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矮星暴星系 IC 10 各处的氧丰度

Oxygen Abundance Throughout the Dwarf Starburst IC 10

Maren Cosens, Shelley A. Wright, Karin Sandstrom, Lee Armus, Norman Murray, Jordan N. Runco, Sanchit Sabhlok, James Wiley

AI总结:

本研究利用 Keck 天文台 KCWI 仪器对矮星暴星系 IC 10 的氧丰度进行测绘,发现极光线直接测量显示其星际介质混合不良,且 R23 强线法无法准确反映丰度变化范围。

摘要:

对星系各处氧丰度的测量为形成历史和正在进行的过程提供了深入见解。在此,我们展示了对附近星暴矮星系 IC 10 的 HII 区和弥漫气体中气相氧丰度的研究。利用 W.M. Keck 天文台的 Keck Cosmic Web Imager (KCWI),我们对 IC 10 中心区域进行了 3500-5500A 的成像。在观测到的 46 个 HII 区中,有 12 个以高信噪比探测到了极光 [OIII]4363A 线,从而能够直接测量氧丰度,得到的中位数和标准差为 $\rm12+log(O/H)=8.37\pm0.25$。我们研究了这些直接测量的氧丰度与其他 HII 区特性之间的趋势,发现其与半径、速度弥散和光度存在弱的负相关性。我们还发现氧丰度与推导出的湍流压力和电离气体质量之间存在弱的负相关性,并与推导出的动力学质量存在中等相关性。强线 $\rm R_{23}$ 丰度估计被用于其余的 HII 区以及基于 spaxel 逐个解析的像素基础上。使用 $\rm R_{23}$ 和极光线方法测量的丰度之间存在很大的偏差。我们发现 $\rm R_{23}$ 方法无法捕捉通过极光线测量观察到的大范围丰度变化。这种测量丰度变化的程度进一步表明 IC 10 中存在混合不良的星际介质 (ISM),这在矮星系中并不典型,可能部分归因于正在进行的星暴、原始气体的吸积或晚期阶段的并合。

英文摘要:

Measurements of oxygen abundance throughout galaxies provide insight to the formation histories and ongoing processes. Here we present a study of the gas phase oxygen abundance in the HII regions and diffuse gas of the nearby starburst dwarf galaxy, IC 10. Using the Keck Cosmic Web Imager (KCWI) at W.M. Keck Observatory, we map the central region of IC 10 from 3500-5500A. The auroral [OIII]4363A line is detected with high signal-to-noise in 12 of 46 HII regions observed, allowing for direct measurement of the oxygen abundance, yielding a median and standard deviation of $\rm12+log(O/H)=8.37\pm0.25$. We investigate trends between these directly measured oxygen abundances and other HII region properties, finding weak negative correlations with the radius, velocity dispersion, and luminosity. We also find weak negative correlations between oxygen abundance and the derived quantities of turbulent pressure and ionized gas mass, and a moderate correlation with the derived dynamical mass. Strong line, $\rm R_{23}$ abundance estimates are used in the remainder of the HII regions and on a resolved spaxel-by-spaxel basis. There is a large offset between the abundances measured with $\rm R_{23}$ and the auroral line method. We find that the $\rm R_{23}$ method is unable to capture the large range of abundances observed via the auroral line measurements. The extent of this variation in measured abundances further indicates a poorly mixed interstellar medium (ISM) in IC 10, which is not typical of dwarf galaxies and may be partly due to the ongoing starburst, accretion of pristine gas, or a late stage merger.

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