The star formation history of the Sculptor dwarf spheroidal galaxy

Bettinelli, M.; Hidalgo, S. L.; Cassisi, S.; Aparicio, A.; Piotto, G.; Valdes, F.; Walker, A. R.
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 487, Issue 4, p.5862-5873

Fecha de publicación:
8
2019
Número de autores
7
Número de autores del IAC
4
Número de citas
24
Número de citas referidas
21
Descripción
We present the star formation history (SFH) of the Sculptor dwarf spheroidal galaxy based on deep g, r photometry taken with Dark Energy Camera at the Blanco telescope, focusing our analysis on the central region of the galaxy extended up to ˜3 core radii. We have investigated how the SFH changes radially, subdividing the sampled area into four regions, and have detected a clear trend of star formation. All the SFHs show a single episode of star formation, with the innermost region presenting a longer period of star formation of ˜1.5 Gyr and for the outermost region the main period of star formation is confined to ˜0.5 Gyr. We observe a gradient in the mean age which is found to increase going towards the outer regions. These results suggest that Sculptor continued forming stars after the reionization epoch in its central part, while in the peripheral region, the majority of stars probably formed during the reionization epoch and soon after its end. From our analysis, Sculptor cannot be considered strictly as a fossil of the reionization epoch.
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