The stellar spectral features of nearby galaxies in the near infrared : tracers of thermally pulsing asymptotic giant branch stars?
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Resumo: | We analyse the stellar absorption features in high signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) near-infrared (NIR) spectra of the nuclear region of 12 nearby galaxies, mostly spirals. The features detected in some or all of the galaxies in this sample are the TiO (0.843 and 0.886 μm), VO (1.048 μm), CN (1.1 and 1.4 μm), H2O (1.4 and 1.9 μm) and CO (1.6 and 2.3 μm) bands. The C2 (1.17 and 1.76 μm) bands are generally weak or absent, although C2 (1.76 μm) may be weakly present in the mean galaxy spectrum. A deep feature near 0.93 μm, likely caused by CN, TiO and/or ZrO, is also detected in all objects. Fitting a combination of stellar spectra to the mean spectrum shows that the absorption features are produced by evolved stars: cool giants and supergiant stars in the early- or thermally pulsing asymptotic giant branch (E-AGB or TP-AGB) phases. The high luminosity of TP-AGB stars, and the appearance of VO and ZrO features in the data, suggest that TP-AGB stars dominate these spectral features. However, a contribution from other evolved stars is also likely. Comparison with evolutionary population synthesis models shows that models based on empirical libraries that predict relatively strong NIR features provide a more accurate description of the data. However, none of the models tested accurately reproduces all of the features observed in the spectra. To do so, the models will need to not only improve the treatment of TP-AGB stars, but also include good quality spectra of red giant and E-AGB stars. The uninterrupted wavelength coverage, high S/N and quantity of features we present here will provide a benchmark for the next generation of models aiming to explain and predict the NIR properties of galaxies. |
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Riffel, RogérioMason, Rachel E.Martins, Lucimara PiresRodriguez-Ardila, AlbertoHo, Luis C.Riffel, Rogemar AndréLira, PaulinaGonzalez Martin, OmairaDutra, Daniel RuschelAlonso-Herrero, AlmudenaFlohic, HeleneMcDermid, RichardRamos Almeida, CristinaThanjavur, KarunWinge, Claudia2015-09-18T01:58:29Z20150035-8711http://hdl.handle.net/10183/126982000973378We analyse the stellar absorption features in high signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) near-infrared (NIR) spectra of the nuclear region of 12 nearby galaxies, mostly spirals. The features detected in some or all of the galaxies in this sample are the TiO (0.843 and 0.886 μm), VO (1.048 μm), CN (1.1 and 1.4 μm), H2O (1.4 and 1.9 μm) and CO (1.6 and 2.3 μm) bands. The C2 (1.17 and 1.76 μm) bands are generally weak or absent, although C2 (1.76 μm) may be weakly present in the mean galaxy spectrum. A deep feature near 0.93 μm, likely caused by CN, TiO and/or ZrO, is also detected in all objects. Fitting a combination of stellar spectra to the mean spectrum shows that the absorption features are produced by evolved stars: cool giants and supergiant stars in the early- or thermally pulsing asymptotic giant branch (E-AGB or TP-AGB) phases. The high luminosity of TP-AGB stars, and the appearance of VO and ZrO features in the data, suggest that TP-AGB stars dominate these spectral features. However, a contribution from other evolved stars is also likely. Comparison with evolutionary population synthesis models shows that models based on empirical libraries that predict relatively strong NIR features provide a more accurate description of the data. However, none of the models tested accurately reproduces all of the features observed in the spectra. To do so, the models will need to not only improve the treatment of TP-AGB stars, but also include good quality spectra of red giant and E-AGB stars. The uninterrupted wavelength coverage, high S/N and quantity of features we present here will provide a benchmark for the next generation of models aiming to explain and predict the NIR properties of galaxies.application/pdfengMonthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Oxford. Vol. 450, no. 3 (July 2015), p. 3069-3079Galáxias ativasEspectros estelaresStars: AGB and post-AGBGalaxies: activeGalaxies: bulgesGalaxies: stellar contentThe stellar spectral features of nearby galaxies in the near infrared : tracers of thermally pulsing asymptotic giant branch stars?Estrangeiroinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Institucional da UFRGSinstname:Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)instacron:UFRGSORIGINAL000973378.pdf000973378.pdfTexto completo (inglês)application/pdf1660750http://www.lume.ufrgs.br/bitstream/10183/126982/1/000973378.pdf5e3631367be60f38b31d397916bb6acdMD51TEXT000973378.pdf.txt000973378.pdf.txtExtracted Texttext/plain49044http://www.lume.ufrgs.br/bitstream/10183/126982/2/000973378.pdf.txt4e4e6cf858886a502a3dc7b62734e23aMD52THUMBNAIL000973378.pdf.jpg000973378.pdf.jpgGenerated Thumbnailimage/jpeg1923http://www.lume.ufrgs.br/bitstream/10183/126982/3/000973378.pdf.jpgf181e672517fd75cc5b56f836f6bf369MD5310183/1269822023-09-29 03:39:03.229095oai:www.lume.ufrgs.br:10183/126982Repositório de PublicaçõesPUBhttps://lume.ufrgs.br/oai/requestopendoar:2023-09-29T06:39:03Repositório Institucional da UFRGS - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)false |
