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虚空环境对矮星系中化学丰度的影响以及恒星形成和晕质量的联系

Influence of the Void Environment on Chemical Abundances in Dwarf Galaxies and Implications for Connecting Star Formation and Halo Mass

Kelly A. Douglass, Michael S. Vogeley, Renyue Cen

摘要:

我们研究如何空洞环境影响星系的化学演化,通过比较的氧和氮的丰度的矮星系的空洞与矮星系在密集的地区。利用SDSS DR 7的光谱观测,我们估计了889个空矮星系和672个矮星系在致密区域的氧,氮,氖丰度。一个替代的[OII] 3727的双重发展,允许SDSS矮星系的氧丰度估计在所有的红移与直接Te方法。我们发现,空矮星系有大约相同的氧丰度和Ne/O比,略高的氖丰度,略低的氮丰度和N/O比比在致密的环境中的矮星系。我们的结论是,空洞环境有轻微的影响矮星系的化学演化。我们的质量N/O关系表明,氮的二次生产开始在一个较低的恒星质量在空矮星系比矮星系在密集的环境。我们的矮星系样本显示了sSFR和N/O比之间的强烈反相关性,提供了证据表明,氧是在质量更高的恒星中产生的,而不是合成氮的恒星。较低的N/O比和较小的恒星质量的二次氮生产中看到的空矮星系可能表明延迟的恒星形成和宇宙缩小的大尺度环境的依赖。在空洞矮星系中,氧丰度向稍高的方向转变,这可能是空洞中暗物质晕质量与恒星质量之比大于致密区域的证据。

英文摘要:

We study how the void environment affects galactic chemical evolution by comparing the oxygen and nitrogen abundances of dwarf galaxies in voids with dwarf galaxies in denser regions. Using spectroscopic observations from SDSS DR7, we estimate oxygen, nitrogen, and neon abundances of 889 void dwarf galaxies and 672 dwarf galaxies in denser regions. A substitute for the [OII] 3727 doublet is developed, permitting oxygen abundance estimates of SDSS dwarf galaxies at all redshifts with the Direct Te method. We find that void dwarf galaxies have about the same oxygen abundance and Ne/O ratio, slightly higher neon abundances, and slightly lower nitrogen abundance and N/O ratio than dwarf galaxies in denser environments. We conclude that the void environment has a slight influence on dwarf galaxy chemical evolution. Our mass-N/O relationship shows that the secondary production of nitrogen commences at a lower stellar mass in void dwarf galaxies than in dwarf galaxies in denser environments. Our dwarf galaxy sample demonstrates a strong anti-correlation between the sSFR and N/O ratio, providing evidence that oxygen is produced in higher mass stars than those which synthesize nitrogen. The lower N/O ratios and smaller stellar mass for secondary nitrogen production seen in void dwarf galaxies may indicate both delayed star formation and a dependence of cosmic downsizing on the large-scale environment. A shift toward slightly higher oxygen abundances in void dwarf galaxies could be evidence of larger ratios of dark matter halo mass to stellar mass in voids than in denser regions.

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