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本机宇宙星暴星系的碳丰度

Carbon Abundances in Starburst Galaxies of the Local Universe

Maria A. Peña-Guerrero, Claus Leitherer, Selma de Mink, Aida Wofford, Lisa Kewley

摘要:

碳是宇宙中第四丰富的元素,它的宇宙起源并不为人所知,也是一个激烈争论的问题。我们研究了C/O转化为O/H的行为,以约束碳的产生机制。我们在太空望远镜成像光谱仪(STIS)长缝光谱上测量了本地宇宙中18个星暴星系在1600至10000 Å光谱范围内的发射线强度。我们通过传统的星云分析确定化学丰度,并使用马尔可夫链蒙特卡罗(MCMC)方法来确定我们的碳和氧丰度在参数空间中的位置。我们的结论是,我们的C和O丰度测量是合理的。我们在[C/O] vs. [O/H]图中分析了我们的样本相对于其他天体的行为,如DLAs,中性ISM测量,以及盘和晕星,发现每种类型的天体似乎都位于图的特定区域。我们的样本显示了一个陡峭的C/O与O/H的斜率相对于其他样本,这表明,大质量恒星的贡献更多的生产C比N在较高的金属丰度,只有在物体的大质量恒星是众多的;否则,中等质量的恒星占主导地位的C和N的生产。

英文摘要:

The cosmological origin of carbon, the fourth most abundant element in the Universe, is not well known and matter of heavy debate. We investigate the behavior of C/O to O/H in order to constrain the production mechanism of carbon. We measured emission-line intensities in a spectral range from 1600 to 10000 Å on Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) long-slit spectra of 18 starburst galaxies in the local Universe. We determined chemical abundances through traditional nebular analysis and we used a Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) method to determine where our carbon and oxygen abundances lie in the parameter space. We conclude that our C and O abundance measurements are sensible. We analyzed the behavior of our sample in the [C/O] vs. [O/H] diagram with respect to other objects such as DLAs, neutral ISM measurements, and disk and halo stars, finding that each type of object seems to be located in a specific region of the diagram. Our sample shows a steeper C/O vs. O/H slope with respect to other samples, suggesting that massive stars contribute more to the production of C than N at higher metallicities, only for objects where massive stars are numerous; otherwise intermediate-mass stars dominate the C and N production.

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