Distribution of star formation rates during the rapid assembly of NGC 1399 as deduced from its globular cluster system

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11320%2F16%3A10336330" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11320/16:10336330 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201628927" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201628927</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201628927" target="_blank" >10.1051/0004-6361/201628927</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Distribution of star formation rates during the rapid assembly of NGC 1399 as deduced from its globular cluster system

Original language description

Ultra-compact dwarf galaxies (UCDs) share many properties with globular clusters (GCs) and are found in similar environments. Here, a large sample of UCDs and GCs around NGC 1399, the central giant elliptical of the Fornax galaxy cluster, is used to infer their formation history and also to shed light on the formation of NGC 1399 itself. We assumed that all GCs and UCDs in our sample are the result of star cluster (SC) formation processes and used them as tracers of past star formation activities. After correcting our GC/UCD sample for mass loss, we interpreted their overall mass function to be a superposition of SC populations that formed coevally during different formation epochs. The SC masses of each population were distributed according to the embedded cluster mass function (ECMF), a pure power law with the slope -beta. Each ECMF was characterized by a stellar upper mass limit, M-max, which depended on the star formation rate (SFR). We decomposed the observed GC/UCD mass function into individual SC populations and converted M-max of each SC population to an SFR. The overall distribution of SFRs reveals under which conditions the GC /UCD sample around NGC 1399 formed. Considering the constraints set by the age of the GCs/UCDs and the present stellar mass of NGC 1399, we found that the formation of the GCs /UCDs can be well explained within our framework with values for beta below 2.3. This finding agrees very well with the observation of young SCs where beta approximate to 2 : 0 is usually found. Even though we took into account that some of the most massive objects might not be genuine SCs and applied different corrections for the mass loss, we found that these considerations do not influence much the outcome.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

BN - Astronomy and celestial mechanics, astrophysics

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Astronomy and Astrophysics [online]

ISSN

1432-0746

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

594

Issue of the periodical within the volume

říjen

Country of publishing house

PL - POLAND

Number of pages

17

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

000385832200101

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-84992690587