Samyaday Choudhury
The VMC survey – XXXIX: Mapping metallicity trends in the Small Magellanic Cloud using near-infrared passbands
Choudhury, Samyaday; de Grijs, Richard; Rubele, Stefano; Bekki, Kenji; Cioni, Maria-Rosa L; Ivanov, Valentin D; Van Loon, Jacco Th; Niederhofer, Florian; Oliveira, Joana M; Ripepi, Vincenzo
Authors
Richard de Grijs
Stefano Rubele
Kenji Bekki
Maria-Rosa L Cioni
Valentin D Ivanov
Jacobus Van Loon j.t.van.loon@keele.ac.uk
Florian Niederhofer
Joana Maria Oliveira j.oliveira@keele.ac.uk
Vincenzo Ripepi
Abstract
We have derived high spatial resolution metallicity maps covering ~42 deg2 across the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) in an attempt to understand its metallicity distribution and gradients up to a radius of ~ 4?. Using the near-infrared VISTA Survey of the Magellanic Clouds, our data cover a thrice larger area compared with previous studies. We identify red giant branch (RGB) stars in spatially distinct Y, (Y - Ks) colour–magnitude diagrams. In any of our selected subregions, the RGB slope is used as an indicator of the average metallicity, based on calibration to metallicity using spectroscopic data. The metallicity distribution across the SMC is unimodal and can be fitted by a Gaussian distribution with a peak at [Fe/H] = -0.97 dex (s[Fe/H] = 0.05 dex). We find evidence of a shallow gradient in metallicity (-0.031 ± 0.005 dex deg-1) from the galactic centre to radii of 2?–2.5?, followed by a flat metallicity trend from ~ 3.5? to 4?. We find that the SMCâs metallicity gradient is radially asymmetric. It is flatter towards the East than to the West, hinting at mixing and/or distortion of the spatial metallicity distribution (within the inner 3?), presumably caused by tidal interactions between the Magellanic Clouds.
Citation
Choudhury, S., de Grijs, R., Rubele, S., Bekki, K., Cioni, M. L., Ivanov, V. D., …Ripepi, V. (2020). The VMC survey – XXXIX: Mapping metallicity trends in the Small Magellanic Cloud using near-infrared passbands. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 497(3), 3746-3760. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa2140
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Jul 15, 2020 |
Online Publication Date | Jul 24, 2020 |
Publication Date | 2020-09 |
Journal | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |
Print ISSN | 0035-8711 |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 497 |
Issue | 3 |
Pages | 3746-3760 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa2140 |
Keywords | stars: abundances, Hertzsprung-Russell and colour-magnitude diagrams, galaxies: abundanes, Local Group, Magellanic Clouds |
Publisher URL | https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa2140 |
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