A correlation between light profile and [Mg/Fe] abundance ratio in early-type galaxies

Details A correlation between light profile and [Mg/Fe] abundance ratio in early-type galaxies A correlation between light profile and [Mg/Fe] abundance ratio in early-type galaxies

2003-11-27

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0311605v1

Astrophys.J. 601 (2004) L33-L36

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

5 pages, 3 figures (to appear in The Astrophysical Journal Letters)

Scientific paper

10.1086/381735

We explore possible correlations between light profile shapes, as parameterized by the Sersic index or the concentration index C_re(1/3), and relevant stellar population parameters in early-type galaxies. Mean luminosity weighted ages, metallicities and abundance ratios were obtained from spectra of very high signal-to-noise and stellar population models that synthesize galaxy spectra at the resolution given by their velocity dispersions, in combination with an age indicator that is virtually free of the effects of metallicity. We do not find any significant correlation between the Sersic index (or C_re(1/3)) and mean age or metallicity, but a strong positive correlation of the shape parameters with [Mg/Fe] abundance ratio. This dependence is as strong as the [Mg/Fe] vs. velocity dispersion and C_re(1/3) vs. velocity dispersion relations. We speculate that early-type galaxies settle up their structure on time-scales in agreement with those imposed by their [Mg/Fe] ratios. This suggest that the global structure of larger galaxies, with larger [Mg/Fe] ratios and shorter time-scales, was already at place at high z, without experiencing a significant time evolution.

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