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The local face-on disk galaxies are selected as galaxy sample from the main galaxy sample of the Seventh Data Release of Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS DR7). The correlations between the colors and sizes of disk galaxies with equivalent total stellar masses are statistically investigated and their realities are tested. It is found that for the disk galaxies with equivalent masses, the correlation between u-r color and size is very weak. However, there are anticorrelations between g-r, r-i, r-z colors and sizes, i.e., the larger are the sizes of galaxies, the bluer are their colors. This result means that the mass distribution of disk galaxies has a significant influence on their star formation history. The galaxies with more extended mass distributions evolve more slowly. 相似文献
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Zhongmu Li 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2010,329(1-2):305-310
The gas fraction is important for understanding the formation and evolution of galaxies. It is found that there are linear correlations between the atomic-gas-to-stellar mass ratio (G/S) and stellar population properties (age, metallicity and stellar mass) of galaxies. However, only a nearby galaxy sample was used. This work investigates how the correlations change with the redshift limit of galaxies, using three volume limited galaxy samples selected from Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). It shows that there are linear correlations between the G/S and logarithmic values of stellar age, metallicity and mass, for all galaxy samples. It also shows that the linear correlation between G/S and stellar age is much better than others and possibly can be used in future studies. In addition, the scatters of the fitted correlations are found to increase with upper redshift limit of sample galaxies. 相似文献
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A.I.Terlevich Duncan A.Forbes 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2002,330(3):547-562
We have assembled a catalogue of relative ages, metallicities and abundance ratios for about 150 local galaxies in field, group and cluster environments. The galaxies span morphological types from cD and ellipticals, to late-type spirals. Ages and metallicities were estimated from high-quality published spectral line indices using Worthey & Ottaviani (1997) single stellar population evolutionary models.
The identification of galaxy age as a fourth parameter in the fundamental plane ( Forbes, Ponman & Brown 1998 ) is confirmed by our larger sample of ages. We investigate trends between age and metallicity, and with other physical parameters of the galaxies, such as ellipticity, luminosity and kinematic anisotropy. We demonstrate the existence of a galaxy age–metallicity relation similar to that seen for local galactic disc stars, whereby young galaxies have high metallicity, while old galaxies span a large range in metallicities.
We also investigate the influence of environment and morphology on the galaxy age and metallicity, especially the predictions made by semi-analytic hierarchical clustering models (HCM). We confirm that non-cluster ellipticals are indeed younger on average than cluster ellipticals as predicted by the HCM models. However we also find a trend for the more luminous galaxies to have a higher [Mg/Fe] ratio than the lower luminosity galaxies, which is opposite to the expectation from HCM models. 相似文献
The identification of galaxy age as a fourth parameter in the fundamental plane ( Forbes, Ponman & Brown 1998 ) is confirmed by our larger sample of ages. We investigate trends between age and metallicity, and with other physical parameters of the galaxies, such as ellipticity, luminosity and kinematic anisotropy. We demonstrate the existence of a galaxy age–metallicity relation similar to that seen for local galactic disc stars, whereby young galaxies have high metallicity, while old galaxies span a large range in metallicities.
