Disentangling the formation history of galaxies via population-orbit superposition: method validation
Ling Zhu, Glenn van de Ven, Ryan Leaman, Robert J. J. Grand, Jesus Falcon-Barroso, Prashin Jethwa, Laura L. Watkins, Shude Mao, Adriano Poci, Richard M. McDermi… 展开作者
Ling Zhu, Glenn van de Ven, Ryan Leaman, Robert J. J. Grand, Jesus Falcon-Barroso, Prashin Jethwa, Laura L. Watkins, Shude Mao, Adriano Poci, Richard M. McDermid, Dandan Xu, Dylan Nelson
We present population-orbit superposition models for external galaxies based on Schwarzschild's orbit-superposition method, by tagging the orbits with age and metallicity. The models fit the density distributions, as well as kinematic, age and metallicity maps from Integral Field Unit (IFU) spectroscopy observations. We validate the method and demonstrate its power by applying it to mock data, similar to those obtained by the Multi-Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) IFU on the Very Large Telescope (VLT). These mock data are created from Auriga galaxy simulations, viewed at three different inclination angles ($\vartheta=40^o, 60^o, 80^o$). Constrained by MUSE-like mock data, our model can recover the galaxy's stellar orbit distribution projected in orbital circularity $λ_z$ vs. radius $r$, the intrinsic stellar population distribution in age $t$ vs. metallicity $Z$, and the correlation between orbits' circularity $λ_z$ and stellar age $t$. A physically motivated age-metallicity relation improves recovering the intrinsic stellar population distributions. We decompose galaxies into cold, warm and hot + counter-rotating components based on their orbit circularity distribution, and find that the surface density, mean velocity, velocity dispersion, age and metallicity maps of each component from our models well reproduce those from simulation, especially for projections close to edge-on. These galaxies exhibit strong global age vs. $σ_z$ relation, which is well recovered by our model. The method has the power to reveal the detailed build-up of stellar structures in galaxies, and offers a complement to local resolved, and high-redshift studies of galaxy evolution.
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Instituto de Radioastronomía y Astrofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México（墨西哥国立自治大学射电天文与天体物理研究所）；Departamento de Física, Universidad de Córdoba（科尔多瓦大学物理系）
Rediscovering the Milky Way with an orbit superposition approach and APOGEE data V. The disc growth and history of star formation
Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (AIP)（波茨坦阿基米德天体物理研究所）；Department of Astrophysics, University of Vienna（维也纳大学天体物理系）；BIFOLD, Berlin Institute for the Foundations of Learning and Data（柏林学习与数据基础研究所）；LIRA, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Cité, CY Cergy Paris Université, CNRS（巴黎天文台LIRA实验室，巴黎文理研究大学，索邦大学，巴黎西岱大学，CY塞尔吉巴黎大学，法国国家科学研究中心）；Universität Potsdam, Institut für Physik und Astronomie（波茨坦大学物理与天文学研究所）；Friedrich-Schiller Uni（弗里德里希·席勒大学）
The GECKOS Survey: revealing the formation history of a barred galaxy via structural decomposition and resolved spectroscopy
European Southern Observatory（欧洲南方天文台）；Durham University（杜伦大学）；Liverpool John Moores University（利物浦约翰摩尔斯大学）；University of Oxford（牛津大学）；Cardiff University（卡迪夫大学）；Swinburne University of Technology（斯威本科技大学）；University of Oklahoma（俄克拉荷马大学）
EDGE-INFERNO: The chemical signatures of assembly history in reionization fossils
American Museum of Natural History（美国自然历史博物馆）；University of Bath（巴斯大学）；University of Chicago（芝加哥大学）；Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago（芝加哥大学卡弗里宇宙学物理研究所）；NSF-Simons AI Institute for the Sky (SkAI)（NSF-Simons 天空人工智能研究所 (SkAI)）；University of Surrey（萨里大学）；Lund University（隆德大学）；Carnegie Observatories（卡内基观测站）；Carnegie Theoretical Astrophysics Center, Carnegie Observatories（卡内基观测站卡内基理论天体物理学中心）；Columbia University（哥伦比亚大学）；Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian（哈佛-史密森尼天体物理中心）
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Liverpool John Moores University（利物浦约翰摩尔斯大学）；Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences（中国科学院上海天文台）；European Southern Observatory（欧洲南方天文台）；University of Vienna（维也纳大学）；University of New South Wales（新南威尔士大学）；Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias（加那利群岛天体物理研究所）；Universidad de La Laguna（拉古纳大学）；Univ Lyon, Univ Lyon1, ENS de Lyon, CNRS, Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon UMR5574（里昂大学、里昂第一大学、里昂高等师范学院、法国国家科学研究中心、里昂天体物理研究中心）；University of Durham（杜伦大学）
The Stellar IMF and Dark Matter Halo of ESO0286: Constraints from Strong Lensing and Dynamics
Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik（马克斯·普朗克天体物理学研究所）；Technical University of Munich（慕尼黑工业大学）；Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik（马克斯·普朗克地外物理学研究所）；Université de Genève（日内瓦大学）；Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation, University of Portsmouth（朴茨茅斯宇宙学与引力研究所）
The Milky Way as a distant galaxy: an IFU and panchromatic view
Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (AIP)（波茨坦莱布尼茨天体物理研究所）；Department of Astrophysics, University of Vienna（维也纳大学天体物理系）；LIRA, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Cité, CY Cergy Paris Université, CNRS（拉伊拉、巴黎天文台、PSL大学、索邦大学、巴黎西岱大学、CY塞尔吉巴黎大学、法国国家科学研究中心）
Virgo Filaments VIII: Characterizing the Structural Parameters of Virgo Galaxies with Machine Learning to Probe Environmental Quenching
University of Kansas（堪萨斯大学）；Siena University（锡耶纳大学）；Union College（联合学院）；INAF- Osservatorio astronomico di Padova（意大利国家天体物理研究所帕多瓦天文台）；Steward Observatory, University of Arizona（亚利桑那大学斯图尔德天文台）；INAF - Osservatorio di Astrofisica e Scienza dello Spazio di Bologna（意大利国家天体物理研究所博洛尼亚天体物理学与空间科学观测站）；Observatoire de Paris, LUX, Collège de France, CNRS, PSL University, Sorbonne University（巴黎天文台，法国学院，法国国家科学研究中心，巴黎文理研究大学，索邦大学）；INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste（意大利国家天体物理研究所的里雅斯特天文台）；Dipartimento di Fisica G. Occhialini, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca（米兰比可卡大学G. Occhialini物理系）；Laboratoire d’Astrophysique, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)（洛桑联邦理工学院天体物理实验室）
