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Abell 2218中的早型星系群

The early-type galaxy population in Abell 2218

B. L. Ziegler, R. G. Bower, I. Smail, R. L. Davies, D. Lee

摘要:

本文给出了富星系团Abell 2218在z=0.18时的48个早型成员的形态学、光度学、运动学和谱线强度数据。这个样本比以前的研究更大,跨越了更宽的星系光度范围,低至M*_B+1。我们比较了A2218与当地集群中的类似样本,以确定过去3Gyrs发生的样本之间的进化变化。总体情况是几乎所有星系参数都很少或根本没有演化。Faber-Jackson关系、Mg_b-sigma关系和基本面关系中的零点偏移都与被动演化的恒星星族相一致。这些关系的斜率没有显著变化。然而,我们发现一个显着的传播,估计亮度加权年龄的恒星星族在星系中,基于线诊断图。这种年龄分布在盘状早型星系(S 0)和椭圆星系中都可以看到。我们观察到两个椭圆形的一个强大的贡献,从一个年轻的恒星人口和望远镜为主的老恒星星族。平均而言,我们没有发现任何证据表明椭圆星系和椭圆星系之间存在系统性差异。这表明A2218中大多数早期类型星系中的大部分恒星都有一个共同的形成时期。这个结果可以与遥远星系团快速形态演化的说法相一致,如果从螺旋星系到望远镜星系的转变不涉及重要的新恒星形成的话。

英文摘要:

(Abridged) We present morphological, photometric, kinematic and line-strength data of 48 early-type members of the rich cluster Abell 2218 at z=0.18. This sample is both larger and spans a wider galaxy luminosity range, down to M*_B+1, than previous studies. We compare A2218 with similar samples drawn from local clusters to identify evolutionary changes between the samples which have occured over the last 3Gyrs. The overall picture is one of little or no evolution in nearly all galaxy parameters. Zeropoint offsets in the Faber--Jackson, Mg_b-sigma and Fundamental Plane relations are all consistent with passively evolving stellar populations. The slopes of these relations have not changed significantly. We do however find a significant spread in the estimated luminosity-weighted ages of the stellar populations in the galaxies, based on line diagnostic diagrams. This age spread is seen in both the disky early-type galaxies (S0) and also the ellipticals. We observe both ellipticals with a strong contribution from a young stellar population and lenticulars dominated by old stellar populations. On average, we find no evidence for systematic differences between the populations of ellipticals and lenticulars. This points to a common formation epoch for the bulk of the stars in most of the early-type galaxies in A2218. This result can be reconciled with the claims of rapid morphological evolution in distant clusters if the suggested transformation from spirals to lenticulars does not involve significant new star formation.

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