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NGC 55:一个丰度梯度平坦的盘星系

NGC 55: a disc galaxy with flat abundance gradients

Laura Magrini, Denise R. Goncalves, Bruna Vajgel

摘要:

我们提出了新的光谱观测GMOS@Gemini-S的样本25 hii地区位于NGC 55,晚型星系在附近的玉夫座集团。我们用te方法计算了18个hii区的物理条件和化学组成,并计算了22个hii区的强线丰度。我们提供了He,O,N,Ne,S,Ar的丰度,在NGC 55的盘的电离气体中发现基本上均匀的成分,没有径向梯度的痕迹。用\te -和强线法得出的氧丰度具有相似的平均值和相似的小离散度:前者为12+ $\log$(O/H)=8.13 $\pm$ 0.18~dex,后者为12+ $\log$(O/H)=8.17 $\pm$ 0.13~dex。平均金属丰度和平坦梯度与以前对\hii \区域较小样本的研究一致,并且与蓝超巨星径向梯度也有定性的一致性。我们调查的起源,这样的平坦梯度比较NGC 55与NGC 300,它的同伴星系,这也是双胞胎的NGC 55的质量和光度。我们认为,在两个星系中的金属分布的差异可能与它们的K带面密度轮廓的差异。NGC 55较平坦的轮廓可能导致该星系比类似星系更高的流入/流出速率。这可能会引起气体的强烈混合和金属的重新分布。

英文摘要:

We present new spectroscopic observations obtained with GMOS@Gemini-S of a sample of 25 hii regions located in NGC 55, a late-type galaxy in the nearby Sculptor group. We derive physical conditions and chemical composition through the te-method for 18 hii regions, and strong-line abundances for 22 hii regions. We provide abundances of He, O, N, Ne, S, Ar, finding a substantially homogenous composition in the ionised gas of the disc of NGC 55, with no trace of radial gradients. The oxygen abundances, both derived with \te- and strong-line methods, have similar mean values and similarly small dispersion: 12+$\log$(O/H)=8.13$\pm$0.18~dex with the former and 12+$\log$(O/H)=8.17$\pm$0.13~dex with the latter. The average metallicities and the flat gradients agree with previous studies of smaller samples of \hii\ regions and there is a qualitative agreement with the blue supergiant radial gradient as well. We investigate the origin of such flat gradients comparing NGC 55 with NGC 300, its companion galaxy, which is also twin of NGC 55 in terms of mass and luminosity. We suggest that the differences in the metal distributions in the two galaxies might be related to the differences in their K-band surface density profile. The flatter profile of NGC 55 probably causes in this galaxy higher infall/outflow rates than in similar galaxies. This likely provokes a strong mixing of gas and a re-distribution of metals.

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