Gary Wegner and Norman A. Grogin 2008 The Astronomical Journal 136 1 doi:10.1088/0004-6256/136/1/1
Gary Wegner1 and Norman A. Grogin2
Show affiliationsWe present spectroscopic observations of 26 galaxies of type E and S0, based on their blue morphologies, located in voids by the study of Grogin & Geller in 1999. Measurements of redshift, velocity dispersion, and four Lick line indices, Mg b , Fe5270, Fe5335, and Hβ with their errors are given for all of these galaxies, along with Hβ, [O III], Hα, and [N II] emission line strengths for a subset of these objects. These sources are brighter than M* for low-density regions and tend to be bluer than their counterpart early-type objects in high-density regions. Using the models of Thomas et al., developed in 2003, gives metal abundances and ages with a median α enhancement, [α/Fe] = +0.13, and median metal abundance, [Z/H] = +0.22, values comparable to those found for E and S0 galaxies in clusters, but with a wider spread in [Z/H] toward low values. If the emission line subsample is interpreted as younger, the proportion of young objects is higher than for early types in higher-density regions. There is a significant incidence of sources in the sample with emission lines in their spectra (46% with Hβ and [O III] and 69% with Hα or [N II]) as well as shells and rings in their morphologies (19%). The diagnostic
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diagram places 10 of 12 emission line galaxies in or near the star-forming and liner region and two among the Seyferts. The Hα fluxes indicate star-formation rates of 0.2-1.0 M
yr–1. The percentage of these early-type void galaxies undergoing star formation appears to be higher compared to their cluster counterparts and the range of ages wider.
galaxies: distances and redshifts; galaxies: elliptical and lenticular, cD; galaxies: general; galaxies: stellar content; large-scale structure of universe; techniques: spectroscopic
Issue 1 (2008 July)
Received 2007 June 14, accepted for publication 2008 March 23
Published 2008 May 27
Gary Wegner and Norman A. Grogin 2008 The Astronomical Journal 136 1
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