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四个Local Group矮星系的金属丰度分布函数

Metallicity Distribution Functions of Four Local Group dwarf galaxies

Teresa L. Ross, Jon A. Holtzman, Abhijit Saha, Barbara J. Anthony-Twarog

摘要:

利用哈勃空间望远镜上的WFC 3(Wide Field Camera 3)仪器,通过中波段(F390M)和宽波段(F555W,F814W)测光,给出了狮子座I、狮子座II、IC 1613和凤凰矮星系的恒星金属丰度。我们以两种方式测量金属丰度分布函数(MDF),1)将恒星与颜色-颜色图中的等时线匹配,2)求解合成种群的最佳线性组合以匹配观察到的颜色-颜色图。合成技术减少了光度散射的影响,并且产生的MDF比从单独匹配的恒星产生的MDF窄30 - 50%。我们适合的合成和个人的MDF分析化学演化模型(CEM),以量化的富集和星系内的气体流动的影响。此外,我们还测量了狮子座I和II的恒星金属丰度梯度。对于IC 1613和凤凰,我们的数据没有径向范围来确认两个星系的金属丰度梯度。我们发现狮子座I(矮球状体)的Mdf非常高,有一个陡峭的富金属截止和一个延长的贫金属尾,而狮子座II(矮球状体),凤凰(矮过渡)和IC 1613(矮不规则)比狮子座I有更宽,更少的峰值MDF。一个简单的CEM并不是最适合我们的任何星系,因此我们也适合林登-贝尔1975年的“最佳吸积模型”。对于狮子座II,IC 1613和凤凰,我们发现类似的吸积参数的CEM,即使他们都有不同的有效产量,质量,恒星形成的历史和形态。我们认为,一个星系的动力学历史反映在星系中,广泛的MDFs被认为是在化学上相对孤立的发展和狭窄的峰值MDFs被认为是在星系中经历了更复杂的动力学相互作用,同时与他们的化学演化。

英文摘要:

We present stellar metallicities in Leo I, Leo II, IC 1613, and Phoenix dwarf galaxies derived from medium (F390M) and broad (F555W, F814W) band photometry using the Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) instrument aboard the Hubble Space Telescope. We measured metallicity distribution functions (MDFs) in two ways, 1) matching stars to isochrones in color-color diagrams, and 2) solving for the best linear combination of synthetic populations to match the observed color-color diagram. The synthetic technique reduces the effect of photometric scatter, and produces MDFs 30-50 % narrower than the MDFs produced from individually matched stars. We fit the synthetic and individual MDFs to analytical chemical evolution models (CEM) to quantify the enrichment and the effect of gas flows within the galaxies. Additionally, we measure stellar metallicity gradients in Leo I and II. For IC 1613 and Phoenix our data do not have the radial extent to confirm a metallicity gradient for either galaxy. We find the MDF of Leo I (dwarf spheroidal) to be very peaked with a steep metal rich cutoff and an extended metal poor tail, while Leo II (dwarf spheroidal), Phoenix (dwarf transition) and IC 1613 (dwarf irregular) have wider, less peaked MDFs than Leo I. A simple CEM is not the best fit for any of our galaxies, therefore we also fit the `Best Accretion Model' of Lynden-Bell 1975. For Leo II, IC 1613 and Phoenix we find similar accretion parameters for the CEM, even though they all have different effective yields, masses, star formation histories and morphologies. We suggest that the dynamical history of a galaxy is reflected in the MDF, where broad MDFs are seen in galaxies that have chemically evolved in relative isolation and narrowly peaked MDFs are seen in galaxies that have experienced more complicated dynamical interactions concurrent with their chemical evolution.

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