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NGC 6822中RGB星的Ca II三重态光谱:运动学和金属丰度

Ca II triplet spectroscopy of RGB stars in NGC 6822: kinematics and metallicities

Jesse Swan, Andrew A. Cole, Eline Tolstoy, Mike J. Irwin

摘要:

本文详细分析了矮不规则星系NGC 6822中红巨星的化学和运动学性质。在VLT使用FORS 2获得了72颗红巨星在两个领域的8500埃的光谱。每个目标恒星的视线消光被单独估计,以适应NGC 6822的变红。发现平均径向速度为v_helio =(52.8 +/- 2.2)km/s,色散rms = 24.1 km/s,与其他研究结果一致。钙II三重态等效宽度转换成[Fe/H]金属丰度使用V级代理表面重力。平均金属丰度为[Fe/H] =(-0.84 +/- 0.04),方差rms = 0.31 dex,四分位距0.48。我们的个人红化值的分配,使我们的分析更敏感的金属丰度的空间变化比以前的研究。我们将样本分为富金属和贫金属恒星;前者被发现聚集在小半径处,贫金属恒星更均匀地分布在整个星系中。贫金属恒星的速度色散比富金属恒星的速度色散高;结合年龄-金属丰度关系,这表明较老的人口要么是动态加热的,要么是出生在一个不太像盘的分布。较低的比值(v_rot/v_rms)表明,在内侧10 ',NGC 6822的恒星与HI气体动态解耦,可能是在一个厚的圆盘或球体中。

英文摘要:

We present a detailed analysis of the chemistry and kinematics of red giants in the dwarf irregular galaxy NGC 6822. Spectroscopy at 8500 Angstroms was acquired for 72 red giant stars across two fields using FORS2 at the VLT. Line of sight extinction was individually estimated for each target star to accommodate the variable reddening across NGC 6822. The mean radial velocity was found to be v_helio = (52.8 +/- 2.2) km/s with dispersion rms = 24.1 km/s, in agreement with other studies. Ca II triplet equivalent widths were converted into [Fe/H] metallicities using a V magnitude proxy for surface gravity. The average metallicity was [Fe/H] = (-0.84 +/- 0.04) with dispersion rms = 0.31 dex and interquartile range 0.48. Our assignment of individual reddening values makes our analysis more sensitive to spatial variations in metallicity than previous studies. We divide our sample into metal-rich and metal-poor stars; the former are found to cluster towards small radii with the metal-poor stars more evenly distributed across the galaxy. The velocity dispersion of the metal-poor stars is higher than that of the metal-rich stars; combined with the age-metallicity relation this indicates that older populations have either been dynamically heated or were born in a less disclike distribution. The low ratio (v_rot/v_rms) suggests that within the inner 10', NGC 6822's stars are dynamically decoupled from the HI gas, possibly in a thick disc or spheroid.

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