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NGC 5128 (Cen A) 晕族的复杂恒星形成历史

The Complex Star Formation History of the Halo of NGC 5128 (Cen A)

Sima Taefi Aghdam, Atefeh Javadi, Seyedazim Hashemi, Mahdi Abdollahi, Jacco van Loon, Habib Khosroshahi, Roya Hamedani Golshan, Elham Saremi, Maryam Saberi

AI总结:

本文通过识别长周期变星 (LPV) 构建了 NGC 5128 晕族两个区域的恒星形成历史,发现两区域相似的间歇性恒星形成率增加,支持了多次核活动导致喷流诱导恒星形成的演化情景。

摘要:

NGC 5128 (Cen A) 是最近的巨型椭圆星系,也是天空中最亮的河外射电源之一,拥有从其核超大质量黑洞发出的显著尘埃带和喷流。在本文中,我们构建了 NGC 5128 晕族中两个小区域的恒星形成历史 (SFH):一个位于距中心投影距离约 18.8 kpc 的东北区域 (Field 1),另一个是距中心约 9.9 kpc 的南部区域 (Field 2)。我们的方法基于识别长周期变星 (LPV),由于其高光度强变率,它们能追踪其同源恒星族群进而反映历史恒星形成;我们在 Field 1 识别了 395 颗 LPV,在 Field 2 识别了 671 颗 LPV。尽管两区域在中心相反两侧相距约 28 kpc,但它们表现出相似的 SFH。在 Field 1,恒星形成率 (SFR) 在回溯时间 t 约 800 Myr 和 t 约 3.8 Gyr 时显著增加;在 Field 2,SFR 在 t 约 800 Myr、t 约 3.8 Gyr 和 t 约 6.3 Gyr 时大幅增加。约 800 Myr 前 SFR 的增加与先前关于该星系在此时经历合并的建议一致。基于 LPV 重构的 SFH 支持了多次核活动导致间歇性喷流诱导恒星形成的情景。虽然 NGC 5128 中心部分没有 LPV 目录,但将我们的方法应用于外部区域(首次在本星系群外的星系中)使我们能够对这一基石星系的复杂演化施加约束。

英文摘要:

NGC 5128 (Cen A) is the nearest giant elliptical galaxy and one of the brightest extragalactic radio sources in the sky, boasting a prominent dust lane and jets emanating from its nuclear supermassive black hole. In this paper, we construct the star formation history (SFH) of two small fields in the halo of NGC 5128: a northeastern field (Field 1) at a projected distance of $\sim 18.8$ kpc from the center, and a southern field (Field 2) $\sim 9.9$ kpc from the center. Our method is based on identifying long period variable (LPV) stars that trace their sibling stellar population and hence historical star formation due to their high luminosity and strong variability; we identified 395 LPVs in Field 1 and 671 LPVs in Field 2. Even though the two fields are $\sim 28$ kpc apart on opposite sides from the center, they show similar SFHs. In Field 1, star formation rates (SFRs) increased significantly around $t\sim 800$ Myr and $t\sim 3.8$ Gyr; and in Field 2, SFRs increased considerably around $t\sim 800$ Myr, $t\sim 3.8$ Gyr, and $t\sim 6.3$ Gyr, where $t$ is look--back time. The increase in SFR $\sim 800$ Myr ago agrees with previous suggestions that the galaxy experienced a merger around that time. The SFH reconstructed from LPVs supports a scenario in which multiple episodes of nuclear activity lead to episodic jet-induced star formation. While there is no catalog of LPVs for the central part of NGC 5128, applying our method to the outer regions (for the first time in a galaxy outside the Local Group) has enabled us to put constraints on the complex evolution of this cornerstone galaxy.

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