We also investigate the influence of environment and morphology on the galaxy age and metallicity, especially the predictions made by semi-analytic hierarchical clustering models (HCM). We confirm that non-cluster ellipticals are indeed younger on average than cluster ellipticals as predicted by the HCM models. However we also find a trend for the more luminous galaxies to have a higher [Mg/Fe] ratio than the lower luminosity galaxies, which is opposite to the expectation from HCM models. 相似文献
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S. Brough Robert Proctor Duncan A. Forbes Warrick J. Couch C. A. Collins D. J. Burke R. G. Mann 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2007,378(4):1507-1530
We present an examination of the kinematics and stellar populations of a sample of three brightest group galaxies (BGGs) and three brightest cluster galaxies (BCGs) in X-ray groups and clusters. We have obtained high signal-to-noise ratio Gemini/Gemini South Multi-Object Spectrograph (GMOS) long-slit spectra of these galaxies and use Lick indices to determine ages, metallicities and α-element abundance ratios out to at least their effective radii. We find that the BGGs and BCGs have very uniform masses, central ages and central metallicities. Examining the radial dependence of their stellar populations, we find no significant velocity dispersion, age, or α-enhancement gradients. However, we find a wide range of metallicity gradients, suggesting a variety of formation mechanisms. The range of metallicity gradients observed is surprising, given the homogeneous environment these galaxies probe and their uniform central stellar populations. However, our results are inconsistent with any single model of galaxy formation and emphasize the need for more theoretical understanding of both the origins of metallicity gradients and galaxy formation itself. We postulate two possible physical causes for the different formation mechanisms. 相似文献
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O. Vince 《Astronomische Nachrichten》2010,331(7):753-761
We use optical color indices (colors) from the SDSS database to study the effect of dust in starburst galaxies by mea‐suring the dependence of colors on galaxy inclination. Starburst galaxies with ongoing star formation, are rich with metals/dust and are, therefore, an excellent objects for studying the effect of dust in galaxies. They are selected using the [O III ]λ 5007/Hα vs. [N II ]λ 6584/Hβ diagram, that is, the BPT‐diagram. We use Kauffmann's empirical demarcation line in the BPT‐diagram to exclude galaxies with active galactic nuclei (AGN) from the sample because they have different physical and dust properties from normal galaxies. The sample is divided into bins according to galaxy stellar mass and 4000 Å break (which is a coarse measure of a galaxy star formation history; SFH) and the reddening with inclination is studied as a function of these two physical parameters. Assuming that the dust effect is negligible in the SDSS z ‐band, we derive the attenuation curves for these galaxies. We fit the attenuation curves with a simple power law and use power law index to interpret the relative distribution of dust and stars in the starburst galaxies (© 2010 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim) 相似文献
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Regina E. Schulte-Ladbeck Igor O. Drozdovsky Michèle Belfort Ulrich Hopp 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2003,284(2):909-912
Formation paradigms for massive galaxies have long centered around two antipodal hypotheses – the monolithic-collapse and
the accretion/merger scenarios. Empirical data on the stellar contents of galaxy halos is crucial in order to develop galaxy
formation and assembly scenarios which have their root in observations, rather than in numerical simulations. The Hubble Space
Telescope (HST) has enabled us to study directly individual stars in the nearby E/S0 galaxies Cen A, NGC 3115, NGC 5102, and
NGC 404. We here present and discuss HST single-star photometry in V and I bands. Using color-magnitude diagrams and stellar
luminosity functions, we gauge the galaxies' stellar contents. This can be done at more than one position in the halo, but
data with deeper limiting magnitudes are desired to quantify the variation of metallicity with galactocentric radius. We here
compare the color distributions of red giant stars with stellar isochrones, and we intercompare the galaxies' halo populations,
noting that their total absolute V magnitudes cover the range from about –21.5 to –17.5. In the future, we plan to model the
stellar metallicity distributions with the aim to constrain chemical enrichment scenarios, a step towards unravelling the
evolutionary history of elliptical and lenticular galaxies.
This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
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In order to compare color statistical properties of member galaxies in compact groups with those of field galaxies, we use
a compact group (CG) sample which contains 4217 CGs extracted from the MAIN galaxy sample of the SDSS Data Release 4 (SDSS4),
and construct a random group sample which has the same distributions of redshift and number of member galaxies as those of
the CG sample. It turns out that the mean colors of galaxies in CGs are redder than those of galaxies in random groups. Additionally,
we also find that member galaxies in real CGs have a smaller dispersion of colors than those in random groups-at least for
g-r, r-i, and i-z colors.
