Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2008-10-11
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
7 pages, 4 figures, MNRAS accepted
Scientific paper
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.14077.x
The overabundance of Mg relative to Fe, observed in the nuclei of bright ellipticals, and its increase with galactic mass, poses a serious problem for all current models of galaxy formation. Here we improve on the one-zone chemical evolution models for elliptical galaxies by taking into account positive feedback produced in the early stages of super-massive central black hole growth. We can account for both the observed correlation and the scatter if the observed anti-hierarchical behaviour of the AGN population couples to galaxy assembly and results in an enhancement of the star formation efficiency which is proportional to galactic mass. At low and intermediate galactic masses, however, a slower mode for star formation suffices to account for the observational properties.
Matteucci Francesca
Pipino Antonio
Silk Joseph
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