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星系质量-金属丰度关系的起源与演化

The Origin and Evolution of the Galaxy Mass-Metallicity Relation

Xiangcheng Ma, Philip F. Hopkins, Claude-Andre Faucher-Giguere, Nick Zolman, Alexander L. Muratov, Dusan Keres, Eliot Quataert

摘要:

我们使用高分辨率宇宙学放大模拟的反馈在现实环境(FIRE)项目研究星系质量金属丰度关系(MZR)从z=0-6。这些模拟包括多相ISM,恒星形成和恒星反馈的显式模型。这些模拟涵盖了z=0时晕质量Mhalo=10^9-10^13 Msun和恒星质量Mstar=10^4-10^11 Msun,并且已经证明在z=0-6时产生了许多观测到的星系性质。这是第一次,我们的模拟符合相当好的观察到的质量-金属丰度关系在z=0-3的范围广泛的星系质量。我们预测,在z=0-6范围内,气相和恒星金属丰度的MZR演化分别为log(Zgas/Zsun)=12+log(O/H)-9.0 = 0.35 [log(Mstar/Msun)-10]+0.93 exp(-0.43 z)-1.05和log(Zstar/Zsun)=[Fe/H]-0.2 = 0.40 [log(Mstar/Msun)-10]+0.67 exp(-0.50 z)-1.04。我们的模拟表明,MZR的演变与恒星/气体质量分数在不同的红移的演变,表明恒星质量,气体质量和金属丰度之间存在着普遍的金属丰度关系。在我们的模拟中,Mstar=10^6 Msun以上的星系能够将大部分金属保留在晕内,因为富含金属的风无法完全逃逸,并被回收到星系中。这解决了长期存在的“子网格”风模型(和半解析模型)和观测之间的差异,其中常见的子网格模型不能同时再现MZR和恒星质量函数。

英文摘要:

We use high-resolution cosmological zoom-in simulations from the Feedback in Realistic Environment (FIRE) project to study the galaxy mass-metallicity relations (MZR) from z=0-6. These simulations include explicit models of the multi-phase ISM, star formation, and stellar feedback. The simulations cover halo masses Mhalo=10^9-10^13 Msun and stellar mass Mstar=10^4-10^11 Msun at z=0 and have been shown to produce many observed galaxy properties from z=0-6. For the first time, our simulations agree reasonably well with the observed mass-metallicity relations at z=0-3 for a broad range of galaxy masses. We predict the evolution of the MZR from z=0-6 as log(Zgas/Zsun)=12+log(O/H)-9.0=0.35[log(Mstar/Msun)-10]+0.93 exp(-0.43 z)-1.05 and log(Zstar/Zsun)=[Fe/H]-0.2=0.40[log(Mstar/Msun)-10]+0.67 exp(-0.50 z)-1.04, for gas-phase and stellar metallicity, respectively. Our simulations suggest that the evolution of MZR is associated with the evolution of stellar/gas mass fractions at different redshifts, indicating the existence of a universal metallicity relation between stellar mass, gas mass, and metallicities. In our simulations, galaxies above Mstar=10^6 Msun are able to retain a large fraction of their metals inside the halo, because metal-rich winds fail to escape completely and are recycled into the galaxy. This resolves a long-standing discrepancy between "sub-grid" wind models (and semi-analytic models) and observations, where common sub-grid models cannot simultaneously reproduce the MZR and the stellar mass functions.

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