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利用SDSS光谱,研究了IRAS卫星亮红外源星表中的盘状星系中的恒星形成性质,并着重探讨了棒对星系核区恒星形成活动的影响.利用星族合成的方法得到了每个样本星系核区的恒星组成性质、恒星形成活动的强度等信息,并比较了星系整体和核区恒星形成性质的差异.得到的结论:除去相互作用,样本中的棒星系显示出比非棒旋星系更强的核区恒星形成活动和更多的年轻星族成分. 相似文献
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By using the SDSS spectra, we have studied the star formation properties of the nearby spiral galaxies selected from the Revised Bright Galaxy Sample, and tried to find the effect of bar structure on the star formation activity in the nuclear regions of nearby galaxies. The stellar population composition and the intensity of star formation activities of each sample galaxy are acquired by using the stellar population synthesis code—STARLIGHT, and the star formation properties of nuclear regions are compared with those of integral sample galaxies. We find that the star formation in barred spiral galaxies is more active than that of unbarred spirals, and that barred spirals have younger stellar populations. 相似文献
3.
S. Lourenso J.A.L. Aguerri A. Vazdekis J.E. Beckman R.F. Peletier 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2003,284(2):925-928
High spatial resolution visible and NIR observations of the bar of NGC 5850, a prototype of double barred spirals, together
with visible intermediate and high dispersion spectra along the primary bar, are being used, with the aid of simple stellar
population synthesis models, to investigate the mean age and metallicity of the different stellar components of the central
part of the galaxy. The determination of stellar ages and metallicities would constrain theoretical scenarios for secondary
bar formation and the evolution of barred spirals. Unfortunately, we cannot obtain a good fit with simple stellar populations
(SSPs) to the spectral indices, so it can not give us, by now, insight into the mean stellar age and metallicity of the real
populations in the central region of the galaxy. These preliminary results show a relatively old primary bar with metallicity
about solar, although absolute values must be taken with care. The nucleus has a young stellar component, and is very dusty.
This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
4.
We discuss the properties of the galaxies in about 60 rich, nearby clusters, using kinematic data from the ESO Nearby Abell
Cluster Survey, combined with new imaging data. The images were used to classify the galaxies, and to recalibrate the galaxy
types derived from the ENACS spectra; this yields galaxy-type estimates for about4800 galaxies. For about 1200 galaxies, a
bulge/disk decomposition could be made, which yields sizes and luminosities of bulges and disks. From the projected radial
distances and relative l.o.s.-velocities we derived the galaxy ensembles with significantly different phase-space distributions.
We find that galaxies in and outside substructure must be distinguished. The morphological composition of the substructures
appears to vary with projected radius. Outside substructures, 4 galaxy ensembles must be defined: viz. the brighest Es, the
other early-type galaxies, the early spirals(Sa-Sb), and the late spirals (including the emission-line galaxies). We also
study the morphology-density relation, and we find that the segregation of the late spirals is driven mostly by global factors,
while the segregation of Es, S0s and early spirals is driven mostly by local density. The properties of early spirals and
S0ssupport the picture in which early spirals transform into S0s, while the properties of the late spirals do not support
such a relation.
This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
5.
We study the spatial orientation of 5 169 galaxies that have radial velocity 3 000 to 5 000 km s−1. The ‘position angle–inclination’ method is used to find the spin vector and the projections of spin vector of the galaxy
rotation axes. The spatial isotropic distribution is assumed to examine the non-random effects. For this, we have performed
chi-square, Fourier, and auto-correlation tests. We found a random alignment of spin vectors of total galaxies with respect
to the equatorial coordinate system. The spin vector projections of total galaxies is found to be oriented tangentially with
respect to the equatorial center. The spiral galaxies show a similar orientation as shown by the total sample. Five subsamples
of barred spiral (late-type) galaxies show a preferred alignment. However, early-type barred spirals show a random orientation.
A weak morphological dependence is noticed in the subsamples of late type barred spirals. A comparison with the previous works
and the possible explanation of the results will be presented. 相似文献
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We use high-spatial resolution (100 pc) rotation curves of 83 spiral galaxies to investigate the mass distribution of their innermost kpc. We show that, in this region, the luminous matter completely accounts for the gravitational potential and no dark component is required. The derived I-band disk mass-to-light ratios
agree well with those obtained from population synthesis models and correlate with color in a similar way. We find strict upper limits of 107 M for the masses of compact bodies at the center of spirals, ruling out that these systems host the remnants of the quasar activity. 相似文献
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Jonathan Braine P.-A. Duc U. Lisenfeld V. Charmandaris O. Vallejo S. Leon E. Brinks 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2002,281(1-2):407-408
We investigate the process of galaxy formation as can be observed in the only currently forming galaxies - the so-called Tidal
Dwarf Galaxies, hereafter TDGs - through observations of the molecular gas detected via its CO (Carbon Monoxide) emission.
