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成星矮星系的化学和恒星性质

Chemical and stellar properties of star-forming dwarf galaxies

Francesca Annibali, Monica Tosi

摘要:

矮星系是质量最小、数量最多、分布最广的星系类型。因此,它们是检验星系和宇宙演化理论的关键。矮星系足够接近,其气体和恒星成分的详细研究是特别感兴趣的,因为它们的性质和演化可以准确地推断。这篇综述总结了已知的比$\sim$ 20 Mpc更近的恒星形成矮星系的恒星和化学性质。考虑到它们的低金属含量,高气体含量和正在进行的恒星形成,这些物体应该类似于最早形成的第一个星系,因此可能代表了遥远的早期宇宙的窗口。本文介绍了近十年来在恒星形成历史、化学丰度、星系形成和恒星形成矮星演化等方面取得的主要结果,以及影响这些结果的不确定性。

英文摘要:

Dwarf galaxies are the least massive, most abundant, and most widely distributed type of galaxies. Hence, they are key to testing theories of galaxy and Universe evolution. Dwarf galaxies sufficiently close to have their gas and stellar components studied in detail are of particular interest, because their properties and their evolution can be inferred with accuracy. This Review summarizes what is known of the stellar and chemical properties of star-forming dwarf galaxies closer than $\sim$20 Mpc. Given their low metallicity, high gas content and ongoing star formation, these objects are supposed to resemble the first galaxies that formed at the earliest epochs, and may thus represent a window on the distant, early Universe. We describe the major results obtained in the past decade on the star formation histories, chemical abundances, galaxy formation and evolution of star-forming dwarfs, and the uncertainties still affecting these results.

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