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Title: The Southern Photometrical Local Universe Survey (S-PLUS): searching for metal-poor dwarf galaxies
Authors: Grossi, M., Gonçalves, D. R., Krabbe, A. C., Soto, L. A. Gutiérrez, Telles, E., Ribeiro, L. S., Gonçalves, T. Signorini, Lopes, A. R., Castelli, A. V. Smith, De Rossi, M. E., Lima-Dias, C., Limberg, G., Lopes, C. E. Ferreira, Hernandez-Jimenez, J. A., Humire, P. K., Santos, A. L. Chies, Lomelí-Nuñez, L., Torres-Flores, S., Herpich, F. R., Schwarz, G. B. Oliveira, Kanaan, A., de Oliveira, C. Mendes, Ribeiro, T., Schoenell, W.
Publication Year: 2025
Collection: Astrophysics
Subject Terms: Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
More Details: The metal content of a galaxy's interstellar medium reflects the interplay between different evolutionary processes such as feedback from massive stars and the accretion of gas from the intergalactic medium. Despite the expected abundance of low-luminosity galaxies, the low-mass and low-metallicity regime remains relatively understudied. Since the properties of their interstellar medium resemble those of early galaxies, identifying such objects in the Local Universe is crucial to understand the early stages of galaxy evolution. We used the DR3 catalog of the Southern Photometric Local Universe Survey (S-PLUS) to select low-metallicity dwarf galaxy candidates based on color selection criteria typical of metal-poor, star-forming, low-mass systems. The final sample contains approximately 50 candidates. Spectral energy distribution fitting of the 12 S-PLUS bands reveals that $\sim$ 90\% of the candidates are best fit by models with very low stellar metallicities. We obtained long-slit observations with the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph to follow-up a pilot sample and confirm whether these galaxies have low metallicities. We find oxygen abundances in the range $7.35<$ 12 + log(O/H) $< 7.93$ (5\% to 17\% of the solar value), confirming their metal-poor nature. Most targets are outliers in the mass-metallicity relation, i.e. they display a low metal content relative to their observed stellar masses. In some cases, perturbed optical morphologies might give evidence of dwarf-dwarf interactions or mergers. These results suggest that the low oxygen abundances may be associated with an external event causing the accretion of metal-poor gas, which dilutes the oxygen abundance in these systems.
Comment: 23 pages, 13 figures, submitted to ApJ
Document Type: Working Paper
Access URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2501.18498
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