These objects are formed of material torn off of the outer parts of a spiral disk due to tidal forces in a collision between
two massive galaxies. Molecular gas is a key element in the galaxy formation process, providing the link between a cloud of
gas and a bona fide galaxy. We have detected CO in 8 TDGs (Braine, Lisenfeld, Duc and Leon, 2000: Nature
403, 867; Braine, Duc, Lisenfeld, Charmandaris, Vallejo, Leon and Brinks: 2001, A&A
378, 51), with an overall detection rate of 80%, showing that molecular gas is abundant in TDGs, up to a few 108
M
⊙. The CO emission coincides both spatially and kinematically with the HI emission, indicating that the molecular gas forms
from the atomic hydrogen where the HI column density is high. A possible trend of more evolved TDGs having greater molecular
gas masses is observed, in accord with the transformation of HI into H2. Although TDGs share many of the properties of small irregulars, their CO luminosity is much greater (factor ∼ 100) than
that of standard dwarf galaxies of comparable luminosity. This is most likely a consequence of the higher metallicity (≳sim
1/3 solar) of TDGs which makes CO a good tracer of molecular gas. This allows us to study star formation in environments ordinarily
inaccessible due to the extreme difficulty of measuring the molecular gas mass. The star formation efficiency, measured by
the CO luminosity per Hα flux, is the same in TDGs and full-sized spirals. CO is likely the best tracer of the dynamics of
these objects because some fraction of the HI near the TDGs may be part of the tidal tail and not bound to the TDG. Although
uncertainties are large for individual objects, as the geometry is unknown, our sample is now of eight detected objects and
we find that the ‘dynamical’ masses of TDGs, estimated from the CO line widths, seem not to be greater than the ‘visible’
masses (HI + H2 + a stellar component). Although higher spatial resolution CO (and HI) observations would help reduce the uncertainties,
we find that TDGs require no dark matter, which would make them the only galaxy-sized systems where this is the case. Dark
matter in spirals should then be in a halo and not a rotating disk. Most dwarf galaxies are dark matter-rich, implying that
they are not of tidal origin. We provide strong evidence that TDGs are self-gravitating entities, implying that we are witnessing the
ensemble of processes in galaxy formation: concentration of large amounts of gas in a bound object, condensation of the gas,
which is atomic at this point, to form molecular gas and the subsequent star formation from the dense molecular component.
This revised version was published online in September 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
8.
We determine the mass profile of a synthetic cluster built from the combination of 59 nearby clusters observed in the ESO
Nearby Abell Cluster Survey (ENACS). We use ellipticals and S0s as tracers of the cluster potential, and solve the Jeans equation
assuming isotropic orbits. Such an assumption is justified by the analysis of the shape of the velocity distribution of ellipticals
and S0s. We find that the cluster mass profile is consistent with the Navarro, Frenk and White(NFW) model. We use this cluster
mass profile to search for equilibrium solutions for the other cluster galaxy populations: very bright ellipticals (M
R
≤–22+5 log h),early-type spirals (Sa-Sb), and late-type spirals and irregulars (Sbc-Ir), together with emission-line galaxies. We find
equilibrium solutions for both the early- and the late-spirals, but not for the very bright ellipticals. The dynamics of very
bright ellipticals is probably affected by dissipative processes which invalidate the use of the collisionless Jeans equation.
The equilibrium solution found for the early-spirals implies them to move on nearly-isotropic orbits. Late-spirals are instead
found to be on mildly radial orbits, with the radial anisotropy increasing outwards. We discuss the implications of these
results for the evolutionary histories of the different populations of cluster galaxies.
This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
9.
New observations show that most of the flattened diffuse elliptical (dE) galaxies are essentially isotropic rotators. This
supports the idea that dEs have evolved from fast rotating dIrr systems or late-type spirals after their gas was expelled
by SN-driven winds and stripped by ram pressure against the intergalactic medium.
This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
10.
S. Boissier D. Monnier Ragaigne W. van Driel C. Balkowski N. Prantzos 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2003,284(2):913-916
We show that simple models of the chemical and spectrophotometric evolution of galaxies can be used to explore the properties
of present-day galaxies and especially the causes of the observed variety among disc galaxies. We focus on the link between
`classical' spirals and Low Surface Brightness galaxies.
This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
11.
