The Origin of Blue Cores in Hubble Deep Fields E/S0 galaxies

Details The Origin of Blue Cores in Hubble Deep Fields E/S0 galaxies The Origin of Blue Cores in Hubble Deep Fields E/S0 galaxies

2001-09-29

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0110008v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

4 pages, 3 figures. Uses emulateapj5.sty. To appear in ApJL. Article can also be retrieved as http://www.ociw.edu/~felipe/blue

Scientific paper

10.1086/337966

In this letter we address the problem of the origin of blue cores and inverse color gradients in early-type galaxies reported in the Hubble Deep Field North and South (HDFs) by Menanteau, Abraham & Ellis 2001. We use a multi-zone single collapse model. This model accounts for the observed blue cores by adopting a broad spread in formation redshifts for ellipticals, allowing some of these galaxies begin forming no more than ~1 Gyr before the redshift of observation. The single-zone collapse model then produces cores that are bluer than the outer regions because of the increase of the local potential well toward the center which makes star-formation more extended in the central region of the galaxy. We compare the predicted V-I(r) color gradients with the observed ones using the redshift of formation ($z_F$) of the elliptical as the only free parameter. We find that the model can account with relatively good agreement for the blue cores and inverse color gradients found in many spheroidals and at the same time for the red and smooth colors profiles reported. Based on the model our analysis suggests two populations of field ellipticals, one formed recently, within $\lesssim1$Gyr and another much older formed $\gtrsim4$Gyr since the redshift of observation.

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