Metallicity for 317 RGB-stars in NGC 147 Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Zhuang Z.,Kirby E.N.,Leethochawalit N.,de los Reyes M.A.C.
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Abstract

The stellar mass-stellar metallicity relation (MZR) is an essential approach to probing the chemical evolution of galaxies. It reflects the balance between galactic feedback and gravitational potential as a function of stellar mass. However, the current MZR of local dwarf satellite galaxies (M*<~108M{sun}; measured from resolved stellar spectroscopy) may not be reconcilable with that of more massive galaxies (M*>109.5M{sun}; measured from integrated-light spectroscopy). Such a discrepancy may result from a systematic difference between the two methods, or it may indicate a break in the MZR around 109M{sun}. To address this question, we measured the stellar metallicity of NGC147 from integrated light using the Palomar Cosmic Web Imager. We compared the stellar metallicity estimates from integrated light with measurements from resolved stellar spectroscopy and found them to be consistent within 0.1dex. On the other hand, the high-mass MZR overpredicts the metallicity by 0.6dex at the mass of NGC147. Therefore, our results tentatively suggest that the discrepancy between the low-mass MZR and high-mass MZR should not be attributed to a systematic difference in techniques. Instead, real physical processes cause the transition in the MZR. In addition, we discovered a positive age gradient in the innermost region and a negative metallicity gradient from the resolved stars at larger radii, suggesting a possible outside-in formation of NGC147.

Keywords
  1. galaxies
  2. giant-stars
  3. infrared-photometry
  4. visible-astronomy
  5. photometry
  6. metallicity
  7. effective-temperature
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2021ApJ...920...63Z
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2023-02-28T07:43:36Z
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