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首次利用星团积分光UV研究M83的金属丰度

The First Metallicity Study of M83 using the integrated UV light of Star Clusters

Svea Hernandez, Søren Larsen, Alessandra Aloisi, Danielle A. Berg, William P. Blair, Andrew J. Fox, Timothy M. Heckman, Bethan L. James, Knox S. Long, Evan D. S… 展开作者

Svea Hernandez, Søren Larsen, Alessandra Aloisi, Danielle A. Berg, William P. Blair, Andrew J. Fox, Timothy M. Heckman, Bethan L. James, Knox S. Long, Evan D. Skillman, Bradley C. Whitmore

摘要:

恒星族群是研究河外环境演化的有力工具。我们提出了第一个紫外积分光光谱观测的15个年轻的星团在星爆M83的金属丰度测量的特别关注。这些数据是由哈勃太空望远镜上的宇宙起源光谱仪(COS)获得的。我们分析的数据应用以前用于研究星团的光学集的丰度技术。我们估计中心金属丰度为[Z] = $+$ 0.20 $\pm$ 0.15 dex,与通过独立方法获得的结果一致,即$J$带和蓝超巨星。我们估计$-$ 0.041 $\pm$ 0.022 dex kpc $^{-1}$的UV金属丰度梯度与$R/R_{25}<0.5$的$-$ 0.040 $\pm$ 0.032 dex kpc $^{-1}$的光学金属丰度梯度一致。结合我们的恒星金属丰度,紫外和光学,与那些从HII地区(强线丰度的经验校准的基础上),我们确定了两个可能的突破M83在银河系中心距离$R\sim0.5$和$1.0\:R_{25}$的梯度。如果丰度突变是真实的,这个星系的金属丰度梯度遵循一个陡-浅-陡的趋势,这是盘状星系的三维(3D)数值模拟预测的一种情况。第一个转折点位于正转半径附近。这第一个陡峭的梯度可能起源于最近的恒星形成事件和一个相对年轻的酒吧($<$ 1 Gyr)。在数值模拟中,浅梯度是由低金属量材料与富集气体混合的流出稀释效应产生的。最后,第二个转折点和最后一个陡峭的梯度标志着向外流动所渗透的最远的银河系距离。

英文摘要:

Stellar populations are powerful tools for investigating the evolution of extragalactic environments. We present the first UV integrated-light spectroscopic observations for 15 young star clusters in the starburst M83 with a special focus on metallicity measurements. The data were obtained with the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS) onboard the Hubble Space Telescope. We analyse the data applying an abundance technique previously used to study an optical set of star clusters. We estimate a central metallicity of [Z] = $+$0.20 $\pm$ 0.15 dex in agreement with those obtained through independent methods, i.e. $J$-band and blue supergiants. We estimate a UV metallicity gradient of $-$0.041 $\pm$ 0.022 dex kpc$^{-1}$ consistent with the optical metallicity gradient of $-$0.040 $\pm$ 0.032 dex kpc$^{-1}$ for $R/R_{25}<0.5$. Combining our stellar metallicities, UV and optical, with those from HII regions (strong-line abundances based on empirical calibrations) we identify two possible breaks in the gradient of M83 at galactocentric distances of $R\sim0.5$ and $1.0\:R_{25}$. If the abundance breaks are genuine, the metallicity gradient of this galaxy follows a steep-shallow-steep trend, a scenario predicted by three-dimensional (3D) numerical simulations of disc galaxies. The first break is located near the corotation radius. This first steep gradient may have originated by recent star formation episodes and a relatively young bar ($<$1 Gyr). In the numerical simulations the shallow gradient is created by the effects of dilution by outflow where low-metallicity material is mixed with enriched gas. And finally, the second break and last steep gradient mark the farthest galactocentric distances where the outward flow has penetrated.

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