的数值模拟预测,全球恒星形成活动几乎没有增强。然而,目前还不清楚它们对整个星系的化学状态以及星系凸起和圆盘中的质量积聚的影响。我们提出了一个二维分析的NCG 3310,目前正在经历一个激烈的星爆可能造成的最近的一个小的相互作用,使用的数据从PPAK积分场光谱(IFS)附近的Galerkin调查(PINGS)。从一个大样本的约100个HII地区的整个磁盘和旋臂确定的数据,我们得出,使用强线金属丰度指标和直接推导,一个相当平坦的气体丰度梯度。因此,金属混合过程发生了,就像在观察到的星系相互作用中一样。光谱从PINGS数据和额外的多波长成像被用来执行光谱能量分布拟合恒星发射和光电离星云建模。电离恒星星族的特征是年龄范围窄(250 - 500万年)、质量范围宽($10^4-6\times10^6 M_\odot$)的单一星族。星云中尘埃颗粒的影响很重要,表明25-70%的紫外光子可以被尘埃吸收。在HII区的电离恒星星族通常只占恒星总质量的百分之几。这个比率代表了特定的恒星形成率,呈现出平坦或负的径向梯度。因此,微小的相互作用可能确实在隆起的质量积聚中起重要作用。

英文摘要:

Numerical simulations of minor mergers predict little enhancement in the global star formation activity. However, it is still unclear the impact they have on the chemical state of the whole galaxy and on the mass build-up in the galaxy bulge and disc. We present a two-dimensional analysis of NCG 3310, currently undergoing an intense starburst likely caused by a recent minor interaction, using data from the PPAK Integral Field Spectroscopy (IFS) Nearby Galaxies Survey (PINGS). With data from a large sample of about a hundred HII regions identified throughout the disc and spiral arms we derive, using strong-line metallicity indicators and direct derivations, a rather flat gaseous abundance gradient. Thus, metal mixing processes occurred, as in observed galaxy interactions. Spectra from PINGS data and additional multiwavelength imaging were used to perform a spectral energy distribution fitting to the stellar emission and a photoionization modelling of the nebulae. The ionizing stellar population is characterized by single populations with a narrow age range (2.5-5 Myr) and a broad range of masses ($10^4-6\times10^6 M_\odot$). The effect of dust grains in the nebulae is important, indicating that 25-70% of the ultraviolet photons can be absorbed by dust. The ionizing stellar population within the HII regions represents typically a few percent of the total stellar mass. This ratio, a proxy to the specific star formation rate, presents a flat or negative radial gradient. Therefore, minor interactions may indeed play an important role in the mass build-up of the bulge.

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