The spatially-resolved star formation history of the M31 outer disc
The spatially-resolved star formation history of the M31 outer disc
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M31 外盘的空间分辨恒星形成历史
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10.1093/mnrasl/slv116
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2015
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Bernard E
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Bernard E
We present deepHubble Space TelescopeAdvanced Camera for Surveys observations of the stellar populations in two fields lying at 20 and 23 kpc from the centre of M31 along the south-west semimajor axis. These data enable the construction of colour–magnitude diagrams reaching the oldest main-sequence turn-offs (∼13 Gyr) which, when combined with another field at 25 kpc from our previous work, we use to derive the first precision constraints on the spatially-resolved star formation history of the M31 disc. The star formation rates exhibit temporal as well as field-to-field variations, but are generally always within a factor of 2 of their time average. There is no evidence of inside-out growth over the radial range probed. We find a median age of ∼7.5 Gyr, indicating that roughly half of the stellar mass in the M31 outer disc was formed beforez∼ 1. We also find that the age–metallicity relations (AMRs) are smoothly increasing from [Fe/H] ≃ −0.4 to solar metallicity between 10 and 3 Gyr ago, contrary to the flat AMR of the Milky Way disc at a similar number of scalelengths. Our findings provide insight on the roles of stellar feedback and radial migration in the formation and evolution of large disc galaxies.
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2011
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S. Hidalgo;A. Aparicio;E. Skillman;M. Monelli;C. Gallart;A. Cole;A. Dolphin;D. Weisz;E. Bernard;S. Cassisi;L. Mayer;P. Stetson;E. Tolstoy;H. Ferguson
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H. Ferguson
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10.1088/2041-8205/764/1/l1
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2012-12
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The Astrophysical Journal Letters
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F. Muller-S'anchez;M. Prieto;M. Mezcua;R. Davies;M. Malkan;M. I. D. A. D. Canarias-M.-I.-D.-A.-D.-Canarias-102993718;U. L. Laguna
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F. Muller-S'anchez;M. Prieto;M. Mezcua;R. Davies;M. Malkan;M. I. D. A. D. Canarias-M.-I.-D.-A.-D.-Canarias-102993718;U. L. Laguna
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2012
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L. Úbeda;Jay Anderson
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Jay Anderson
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2015
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B. Williams;J. Dalcanton;A. Dolphin;D. Weisz;A. Lewis;D. Lang;E. Bell;M. Boyer;M. Fouesneau;K. Gilbert;A. Monachesi;E. Skillman
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E. Skillman
DOI:
10.1088/0004-637x/803/1/24
发表时间:
2015
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The Astrophysical Journal
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C. Dorman;P. Guhathakurta;A. Seth;D. Weisz;E. Bell;J. Dalcanton;K. Gilbert;K. Hamren;A. Lewis;E. Skillman;E. Toloba;B. Williams
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