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ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
卷 792, 期 2, 页码 -出版社
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/792/2/99
关键词
galaxies: dwarf; galaxies: formation; intergalactic medium; methods: numerical
资金
- NSF [OIA-1124453, AST-1229745, AST-0908499, AST-1108885]
- NASA [NNX12AF87G]
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien [1229745] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Division Of Astronomical Sciences [1229745] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Division Of Astronomical Sciences
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien [1108885] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Office Of The Director
- Office of Integrative Activities [1124453] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
We present results from a fully cosmological, very high-resolution, ACDM simulation of a group of seven field dwarf galaxies with present-day virial masses in the range M-vir = 4.4 x 10(8)-3.6 x 10(10) M-circle dot. The simulation includes a blastwave scheme for supernova feedback, a star-formation recipe based on a high gas density threshold, metal-dependent radiative cooling, a scheme for the turbulent diffusion of metals and thermal energy, and a uniform UV background. The properties of the simulated dwarfs are strongly modulated by the depth of the gravitational potential well. All three halos with M-vir < 10(9) M-circle dot are devoid of stars, as they never reach the density threshold for star formation of 100 atoms cm(-3). The other four, M-vir > 10(9) M-circle dot dwarfs have blue colors, low star-formation efficiencies, high cold gas-to-stellar mass ratios, and low stellar metallicities. Their bursty star-formation histories are characterized by peak specific star-formation rates in excess of 50-100 Gyr(-1), far outside the realm of normal, more massive galaxies. The median stellar age of the simulated galaxies decreases with decreasing halo mass, with the two M-vir similar or equal to 2-3 x 10(9) M-circle dot dwarfs being predominantly young, and the two more massive systems hosting intermediate and older populations. The cosmologically young dwarfs are lit up by tidal interactions, have compact morphologies, and have metallicities and cold gas fractions similar to the relatively quiescent, extremely metaldeficient dwarf population. Metal-enriched galactic outflows produce sub-solar effective yields and pollute with heavy elements a megaparsec-size region of the intergalactic medium, but are not sufficient to completely quench star-formation activity and are absent in the faintest dwarfs.
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