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Understanding the Chemical Evolution of Blue Edge-on Low Surface Brightness Galaxies
- Source :
- The Astrophysical Journal, Vol 948, Iss 2, p 96 (2023)
- Publication Year :
- 2023
- Publisher :
- IOP Publishing, 2023.
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Abstract
- We present a sample of 330 blue edge-on low surface brightness galaxies (ELSBGs). To understand the chemical evolution of ELSBGs, we derived the gas-phase abundance and the [ α /Fe] ratio. Compared with star-forming galaxies, ELSBGs show a flatter trend in the mass–metallicity ( M _* – Z ) relation, which suggests that the oxygen abundance enhancement is inefficient. We focused on 77 ELSBGs with H i data and found that the closed-box model cannot explain their gas fraction and metallicity relation, which implies that infall and/or outflow is needed. We derived the [ α /Fe] ratio of normal ELSBG ( = 10 ^9.5 M _⊙ ) using single stellar population grids from the MILES stellar library. The mean [ α /Fe] ratios are 0.18 and 0.4 for normal ELSBG and massive ELSBG, respectively. We suggest that the long timescales of star formation and/or metal-rich gas outflow events caused by SNe Ia winds are likely to be responsible for the α -enhancement of massive ELSBGs.
- Subjects :
- Galaxy abundances
Metallicity
Chemical abundances
Astrophysics
QB460-466
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15384357
- Volume :
- 948
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- The Astrophysical Journal
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.999154db9e40a990fdf30aa627c47b
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/acc864