Published in Astrofizika, Vol. 50, No. 1, pp. 29–37 (February 2007). 相似文献
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Based on SDSS data and spectroscopic observations with the 6-m BTA telescope at SAO RAS, we have studied the galaxy SDSS J170745+302056. By the set of its characteristics— an exponential brightness distribution, a central stellar disk surface brightness μ0(B) = 23m. 25/—, blue colors, a low metallicity, and a moderate star formation rate—this galaxy belongs to typical low-surfacebrightness spiral galaxies. The exponential scale length of the galaxy’s disk is ≈3 kpc, while its optical diameter exceeds 20 kpc. SDSS J170745+302056 is a member of a group of five galaxies and possibly interacts with the galaxy UGC 10716. The existence of a large low-surface-brightness galaxy in such a dense environment is very unusual. 相似文献
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J. Trevor Mendel Robert N. Proctor Jesper Rasmussen Sarah Brough Duncan A. Forbes 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2009,396(4):2103-2123
The distribution of galaxy properties in groups and clusters holds important information on galaxy evolution and growth of structure in the Universe. While clusters have received appreciable attention in this regard, the role of groups as fundamental to formation of the present-day galaxy population has remained relatively unaddressed. Here, we present stellar ages, metallicities and α-element abundances derived using Lick indices for 67 spectroscopically confirmed members of the NGC 5044 galaxy group with the aim of shedding light on galaxy evolution in the context of the group environment.
We find that galaxies in the NGC 5044 group show evidence for a strong relationship between stellar mass and metallicity, consistent with their counterparts in both higher and lower mass groups and clusters. Galaxies show no clear trend of age or α-element abundance with mass, but these data form a tight sequence when fitted simultaneously in age, metallicity and stellar mass. In the context of the group environment, our data support the tidal disruption of low-mass galaxies at small group-centric radii, as evident from an apparent lack of galaxies below ∼109 M⊙ within ∼100 kpc of the brightest group galaxy. Using a joint analysis of absorption- and emission-line metallicities, we are able to show that the star-forming galaxy population in the NGC 5044 group appears to require gas removal to explain the ∼1.5 dex offset between absorption- and emission-line metallicities observed in some cases. A comparison with other stellar population properties suggests that this gas removal is dominated by galaxy interactions with the hot intragroup medium. 相似文献
We find that galaxies in the NGC 5044 group show evidence for a strong relationship between stellar mass and metallicity, consistent with their counterparts in both higher and lower mass groups and clusters. Galaxies show no clear trend of age or α-element abundance with mass, but these data form a tight sequence when fitted simultaneously in age, metallicity and stellar mass. In the context of the group environment, our data support the tidal disruption of low-mass galaxies at small group-centric radii, as evident from an apparent lack of galaxies below ∼10
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Yong-Yun Chen Yan-Mei Chen Qiu-Sheng Gu Yong Shi Long-Ji Bing Xiao-Ling Yu 《天文和天体物理学研究(英文版)》2019,(6):51-62
We select 107 blue-core galaxies from the MaNGA survey, studying their morphology, kinematics as well as the gas-phase metallicity. Our results are as follows:(i) In our sample, 26% of blue-core galaxies have decoupled gas-star kinematics, indicating external gas accretion;15% have bar-like structure and 8% show post-merger features, such as tidal tails and irregular gas/star velocity field. All these processes/features, such as accreting external misaligned gas, interaction and bar, can trigger gas inflow. Thus the central star-forming activities lead to bluer colors in their centers(blue-core galaxies).(ii) By comparing with the SDSS DR7 star-forming galaxy sample, we find that the blue-core galaxies have higher central gas-phase metallicity than what is predicted by the local mass-metallicity relation. We explore the origin of the higher metallicity, finding that not only the blue-core galaxies, but also the flat-gradient and red-core galaxies all have higher metallicity. This can be explained by the combined effect of redshift and galaxy color. 相似文献
