2004ApJ...610L..89G

Query : 2004ApJ...610L..89G

2004ApJ...610L..89G - Astrophys. J., 610, L89-L92 (2004/August-1)

The impact of reionization on the stellar populations of nearby dwarf galaxies.

GREBEL E.K. and GALLAGHER III J.S.

Abstract (from CDS):

Cold dark matter models for galaxy formation predict that low-mass systems will be the first sites of star formation. As these objects have shallow gravitational potential wells, the subsequent growth of their stellar populations may be halted by heating and gas loss due to reionization. This effect has been suggested to have profoundly influenced properties of present-day dwarf galaxies, including their stellar populations and even survival as visible galaxies. In this Letter we draw on results from quantitative studies of Local Group dwarf galaxy star formation histories, especially for Milky Way satellites, to show that no clear signature exists for a widespread evolutionary impact from reionization. All nearby dwarf galaxies studied in sufficient detail contain ancient populations indistinguishable in age from the oldest Galactic globular clusters. Ancient star formation activity proceeded over several gigayears, and some dwarf spheroidal galaxies even experienced fairly continuous star formation until just a few gigayears ago. Despite their uniformly low masses, their star formation histories differ considerably. The evolutionary histories of nearby dwarf galaxies appear to reflect influences from a variety of local processes rather than a dominant effect from reionization.

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Journal keyword(s): Cosmology: Observations - Cosmology: Early Universe - Galaxies: Dwarf - Galaxies: Evolution - Galaxies: Local Group - Stars: Population II

Simbad objects: 19

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Number of rows : 19
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA 		ICRS (J2000)
DEC 		Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2026 		#notes
1 NAME Cetus Dwarf Galaxy G 00 26 10.8 -11 03 14     13.2     ~ 257 0
2 NGC 121 GlC 00 26 49.0 -71 32 10   11.2 11.24     ~ 330 0
3 NAME Andromeda III G 00 35 33.8 +36 29 52     14.4     ~ 309 0
4 NAME Andromeda I G 00 45 39.8 +38 02 28   13.9 12.7     ~ 355 0
5 NAME SMC G 00 52 38.0 -72 48 01   2.79 2.2     ~ 12317 1
6 NAME Sculptor Dwarf Galaxy G 01 00 09.4 -33 42 32   9.79 8.6 8.81   ~ 1498 4
7 NAME Andromeda V G 01 10 17.1 +47 37 41     15.3     ~ 215 0
8 NAME Andromeda II G 01 16 29.8 +33 25 09     11.7     ~ 402 0
9 MCG-06-07-001 G 02 39 59.3 -34 26 57   9.02 7.4     ~ 1894 1
10 NAME LMC G 05 23 34.6 -69 45 22     0.4     ~ 19090 0
11 NAME Sextans dSph LSB 10 13 02.9 -01 36 53   12 10.4     ~ 921 0
12 Z 126-111 G 11 13 28.13 +22 09 10.1   12.9 12.0     ~ 899 0
13 Z 318-18 G 15 09 08.0 +67 13 21   13.60 10.6     ~ 1459 0
14 Z 300-12 G 17 20 14.335 +57 55 16.39   12.40 10.6     ~ 1428 1
15 NAME SDG G 18 55 19.0 -30 32 43   4.5 3.6     ~ 2438 2
16 NAME Tuc Galaxy G 22 41 49.6 -64 25 10   15.7 15.2     ~ 324 0
17 NAME Pisces II G 22 58 31.0 +05 57 09     16.3     ~ 283 0
18 NAME Peg dSph GiG 23 51 46.3 +24 34 57   14.5 13.2     ~ 250 2
19 NAME Local Group GrG ~ ~           ~ 9325 0

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