We reconstruct the history of the cosmic star formation as well as the cosmic production of metals in the universe by means
of detailed chemical evolution models for galaxies of different morphological types. We consider a picture of coeval, non-interacting
evolving galaxies where ellipticals experience intense and rapid starbursts within the first Gyr after their formation, and
spirals and irregulars continue to form stars at lower rates up to the present time. We show that spirals are the main contributors
to the decline of the luminosity density in all bands between z=1 and z=0.
This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
12.
Per Olof Lindblad 《Astronomy and Astrophysics Review》1999,9(3-4):221-271
Summary. The aim of the present review is to give a global picture of the supergiant barred galaxy NGC 1365. This galaxy with its
strong bar and prominent spiral structure displays a variety of nuclear activity and ongoing star formation.
The kinematics of the galaxy has been mapped in detail by optical long slit and Fabry–Perot observations as well as radio
observations of Hi and CO interstellar lines. From these observations a combined velocity field has been derived, describing the circulation
of interstellar gas in the symmetry plane of the galaxy. With a gravitational potential based on near infrared photometry
of the bar and the shape of the apparent rotation curve, computer simulations of the dynamics of the interstellar gas have
been made with the aim to reproduce both the morphology of the interstellar matter as well as the observed velocity field.
The simulations demonstrate the role of the bar and the importance of resonances between the bar rotation and the rotation
of the galaxy for the formation of the spiral structure. Polarization of radio radiation reveals magnetic fields concentrated
to the dust lanes along and across the bar, where they are aligned with the flow pattern of the gas, and along the spiral
arms. The kinematics of the outer region of the galaxy with a fairly unique decline of the rotation curve leads to the conclusion
that NGC 1365 lacks a very massive dark matter halo, which may permit the formation of a very strong bar.
The galaxy contains an active nucleus with both broad and narrow components of the permitted spectral emission lines. The
nucleus is surrounded by a molecular torus, numerous star forming regions and continuum radio sources. The star forming regions
are, as seen with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), resolved into a large number of super star clusters suggested to be young
globular clusters. A very compact radio source, seen at high spatial resolution with the Very Large Array (VLA), has been
claimed to coincide with one of the super star clusters. This compact source has a radio brightness of the order of 100 times
that of the bright galactic supernova remnant Cas A and is suggested to be a so called ‘radio supernova’. Two other such compact
radio sources, positioned in the prominent dark dust lane penetrating the nuclear region, are identified as strong infrared
sources by observations with the Very Large Telescope (VLT). The cause of this infrared radiation may be dust heated by the
objects that drive the radio sources.
The X-ray radiation from the nucleus is interpreted to consist of hard continuum radiation from the active nucleus itself,
Fe-K line emission from a rotating disk, and thermal emission from the surrounding star burst activity. A secondary, highly
variable source has been discovered close to the nuclear region. It seems to be one of the most luminous and most highly variable
off-nuclear X-ray sources known.
The higher excitation optical emission lines in the nuclear region, primarily from [Oiii], reveal a velocity field quite different from that described by the galactic rotation. The deviating [Oiii] morphology and velocity field in the nuclear region is interpreted in terms of a high excitation outflow double-cone with
its apex at the nucleus and symmetry axis perpendicular to the symmetry plane of the galaxy. One of the circumnuclear radio
sources seems to be a one-sided jet emerging from the nucleus aligned with the cone axis. According to the model, the outward
flow within the cone is accelerated and the flow velocity highest at the cone axis.
Received 15 January 1999 相似文献
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E. V. Polyachenko 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2004,293(4):381-391
This paper considers the formation of stellar galactic structures, which are assumed to be slow modes in a disc of orbits
precessing at different speeds. The mode pattern speeds, Ωp, are eigen-values of a Fredholm integral operator. Its general analysis shows the existence of two types of eigen-functions,
bar-like and spiral. The bars grow through the immediate action of mode gravitational fields on the stars near the corotation
and the outer Lindblad resonance. The excitation of spirals is due to the inner Lindblad resonance. Apparently, the commonly
used swing amplification mechanism does not play any role in the formation of both bar-modes and grand design spiral modes.
However, it can be essential in the formation of transient excitations when the normal global mode cannot be organized.