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The stellar spectral features of nearby galaxies in the near infrared : tracers of thermally pulsing asymptotic giant branch stars? |
title |
The stellar spectral features of nearby galaxies in the near infrared : tracers of thermally pulsing asymptotic giant branch stars? |
spellingShingle |
The stellar spectral features of nearby galaxies in the near infrared : tracers of thermally pulsing asymptotic giant branch stars? Riffel, Rogério Galáxias ativas Espectros estelares Stars: AGB and post-AGB Galaxies: active Galaxies: bulges Galaxies: stellar content |
title_short |
The stellar spectral features of nearby galaxies in the near infrared : tracers of thermally pulsing asymptotic giant branch stars? |
title_full |
The stellar spectral features of nearby galaxies in the near infrared : tracers of thermally pulsing asymptotic giant branch stars? |
title_fullStr |
The stellar spectral features of nearby galaxies in the near infrared : tracers of thermally pulsing asymptotic giant branch stars? |
title_full_unstemmed |
The stellar spectral features of nearby galaxies in the near infrared : tracers of thermally pulsing asymptotic giant branch stars? |
title_sort |
The stellar spectral features of nearby galaxies in the near infrared : tracers of thermally pulsing asymptotic giant branch stars? |
author |
Riffel, Rogério |
author_facet |
Riffel, Rogério Mason, Rachel E. Martins, Lucimara Pires Rodriguez-Ardila, Alberto Ho, Luis C. Riffel, Rogemar André Lira, Paulina Gonzalez Martin, Omaira Dutra, Daniel Ruschel Alonso-Herrero, Almudena Flohic, Helene McDermid, Richard Ramos Almeida, Cristina Thanjavur, Karun Winge, Claudia |
author_role |
author |
author2 |
Mason, Rachel E. Martins, Lucimara Pires Rodriguez-Ardila, Alberto Ho, Luis C. Riffel, Rogemar André Lira, Paulina Gonzalez Martin, Omaira Dutra, Daniel Ruschel Alonso-Herrero, Almudena Flohic, Helene McDermid, Richard Ramos Almeida, Cristina Thanjavur, Karun Winge, Claudia |
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Riffel, Rogério Mason, Rachel E. Martins, Lucimara Pires Rodriguez-Ardila, Alberto Ho, Luis C. Riffel, Rogemar André Lira, Paulina Gonzalez Martin, Omaira Dutra, Daniel Ruschel Alonso-Herrero, Almudena Flohic, Helene McDermid, Richard Ramos Almeida, Cristina Thanjavur, Karun Winge, Claudia |
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Galáxias ativas Espectros estelares |
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Galáxias ativas Espectros estelares Stars: AGB and post-AGB Galaxies: active Galaxies: bulges Galaxies: stellar content |
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Stars: AGB and post-AGB Galaxies: active Galaxies: bulges Galaxies: stellar content |
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We analyse the stellar absorption features in high signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) near-infrared (NIR) spectra of the nuclear region of 12 nearby galaxies, mostly spirals. The features detected in some or all of the galaxies in this sample are the TiO (0.843 and 0.886 μm), VO (1.048 μm), CN (1.1 and 1.4 μm), H2O (1.4 and 1.9 μm) and CO (1.6 and 2.3 μm) bands. The C2 (1.17 and 1.76 μm) bands are generally weak or absent, although C2 (1.76 μm) may be weakly present in the mean galaxy spectrum. A deep feature near 0.93 μm, likely caused by CN, TiO and/or ZrO, is also detected in all objects. Fitting a combination of stellar spectra to the mean spectrum shows that the absorption features are produced by evolved stars: cool giants and supergiant stars in the early- or thermally pulsing asymptotic giant branch (E-AGB or TP-AGB) phases. The high luminosity of TP-AGB stars, and the appearance of VO and ZrO features in the data, suggest that TP-AGB stars dominate these spectral features. However, a contribution from other evolved stars is also likely. Comparison with evolutionary population synthesis models shows that models based on empirical libraries that predict relatively strong NIR features provide a more accurate description of the data. However, none of the models tested accurately reproduces all of the features observed in the spectra. To do so, the models will need to not only improve the treatment of TP-AGB stars, but also include good quality spectra of red giant and E-AGB stars. The uninterrupted wavelength coverage, high S/N and quantity of features we present here will provide a benchmark for the next generation of models aiming to explain and predict the NIR properties of galaxies. |
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