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AGES AND METALLICITIES OF EARLY-TYPE VOID GALAXIES FROM LINE STRENGTH MEASUREMENTS

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Gary Wegner1 and Norman A. Grogin2

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We 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 $\log [\rm {N\,\mathsc{ii}}]/ {\rm H}\alpha$, $\log [\rm {O\,\mathsc{iii}}]/ {\rm H}\beta$ 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 sun 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.


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galaxies: distances and redshifts; galaxies: elliptical and lenticular, cD; galaxies: general; galaxies: stellar content; large-scale structure of universe; techniques: spectroscopic


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Issue 1 (2008 July)

Received 2007 June 14, accepted for publication 2008 March 23

Published 2008 May 27



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