This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
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M. Rozas J. H. Knapen & J. E. Beckman 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》1998,301(3):631-639
We present a test for the degree of symmetry in the distribution of the Hα brightness along the arms of a sample of spiral galaxies. The test consists of deriving the cross-correlation function of the Hα brightness as a function of curvilinear distance along pairs of opposed arms, after unfolding the arms geometrically. Our results reveal a significantly greater degree of symmetry in the non-barred population than in the barred. We derive parameters for both bar strength and bar ellipticity, and compare these with the derived cross-correlations to strengthen this conclusion. We suggest that density waves are a probable cause for the appearance of global, i.e. disc-wide, two-fold symmetry in spiral discs. Comparison with published work on abundance gradients in the discs of barred and non-barred galaxies indicates that, as for the abundances, mixing in the spiral disc as a result of the bar potential may well be responsible for our observation that stronger bars are related to reduced two-fold symmetry in the distribution of star-forming regions along the spiral arms. 相似文献
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Isabel Márquez Josefa Masegosa Mariano Moles Jesús Varela Daniella Bettoni Giusseppe Galletta 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2003,284(2):711-714
We present the study of long slit spectra in the region ofHα emission line of a sample of 111 spiral galaxies with recognizable
and well defined spiral morphology and with a well determined environmental status, ranging from isolation to non-disruptive
interaction with satellites or companions. The form and properties of the rotation curves (RC) are considered as a function
of the isolation degree, morphological type, t, and luminosity. The line ratios are used to estimate the metallicity of all
the detected HII regions, thus producing a composite metallicity profile for different types of spirals. We have found that
isolated galaxies (ISO) tend to be of later types and lower luminosity than the interacting galaxies (INT). The outer parts
of the RC of ISO tend to be flatter than in INT, but they show similar relations between global parameters. The scatter of
the Tully-Fisher (TF) relation defined by ISO is significantly lower than that of INT. The [NII]/Hα ratios, used as a metallicity
indicator, show a clear trend between Z and t, with earlier spirals showing higher ratios; this trend is tighter when instead
of t the gradient of the inner RC, G, is used; no trend is found with the change in interaction status. The Z-gradient of
the disks depends on the type, being almost flat for early spirals, and increasing for later types. The [NII]/Hα ratios measured
for disk HII regions of INT are higher than for normal/ISO objects, even if all the galaxy families present similar distributions
of Hα Equivalent Width.
This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
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P. A. Patsis D. E. Kaufmann S. T. Gottesman V. Boonyasait 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2009,394(1):142-156
We study the dynamics of a model for the late-type barred-spiral galaxy NGC 3359 by using both observational and numerical techniques. The results of our modelling are compared with photometric and kinematical data. The potential used is estimated directly from observations of the galaxy. It describes with a single potential function, a barred-spiral system with an extended spiral structure. Thus, the study of the dynamics in this potential has an interest by itself. We apply orbital theory and response models for the study of the stellar component, and smoothed particle hydrodynamics for modelling the gas. In particular, we examine the pattern speed of the system and the orbital character (chaotic or ordered) of the spiral arms. We conclude that the spiral pattern rotates slowly, in the sense that its corotation is close to or even beyond the end of the arms. Although a single, slow pattern speed could, under certain assumptions, characterize the whole disc, the comparison with the observational data indicates that probably the bar and the spirals have different angular velocities. In our two pattern speeds model, the best fit is obtained with a bar ending close to its 4:1 resonance and a more slowly rotating spiral. Assuming an 11 Mpc distance to the galaxy, a match of our models with the observed data indicates a pattern speed of about 39 km s−1 kpc−1 for the bar and about 15 km s−1 kpc−1 for the spiral. We do not find any indication for a chaotic character of the arms in this barred-spiral system. The flow in the region of the spirals can best be described as a regular 'precessing-ellipses flow'. 相似文献
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P. Papaderos Y.I. Izotov K.G. Noeske L.M. Cairós N.G. Guseva T.X. Thuan K.J. Fricke 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2003,284(2):619-622
Using HST and ground-based optical and NIR imaging data, we investigate whether the blue compact dwarf (BCD) galaxy I Zw 18
possesses an extended low-surface brightness (LSB) old stellar population underlying its star-forming (SF) regions. We show
that the exponential intensity decrease observed in the filamentary LSB envelope of the BCD out to 18″ (1.3 kpc at the adopted
distance of 15 Mpc) is not due to an evolved stellar disc, but rather due to extended ionized gas emission. Broad-band images
reveal, after subtraction of nebular line emission, a compact stellar LSB component extending slightly beyond the SF regions.
This stellar host, being blue over a radius range of 5 exponential scale lengths and showing little colour contrast to the
SF component, differs strikingly from the red LSB host of standard BCDs. This fact, in connection with the blue colours of
component I Zw 18 C (see discussion in Papaderos et al. 2002), suggests that most of the stellar mass in I Zw 18 has formed
within the last 0.5 Gyr. Furthermore, we show that the exponential intensity fall-off in the filamentary ionized envelope
of I Zw 18 is not particular to this system but a common property of the ionized halo of many SF dwarf galaxies on galactocentric
distances of several kpc. In the absence of an appreciable underlying stellar background, extended ionized gas emission dominates
in the periphery of I Zw 18, superficially resembling an exponential stellar disc on optical surface brightness profiles.
