Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2000-03-28
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 316 (2000) 786
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
8 pages, 5 figures. To be published in MNRAS
Scientific paper
10.1046/j.1365-8711.2000.03597.x
A simple model of chemical enrichment in cluster early-type galaxies is presented where the main parameters driving the formation of the stellar component are reduced to four: infall timescale (tf), formation epoch (zF), star formation efficiency (Ceff) and fraction of gas ejected in outflows (Bout). We find that only variations in Bout or Ceff can account for the colour-magnitude relation, so that the most luminous galaxies had low values of ejected gas and high efficiencies. The combination of chemical enrichment tracks with population synthesis models is used to explore the correlation between mass-to-light ratios and masses. A significant slope mismatch is found between stellar and total M/L ratios, which cannot be explained by an age spread and implies a non-linear correlation between total and stellar mass. The sequences driven by star formation efficiency and outflows are shown to predict different trends at high redshift. Measurement of the dependence of the tilt of the fundamental plane on redshift will break the degeneracy between outflows and star formation efficiency, which will enable us to determine whether the colour-magnitude relation is controlled by age or metallicity.
Ferreras Ignacio
Silk Joseph
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