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Z ~ 3.5 ~ Z ~ 0恒星形成星系质量-金属丰度关系的模拟

Modelling the mass-metallicity relation of star-forming galaxies from z ~ 3.5 to z ~ 0

Jianhui Lian, Daniel Thomas, Claudia Maraston

摘要:

本文基于一个完整的数值化学演化模型,研究了恒星形成星系中质量-金属丰度关系(MZR)的起源和宇宙演化。该模型被设计为同时匹配气体和恒星的局部MZRs。这是通过调用一个随时间变化的金属富集过程来实现的,该过程假设在早期银河风中具有较大金属负载因子的随时间变化的金属流出,或者在早期具有较陡斜率的随时间变化的初始质量函数(IMF)。我们将这个模型的预测与覆盖红移0<z<3.5的数据集进行了比较。数据表明,一个两阶段的演变与过渡点约z ~ 1.5。在那个时期之前,MZRgas一直在平行演化,而斜坡没有演化。在z ~ 1.5之后,MZR气体开始变平直到今天。我们发现,变量金属流出和变量IMF模型的预测与这些观察结果非常吻合。我们的模型还再现了主序星的演化,因此星系质量和恒星形成率之间的相关性。我们还比较了预测的红移演化的MZR星与文献中的数据。由于后者主要包含大质量、猝灭的早期星系的数据,因此高红移处的恒星金属丰度在数据中往往高于我们模型的预测。为了检验我们的模型,需要低质量(< 10^11太阳质量)恒星形成星系在高红移时的恒星金属丰度数据。

英文摘要:

We study the origin and cosmic evolution of the mass-metallicity relation (MZR) in star-forming galaxies based on a full, numerical chemical evolution model. The model was designed to match the local MZRs for both gas and stars simultaneously. This is achieved by invoking a time-dependent metal enrichment process which assumes either a time-dependent metal outflow with larger metal loading factors in galactic winds at early times, or a time-dependent Initial Mass Function (IMF) with steeper slopes at early times. We compare the predictions from this model with data sets covering redshifts 0<z<3.5. The data suggests a two-phase evolution with a transition point around z ~ 1.5. Before that epoch the MZRgas has been evolving parallel with no evolution in the slope. After z ~ 1.5 the MZRgas started flattening until today. We show that the predictions of both the variable metal outflow and the variable IMF model match these observations very well. Our model also reproduces the evolution of the main sequence, hence the correlation between galaxy mass and star formation rate. We also compare the predicted redshift evolution of the MZRstar with data from the literature. As the latter mostly contains data of massive, quenched early-type galaxies, stellar metallicities at high redshifts tend to be higher in the data than predicted by our model. Data of stellar metallicities of lower-mass (< 10^11 solar mass), star-forming galaxies at high redshift is required to test our model.

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