arXivDaily arXiv每日学术速递 周一至周五更新
arXiv 1702.00380astro-ph.GAastro-ph.CO
收藏

z>2时极红静止星系的恒星含量

Stellar content of extremely red quiescent galaxies at z>2

M. Lopez-Corredoira, A. Vazdekis, C. M. Gutierrez, N. Castro-Rodriguez

摘要:

上下文一组20个极端红色的星系在2.5<z<3.8,具有没有尘埃的旧被动演化星系的光度特征,恒星质量约为10^{11} M_sun,其颜色可能与平均年龄大于1 Gyr的被动演化星系有关。这表明它们平均在宇宙非常年轻(<1 Gyr)时形成。目标。我们对这20个星系的恒星含量进行了新的估计,并对其中两个星系进行了更深入的分析,包括光谱学。方法.我们用GRANTECAN-10.4 m获得了两个星系的紫外静止标架光谱,并与光度数据一起进行了分析。剩下的18个星系只能用测光法进行分析。我们拟合的数据与模型的一个单一的爆发恒星星族(SSP),两个SSP的组合,以及扩展的恒星形成。结果基于一个SSP的拟合不能为蓝色和红色波长提供一致的结果。此外,在光谱中没有在~ 2,000埃处的断裂,表明相当年轻的组分是必要的。使用两个SSP,我们可以匹配光度和光谱数据,大部分的恒星星族非常古老(几个Gyr),剩余的贡献(<5%的恒星质量分数)来自年轻的,可能是残留的恒星形成成分,年龄<~0.1 Gyr。指数衰减的扩展恒星形成模型稍微改善了单次爆发模型的拟合,但它们比两个基于SSP的拟合差得多,进一步支持了剩余恒星形成的情况。结论.一个SSP无法匹配这些早期类型星系的事实突出了使用基于单线或断裂的年龄估计的局限性,例如宇宙计时器中使用的巴尔末断裂,从而质疑这种方法用于宇宙学目的。

英文摘要:

CONTEXT. A set of 20 extremely red galaxies at 2.5<z<3.8 with photometric features of old passive-evolving galaxies without dust, with stellar masses of ~10^{11} M_sun, have colors that could be related to passive-evolving galaxies with mean ages larger than 1 Gyr. This suggests they have been formed, on average, when the Universe was very young (<1 Gyr). AIMS. We provide new estimates for the stellar content of these 20 galaxies, with a deeper analysis for two of them that includes spectroscopy. METHODS. We obtained, with the GRANTECAN-10.4 m, ultraviolet rest-frame spectra of two galaxies and analyzed them together with photometric data. The remaining 18 galaxies are analyzed only with photometry. We fit the data with models of a single-burst stellar population (SSP), combinations of two SSPs, as well as with extended star formation. RESULTS. Fits based on one SSP do not provide consistent results for the blue and red wavelengths. Moreover, the absence in the spectra of a break at ~2,000 angstroms indicates that a rather young component is necessary. Using two SSPs we can match the photometric and spectroscopic data, with the bulk of the stellar population being very old (several Gyr) and the remaining contribution (<5% of stellar mass fraction) from a young, likely residual star formation component with age <~0.1 Gyr. Exponentially decaying extended star formation models improve slightly the fits with respect to the single burst model, but they are considerably worse than the two SSP based fits, further supporting the residual star formation scenario. CONCLUSIONS. The fact that one SSP cannot match these early-type galaxies highlights the limitations for the use of age estimators based on single lines or breaks, such as the Balmer break used in cosmic chronometers, thus questioning this approach for cosmological purposes.

机构、总结、中文摘要均由AI分析而来,可能存在错误,请以论文正文为准。

↑