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MaNGA星系中氧和氮-氧梯度与恒星年龄的关系

The dependence of the gradients of oxygen and nitrogen-to-oxygen on stellar age in MaNGA galaxies

I. A. Zinchenko, J. M. Vilchez, E. Perez-Montero, A. V. Sukhorukov, M. Sobolenko, S. Duarte Puertas

摘要:

利用强线方法的两种不同实现:经验R校准和基于贝叶斯模型的{ \sc HII-CHI-mistry}({ \sc HCm})程序,计算了来自MaNGA DR 15巡天的1431个星系的氧丰度(O/H)、氮氧丰度(N/O)及其相应的径向梯度。我们发现,这两种丰度计算方法揭示了O/H梯度和星系的恒星质量之间的相关性。这种关系是非线性的,在中等质量范围内的平均梯度最陡,而在高质量和低质量星系中的平均梯度较平坦。平均而言,N/O梯度和恒星质量之间的关系是非线性的,在中等质量范围($\log(M/M_\sun) \sim 10$)的梯度最陡,高质量星系的梯度较平坦,低质量星系的梯度最平坦。然而,在以前的研究中报道的更高质量的N/O梯度变陡的总趋势仍然很明显。我们发现O/H和N/O梯度与由$D$(4000)指数追踪的星系平均恒星年龄之间存在依赖关系。对于较低质量的星系,两个梯度通常在$D$(4000)的中间值时较陡,而在$D$(4000)的低值和高值时较平坦。只有最大的星系才不表现出这种相关性。我们将这种行为解释为金属丰度梯度随恒星星族年龄的演化。虽然与具有负的$D$(4000)梯度的星系相比,具有正的$D$(4000)径向梯度斜率的星系倾向于具有更平坦的O/H和N/O梯度。

英文摘要:

We derive the oxygen abundance (O/H), the nitrogen-to-oxygen (N/O) abundance ratio, and their corresponding radial gradients for a sample of 1431 galaxies from MaNGA DR15 survey using two different realizations of the strong line method: empirical R calibration and the Bayesian model-based {\sc HII-CHI-mistry} ({\sc HCm}) code. We find that both abundance calculation methods reveal a correlation between the O/H gradient and the stellar mass of a galaxy. This relation is non-linear, with the steepest average gradients in the intermediate mass range and flatter average gradients for high- and low-mass galaxies. The relation between the N/O gradient and the stellar mass is, on average, non-linear with the steepest gradients in the intermediate mass range ($\log(M/M_\sun) \sim 10$), flatter gradients for high-mass galaxies, and the flattest gradients for low-mass galaxies. However, the general trend of steepening N/O gradient for higher masses, reported in previous studies, remains evident. We find a dependence between the O/H and N/O gradients and the galaxy mean stellar age traced by the $D$(4000) index. For galaxies of lower masses, both gradients are, generally, steeper for intermediate values of $D$(4000) and flatter for low and high values of $D$(4000). Only the most massive galaxies do not show this correlation. We interpret this behaviour as an evolution of the metallicity gradients with the age of stellar population. Though the galaxies with a positive slope of the $D$(4000) radial gradient tend to have a flatter O/H and N/O gradients, as compared to those with a negative $D$(4000) gradient.

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