The case of I Zw 18 suggests caution in the search of more distant young galaxy candidates. Intense SF activity in the early
phase of dwarf galaxy formation may result in an extended ionized gas halo which can be mistaken for an evolved stellar disc
by studying only its exponential surface brightness profile.
This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
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Harry I. Ringermacher Lawrence R. Mead 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2009,397(1):164-171
We describe a new formula capable of quantitatively characterizing the Hubble sequence of spiral galaxies including grand design and barred spirals. Special shapes such as ring galaxies with inward and outward arms are also described by the analytic continuation of the same formula. The formula is r (φ) = A /log [ B tan (φ/2 N )] . This function intrinsically generates a bar in a continuous, fixed relationship relative to an arm of arbitrary winding sweep. A is simply a scale parameter while B , together with N , determines the spiral pitch. Roughly, greater N results in tighter winding. Greater B results in greater arm sweep and smaller bar/bulge, while smaller B fits larger bar/bulge with a sharper bar/arm junction. Thus B controls the 'bar/bulge-to-arm' size, while N controls the tightness much like the Hubble scheme. The formula can be recast in a form dependent only on a unique point of turnover angle of pitch – essentially a one-parameter fit, aside from a scalefactor. The recast formula is remarkable and unique in that a single parameter can define a spiral shape with either constant or variable pitch capable of tightly fitting Hubble types from grand design spirals to late-type large barred galaxies. We compare the correlation of our pitch parameter to Hubble type with that of the traditional logarithmic spiral for 21 well-shaped galaxies. The pitch parameter of our formula produces a very tight correlation with ideal Hubble type suggesting it is a good discriminator compared to logarithmic pitch, which shows poor correlation here similar to previous works. Representative examples of fitted galaxies are shown. 相似文献
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K.G. Noeske P. Papaderos L.M. Cairós K.J. Fricke 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2003,284(2):615-618
We present deep Near-Infrared (NIR) imaging of Blue Compact Dwarf Galaxies (BCDs), allowing for the first time to derive and
systematize the NIR structural properties of their stellar low-surface brightness (LSB) host galaxies. Compared to optical
data, NIR images, being less contamined by the extended stellar and ionized gas emission from the starburst, permit to study
the LSB host galaxy closer to its center. We find that radial surface brightness profiles (SBPs) of the LSB hosts show at
large radii a mostly exponential intensity distribution, in agreement with previous optical studies. At small to intermediate
radii, however, the NIR data reveal an inwards flattening with respect to the outer exponential slope (`type V SBPs', Binggeli
and Cameron, 1991) in the LSB component of more than one half of the sample BCDs. This result may constitute an important
observational constraint to the dynamics and evolution of BCDs. We apply a modified exponential fitting function (Papaderos
et al., 1996a) to parametrize and systematically study type V profiles in BCDs. A Sérsic law is found to be less suitable
for studying the LSB component of BCDs, since it yields very uncertain solutions.
This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
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R. G. Abraham M. R. Merrifield R. S. Ellis N. R. Tanvir J. Brinchmann 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》1999,308(2):569-576
The frequency of barred spiral galaxies as a function of redshift contains important information on the gravitational influence of stellar discs in their dark matter haloes and may also distinguish between contemporary theories for the origin of galactic bulges. In this paper we present a new quantitative method for determining the strength of barred spiral structure, and verify its robustness to redshift-dependent effects. By combining galaxy samples from the Hubble Deep Field North with newly available data from the Hubble Deep Field South, we are able to define a statistical sample of 46 low-inclination spiral systems with I 814 W <23.2 mag. Analysing the proportion of barred spiral galaxies seen as a function of redshift, we find a significant decline in the fraction of barred spirals with redshift. The redshift distribution of 22 barred and 24 non-barred spirals with suitable inclinations is inconsistent with their being drawn from the same distribution at the 99 per cent confidence level. The physical significance of this effect remains unclear, but several possibilities include dynamically hotter (or increasingly dark-matter-dominated) high-redshift discs, or an enhanced efficiency in bar destruction at high redshifts. By investigating the formation of the 'orthogonal' axis of Hubble's classification tuning fork, our result complements studies of evolution in the early–late sequence, and pushes to later epochs the redshift at which the Hubble classification sequence is observed to be in place. 相似文献