Subgalactic Scaling Relations with Te-based Metallicities of Low-metallicity Regions in Galaxies: Metal-poor Gas Inflow May Have Important Effects?

Yao, Yao; Liu, Haiyang; Kong, Xu; Gao, Yulong; Chen, Guangwen; Chen, Xinkai; Liang, Zhixiong; Lin, Zesen; Tang, Yimeng; Zhang, Hong-Xin

doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ac3b55

Title: Subgalactic Scaling Relations with T_e-based Metallicities of Low-metallicity Regions in Galaxies: Metal-poor Gas Inflow May Have Important Effects?

Journal Article · 10 February 2022 · The Astrophysical Journal

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac3b55 · OSTI ID:1983210

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Univ. of Science and Technology of China, Hefei (China)
Nanjing Univ. (China)

The scaling relationship is a fundamental probe of the evolution of galaxies. Using the integral field spectroscopic data from the Mapping Nearby Galaxies at Apache Point Observatory survey, we select 1698 spaxels with a significant detection of the auroral emission line [O ιιι]λ4363 from 52 galaxies to investigate the scaling relationships at the low-metallicity end. We find that our sample’s star formation rate is higher and its metallicity is lower in the scaling relationship than the star-forming sequence after removing the contribution of the Fundamental Metallicity Relation. We also find that the stellar ages of our sample are younger (<1 Gyr) and the stellar metallicities are also lower. Morphological parameters from the Deep Learning catalog indicate that our galaxies are more likely to be mergers. These results suggest that their low-metallicity regions may be related to interaction; the inflow of metal-poor gas may dilute the interstellar medium and form new metal-poor stars in these galaxies during interactions.

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Research Organization:: US Department of Energy (USDOE), Washington, DC (United States). Office of Science, Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC); Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). Strategic Priority Research Program; National Key Research and Development Program of China; National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)

OSTI ID:: 1983210

Journal Information:: The Astrophysical Journal, Journal Name: The Astrophysical Journal Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 926; ISSN 0004-637X

Publisher:: IOP PublishingCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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