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Acounter-rotating gas disk has been detected in the SA0 galaxy IC 560 located at the periphery of a sparse group of six late-type galaxies. The pattern of gas excitation and mid-infrared colors are indicative of ongoing star formation within 1 kpc of the center. Outside the gas disk with star formation the large-scale stellar disk of the galaxy has an old age and a very low metallicity, [Z/H] ≈ ?1. The source of external gas accretion onto IC 560 is undetected; the only option is a single infall of a companion rich in high-metallicity gas. 相似文献
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Pen UL 《The Astrophysical journal》2000,536(1):L19-L22
We report on the strengths of three spectral indicators-Mg(2), Hbeta, and Hn/Fe-in the integrated light of a sample of 100 field and cluster E/S0 galaxies. The measured indices are sensitive to age and/or metallicity variations within the galaxy sample. Using linear regression analysis for data with nonuniform errors, we determine the intrinsic scatter present among the spectral indices of our galaxy sample as a function of internal velocity dispersion. Our analysis demonstrates that there is significantly more intrinsic scatter in the two Balmer line indices than in the Mg(2) index, indicating that the Balmer indices provide more dynamic range in determining the age of a stellar population than does the Mg(2) index. Furthermore, the scatter is much larger for the low velocity dispersion galaxies, indicating that star formation has occurred more recently in the lower mass galaxies. 相似文献
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Eric F. Bell † David Barnaby Richard G. Bower Roelof S. de Jong ‡ Doyal A. Harper Jr Mark Hereld Robert F. Loewenstein Bernard J. Rauscher 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2000,312(3):470-496
We have performed deep imaging of a diverse sample of 26 low surface brightness galaxies (LSBGs) in the optical and the near-infrared. Using stellar population synthesis models, we find that it is possible to place constraints on the ratio of young to old stars (which we parametrize in terms of the average age of the galaxy), as well as the metallicity of the galaxy, using optical and near-infrared colours. LSBGs have a wide range of morphologies and stellar populations, ranging from older, high-metallicity earlier types to much younger and lower-metallicity late-type galaxies. Despite this wide range of star formation histories, we find that colour gradients are common in LSBGs. These are most naturally interpreted as gradients in mean stellar age, with the outer regions of LSBGs having lower ages than their inner regions. In an attempt to understand what drives the differences in LSBG stellar populations, we compare LSBG average ages and metallicities with their physical parameters. Strong correlations are seen between an LSBG's star formation history and its K -band surface brightness, K -band absolute magnitude and gas fraction. These correlations are consistent with a scenario in which the star formation history of an LSBG primarily correlates with its surface density and its metallicity correlates with both its mass and its surface density. 相似文献
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Summary. Metallicity is a key parameter that controls many aspects in the formation and evolution of stars and galaxies. In this review
we focus on the metal deficient galaxies, in particular the most metal-poor ones, because they play a crucial r?le in the
cosmic scenery. We first set the stage by discussing the difficult problem of defining a global metallicity and how this quantity
can be measured for a given galaxy. The mechanisms that control the metallicity in a galaxy are reviewed in detail and involve
many aspects of modern astrophysics: galaxy formation and evolution, massive star formation, stellar winds, chemical yields,
outflows and inflows etc. Because metallicity roughly scales as the galactic mass, it is among the dwarfs that the most metal-poor
galaxies are found. The core of our paper reviews the considerable progress made in our understanding of the properties and
the physical processes that are at work in these objects. The question on how they are related and may evolve from one class
of objects to another is discussed. While discussing metal-poor galaxies in general, we present a more detailed discussion
of a few very metal-poor blue compact dwarf galaxies like IZw18. Although most of what is known relates to our local universe,
we show that it pertains to our quest for primeval galaxies and is connected to the question of the origin of structure in
the universe. We discuss what do QSO absorption lines and known distant galaxies tell us already? We illustrate the importance
of star-forming metal-poor galaxies for the determination of the primordial helium abundance, their use as distance indicator
and discuss the possibility to detect nearly metal-free galaxies at high redshift from Ly emission.
