Spitzer 4.5 micron Luminosity-Metallicity and Mass-Metallicity Relations for Nearby Dwarf Irregular Galaxies

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2006-03-27

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0603739v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

5 pages, 3 figures. To appear in the proceedings of ESO Astrophysics Symposia: "Groups of Galaxies in the Nearby Universe", ed

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For a sample of 25 dwarf irregular galaxies with distances D < 5 Mpc and measured oxygen abundances, we present results derived from stellar masses and galaxy luminosities from near-infrared imaging with IRAC on the Spitzer Space Telescope. We have constructed the appropriate luminosity-metallicity (L-Z) and mass-metallicity (M-Z) relations, and compared these relations with their corresponding relations from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). We obtain the following results. 1. The dispersion in the near-infrared L-Z relation is reduced with respect to the dispersion in the optical L-Z relation, which agrees with expectations for reduced variations of stellar mass-to-light ratios at longer wavelengths compared to optical wavelengths. 2. The dispersion in the optical L-Z relation is similar over approximately 11 mag in optical luminosity. 3. With our constructed M-Z relation, we have extended the SDSS M-Z relation to lower masses by about 2.5 dex in stellar mass. 4. The dispersion in the M-Z relation appears to be comparable over a range of 5.5 dex in stellar mass.

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