Understanding the chemical evolution of blue Edge-on Low Surface Brightness Galaxies
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 [/Fe] ratio. Compared with star-forming galaxies, ELSBGs show a flatter trend in the mass-metallicity () 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 [/Fe] ratio of normal ELSBG ( 10M) and massive ELSBG ( 10M) using single stellar population grids from MILES stellar library. The mean [/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 -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}
}
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9 pages, 9 figures, Accepted for publication in ApJ