Received 19 August 1999 / Published online: 15 February 2000 相似文献
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R. N. Proctor A. E. Sansom I. N. Reid 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2000,311(1):37-49
Stellar populations in spiral bulges are investigated using the Lick system of spectral indices. Long-slit spectroscopic observations of line strengths and kinematics made along the minor axes of four spiral bulges are reported. Comparisons are made between central line strengths in spiral bulges and those in other morphological types [elliptical, spheroidal (Sph) and S0]. The bulges investigated are found to have central line strengths comparable to those of single stellar populations of approximately solar abundance or above. Negative radial gradients are observed in line strengths, similar to those exhibited by elliptical galaxies. The bulge data are also consistent with correlations between Mg2 , Mg2 gradient and central velocity dispersion observed in elliptical galaxies. In contrast to elliptical galaxies, central line strengths lie within the loci defining the range of 〈Fe〉 and Mg2 achieved by Worthey's solar abundance ratio, single stellar populations (SSPs). The implication of solar abundance ratios indicates significant differences in the star formation histories of spiral bulges and elliptical galaxies. A 'single zone with infall' model of galactic chemical evolution, using Worthey's SSPs, is used to constrain the possible star formation histories of our sample. We show that the 〈Fe〉, Mg2 and H β line strengths observed in these bulges cannot be reproduced using primordial collapse models of formation but can be reproduced by models with extended infall of gas and star formation (2–17 Gyr) in the region modelled. One galaxy (NGC 5689) shows a central population with a luminosity-weighted average age of ∼5 Gyr, supporting the idea of extended star formation. Kinematic substructure, possibly associated with a central spike in metallicity, is observed at the centre of the Sa galaxy NGC 3623. 相似文献
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Based on archival Hubble Space Telescope (HST) ACS/WFC images, we have performed stellar photometry for eight fields of the spiral galaxy NGC 1313 and its satellite, the low-mass Sph/Irr galaxy AM0319-662. Stars of various ages have been identified on the constructed Hertzsprung–Russell diagrams: young supergiants, middle-aged stars, and old stars (red giants); their apparent distributions over the body of the galaxy are presented. The red supergiants and giants have been divided into groups with larger and smaller color indices, corresponding to a difference in stellar metallicity. These groups of stars are shown to have different spatial distributions and to belong to two galaxies, NGC1313 itself and the disrupted satellite. We have determined the distance to NGC 1313, D = 3.88 ± 0.07 Mpc, by the TRGB method from six fields. Our photometry of 2014 HST images has revealed an emerged charge transfer inefficiency on the ACS/WFC CCDs, which manifests itself as a dependence of the photometry of stars on their coordinates on the CCD. 相似文献
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Wang Lang 《Chinese Astronomy and Astrophysics》2018,42(4):527-537
In the galaxy parameter fitting by means of stellar population synthesis, it is found that compared with the evolutionary population synthesis (EPS) model without binary interactions, the stellar age and metallicity of a galaxy derived from the EPS model with binary interactions are larger. But, we are still unclear how the binary interactions affect the galaxy evolution. For the early-type galaxies with the UV-excess phenomenon, there are two main-stream explanations: recent star formation (RSF) and binary interactions. In this study, we obtain the mass return rate and chemical yield for the stellar populations with and without binary interactions. In combination with the galaxy chemical evolution and photoionization models, we study the effects of binary interactions on the chemical evolution and metallicity evolution for the early-type galaxies with the UV-excess phenomenon under the two formation mechanisms. We find that the inclusion of binary interactions can raise the ejected mass, metallicity, alpha element, and accelerate the gas cooling. These can reasonably explain the conclusions made by the EPS models. Moreover, we find that the gas cooling is more efficient under the UV-excess formation mechanism by the binary interactions rather than the RSF, and the ratio of element abundance is different for the two mechanisms, which can be further used to distinguish these two mechanisms. 相似文献
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A new photometric system suitable for deep, precise and quick metallicity mapping in galaxies is proposed. We find a linear
correlation between our metallicity index and the Mg2 index for stellar, globular-cluster, and early-type galaxy spectra, and model spectral energy distributions of the simple
stellar populations.
This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献