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IllustrisTNG中恒星形成星系的气相金属丰度破裂半径

Gas-phase metallicity break radii of star-forming galaxies in IllustrisTNG

Alex M. Garcia, Paul Torrey, Z. S. Hemler, Lars Hernquist, Lisa J. Kewley, Erica J. Nelson, Kathryn Grasha, Henry R. M. Zovaro, Qian-Hui Chen

摘要:

我们提出了径向气相金属丰度的配置文件,梯度,并在红移$z = 0 - 3$从TNG 50 -1恒星形成星系人口的破裂半径。这些金属丰度剖面的特点是强调识别陡峭的内部梯度和平坦的外部梯度。由此,断裂半径$r_{\rm Break}$被定义为发生转变的区域。我们观察到破裂半径有一个积极的趋势与质量减弱红移。当用恒星半质量半径归一化时,破裂半径与质量和红移的关系都较弱。为了测试我们的结果是否取决于TNG 50 -1的分辨率或采用的物理特性,在TNG 50 -2和Illustris-1中进行了相同的分析。我们发现每个模拟在其定性趋势之间的一般协议,但是,TNG和Illustris之间采用的物理不同,因此,中断,规范化的星系大小,偏离了$\sim$ 2的一个因素。为了理解破裂来自哪里,我们定义了两个相关的时间尺度:富集时间尺度和径向气体混合时间尺度。我们发现,$r_{\rm Break}$发生的气体混合时间尺度是$\sim$ 10倍,在所有三个模拟运行的富集时间尺度,有一些弱的质量和红移的依赖。这意味着星系盘可以被认为是两部分:一个形成恒星的内部盘,具有陡峭的梯度;一个混合主导的外部盘,具有平坦的梯度,断裂半径标志着它们之间的过渡区域。

英文摘要:

We present radial gas-phase metallicity profiles, gradients, and break radii at redshift $z = 0 - 3$ from the TNG50-1 star-forming galaxy population. These metallicity profiles are characterized by an emphasis on identifying the steep inner gradient and flat outer gradient. From this, the break radius, $r_{\rm Break}$, is defined as the region where the transition occurs. We observe the break radius having a positive trend with mass that weakens with redshift. When normalized by the stellar half-mass radius, the break radius has a weaker relation with both mass and redshift. To test if our results are dependent on the resolution or adopted physics of TNG50-1, the same analysis is performed in TNG50-2 and Illustris-1. We find general agreement between each of the simulations in their qualitative trends; however, the adopted physics between TNG and Illustris differ and therefore the breaks, normalized by galaxy size, deviate by a factor of $\sim$2. In order to understand where the break comes from, we define two relevant time-scales: an enrichment time-scale and a radial gas mixing time-scale. We find that $r_{\rm Break}$ occurs where the gas mixing time-scale is $\sim$10 times as long as the enrichment time-scale in all three simulation runs, with some weak mass and redshift dependence. This implies that galactic disks can be thought of in two-parts: a star-forming inner disk with a steep gradient and a mixing-dominated outer disk with a flat gradient, with the break radius marking the region of transition between them.

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