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Paper   IPM / Astronomy / 15231
School of Astronomy
  Title:   Monitoring pulsating giant stars in M33: star formation history and chemical enrichment
  Author(s): 
1.  A. Javadi
2.  J Th. van Loon
  Status:   In Proceedings
  Proceeding:
  Vol.:  869
  Year:  2017
  Supported by:            ipm IPM
  Abstract:
We have conducted a near-infrared monitoring campaign at the UK InfraRed Telescope (UKIRT), of the Local Group spiral galaxy M33 (Triangulum). A new method has been developed by us to use pulsating giant stars to reconstruct the star formation history of galaxies over cosmological time as well as using them to map the dust production across their host galaxies. In first Instance the central square kiloparsec of M33 was monitored and long period variable stars (LPVs) were identified. We give evidence of two epochs of a star formation rate enhanced by a factor of a few. These stars are also important dust factories, we measure their dust production rates from a combination of our data with Spitzer Space Telescope mid-IR photometry. Then the monitoring survey was expanded to cover a much larger part of M33 including spiral arms. Here we present our methodology and describe results for the central square kiloparsec of M33 [1–4] and disc of M33 [5–8].

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