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Understanding the chemical evolution of blue Edge-on Low Surface Brightness Galaxies

Astrophysics of Galaxies 2023-05-16 v1

Abstract

We present a sample of 330 blue edge-on low surface brightness galaxies (ELSBGs). To understand the chemical evolution of LSBGs, we derived the gas-phase abundance and the [α\alpha/Fe] ratio. Compared with star-forming galaxies, ELSBGs show a flatter trend in the mass-metallicity (MZM_*-Z) relation, suggesting that the oxygen abundance enhancement is inefficient. We focus on 77 ELSBGs with HI data and found the closed-box model can not explain their gas fraction and metallicity relation, implying that infall and/or outflow is needed. We derived the [α\alpha/Fe] ratio of normal ELSBG (<< 109.5^{9.5}M\odot) and massive ELSBG (>=>= 109.5^{9.5}M\odot) using single stellar population grids from MILES stellar library. The mean [α\alpha/Fe] ratios are 0.18 and 0.4 for normal ELSBG and massive ELSBG, respectively. We discussed that the long time-scale of star-formation, and/or metal-rich gas outflow event caused by SNe Ia winds are likely responsible for the α\alpha-enhancement of massive ELSBGs.

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@article{arxiv.2303.16446,
  title  = {Understanding the chemical evolution of blue Edge-on Low Surface Brightness Galaxies},
  author = {Tian-wen Cao and Hong Wu and Gaspar Galaz and Venu M. Kalari and Cheng Cheng and Zi-Jian Li and Jun-feng Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2303.16446},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

9 pages, 9 figures, Accepted for publication in ApJ