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arXiv 2008.01696astro-ph.GAastro-ph.SR
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行星状星云星群追踪的M105晕及其星群环境:I.狮子座I群行星状星云的宽视场测光巡天

The halo of M105 and its group environment as traced by planetary nebula populations: I. Wide-field photometric survey of planetary nebulae in the Leo I group

J. Hartke, M. Arnaboldi, O. Gerhard, L. Coccato, C. Pulsoni, K. C. Freeman, M. Merrifield, A. Cortesi, K. Kuijken

摘要:

M105(NGC 3379)是狮子座I星系群中的一个早型星系。这个星系群是包含所有主要星系类型的最近星系群,因此可以作为研究低质量星系群内光(IGL)性质的基准。我们使用PNe作为M105周围漫射光的离散恒星示踪剂。PNe是根据它们明亮的[OIII]5007 AA发射和没有宽带连续谱来确定的。我们比较PN数密度分布与星系表面亮度分布分解成金属丰度组件使用公布的HST测光在两个晕领域。我们从Subaru-SuprimeCam成像中确定了226个PNe候选者,其大小在mlim = 28.1的极限星等内,覆盖了M105长轴上的67.6 kpc以及NGC 3384和NGC 3398的晕。我们发现一个过量的PNe在大半径相比,恒星表面亮度分布从宽带调查。这种过量与亮度特定PN数$α$随半径的变化有关。扩展晕的$α$参数值比内晕的高7倍以上。我们还测量的PN光度函数在较暗的幅度与半径的斜率增加。我们推断PN星群性质的径向变化是由于除了M105晕之外,贫金属星([M/H] < -1.0)的扩散星群遵循指数分布。这些贫金属恒星的数量密度分布与$α$参数值随半径的增加之间的空间重合,建立了金属丰度与恒星演化的后AGB阶段之间缺失的联系。我们估计,与指数IGL总体相关的总辐射热光度的下限为2.04x10^9 Lsun,相当于IGL的3.8%。这项工作为IGL在低质量组中的运动学研究奠定了基础。

英文摘要:

M105 (NGC 3379) is an early-type galaxy in the Leo I group. This group is the nearest group that contains all main galaxy types and can thus be used as a benchmark to study the properties of the intra-group light (IGL) in low-mass groups. We use PNe as discrete stellar tracers of the diffuse light around M105. PNe were identified on the basis of their bright [OIII]5007 AA emission and the absence of a broad-band continuum. We compare the PN number density profile with the galaxy surface-brightness profile decomposed into metallicity components using published HST photometry in two halo fields. We identify 226 PNe candidates within a limiting magnitude of mlim = 28.1 from our Subaru-SuprimeCam imaging, covering 67.6 kpc along the major axis of M105 and the halos of NGC 3384 and NGC 3398. We find an excess of PNe at large radii compared to the stellar surface brightness profile from broad-band surveys. This excess is related to a variation in the luminosity-specific PN number $α$ with radius. The $α$-parameter value of the extended halo is more than 7 times higher than that of the inner halo. We also measure an increase in the slope of the PN luminosity function at fainter magnitudes with radius. We infer that the radial variation of the PN population properties is due to a diffuse population of metal-poor stars ([M/H] < -1.0) following an exponential profile, in addition to the M105 halo. The spatial coincidence between the number density profile of these metal-poor stars and the increase in the $α$-parameter value with radius establishes the missing link between metallicity and the post-AGB phases of stellar evolution. We estimate that the total bolometric luminosity associated with the exponential IGL population is 2.04x10^9 Lsun as a lower limit, corresponding to an IGL fraction of 3.8%. This work sets the stage for kinematic studies of the IGL in low-mass groups.

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