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恒星形成矮星系中的星系喷泉和外流:ISM驱逐和化学富集

Galactic fountains and outflows in star forming dwarf galaxies: ISM expulsion and chemical enrichment

C. Melioli, F. Brighenti, A. D'Ercole

摘要:

我们研究了超新星反馈在富含气体的矮星系中的影响,这些矮星系经历了低到中等的恒星形成率,这是恒星爆发之间相对静止的典型阶段。我们使用三维流体动力学模拟计算了ISM和富含金属的SN喷出物的长期演化,其中反馈能量由SNeII在不同的OB协会中爆炸沉积。我们发现,一个循环流类似于银河喷泉一般成立,与一些ISM解除在银河平面以上的高度为一到几个千秒差距。这些气体形成了一个额外的平面层,一旦恒星形成停止,大约在$10^8$ yr后会回落到平面上。对于所考虑的SFR,很少或没有ISM被驱逐出星系系统,即使在最强大的模型中,SN能量与气体结合能相当。富含金属的SN喷出物反而更容易受到反馈的影响,我们发现,即使对于低SN率($7\times 10^{-5}$ - $7\times 10^{-4}$ yr $^{-1}$),也有相当一部分(25-80\%)在星系际介质中排出。银河系保留的金属大约有一半位于远离银道面的地方($z >$ 500 pc)。此外,我们的模型表明,富含金属的气体从银河系盘出来和回到银河系盘的循环不能消除(集中的)SN爆炸留下的化学梯度。

英文摘要:

We investigated the impact of supernova feedback in gas-rich dwarf galaxies experiencing a low-to-moderate star formation rate, typical of relatively quiescent phases between starbursts. We calculated the long term evolution of the ISM and the metal-rich SN ejecta using 3D hydrodynamic simulations, in which the feedback energy is deposited by SNeII exploding in distinct OB associations. We found that a circulation flow similar to galactic fountains is generally established, with some ISM lifted at heights of one to few kpc above the galactic plane. This gas forms an extra-planar layer, which falls back to the plane in about $10^8$ yr, once the star formation stops. Very little or no ISM is expelled outside the galaxy system for the considered SFRs, even though in the most powerful model the SN energy is comparable to the gas binding energy. The metal-rich SN ejecta is instead more vulnerable to the feedback and we found that a significant fraction (25-80\%) is vented in the intergalactic medium, even for low SN rate ($7\times 10^{-5}$ - $7\times 10^{-4}$ yr$^{-1}$). About half of the metals retained by the galaxy are located far ($z >$ 500 pc) from the galactic plane. Moreover, our models indicate that the circulation of the metal-rich gas out from and back to the galactic disk is not able to erase the chemical gradients imprinted by the (centrally concentrated) SN explosions.

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