Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2005-09-27
Astrophys.J.644:924-939,2006
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
25 pages, ApJ accepted
Scientific paper
10.1086/503664
Based on the photometric properties of NGC 6822 we derive a robust star formation history. Adopting this history we compute 15 models of galactic chemical evolution. All of them match present-day photometric properties. The dark halo mass in all models evolves according to the mass assembly history predicted by a $\Lambda$CDM cosmology. We model the evolution of the baryonic mass aggregation history in this cosmological context assuming that part of the gas available for accretion never falls into the system due to two different physical processes. For seven models we assume that during accretion the universal baryon fraction is reduced by reionization only. The best model of this first group, a complex model with an early outflow, fits the observed gaseous mass, and the O/H, C/O, and Fe/O present-day values. This model requires a lower upper mass limit for the IMF than that of the solar vicinity, in agreement with recent results by other authors. We have also computed eight models where, in addition to reionization, the accreted baryon fraction is reduced by large-scale shock heating.The best model of this series, that also requires and early outflow and a lower upper mass limit for the IMF,can marginally fit the gaseous mass and the O/H and C/O observed values.
Carigi Leticia
Colin Pedro
Peimbert Manuel
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