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Paper   IPM / Astronomy / 17448
School of Astronomy
  Title:   The Isaac Newton Telescope Monitoring Survey of Local Group Dwarf Galaxies. VI. The Star Formation History and Dust Production in Andromeda IX
  Author(s): 
1.  H. Abdollahi
2.  A. Javadi
3.  M. T. Mirtorabi
4.  E. Saremi
5.  J.TH. van Loon
6.  H. G. Khosroshahi
7.  I. McDonald
8.  E. Khalouei
9.  H. Mahani
10.  S . Taefi Aghdam
11.  M. Saberi
12.  m. torki
  Status:   Published
  Journal: Astrophysical Journal
  Vol.:  948
  Year:  2023
  Supported by:  IPM
  Abstract:

We present a photometric study of the resolved stellar populations in And IX, the closest satellite to the M31, a metal-poor and low-mass dwarf spheroidal galaxy. We estimate a distance modulus of   mag based on the tip of the red giant branch (TRGB). By probing the variability of asymptotic giant branch stars (AGB), we study the star formation history of And IX. We identified 50 long period variables (LPVs) in And IX using the Isaac Newton Telescope (INT) in two filters, Sloan   and Harris . In this study, we selected LPVs within two half-light radii with amplitudes in the range of 0.2-2.20 mag. It is found that the peak of star formation reaches   M_sun yr   at Gyr ago. Our findings suggest an outside-in galaxy formation scenario for And IX with a quenching occurring   Gyr ago with the SFR in the order of   M_sun yr   at redshift < . We calculate the total stellar mass by integrating the star formation rate (SFR) within two half-light radii   M_sun. By employing the spectral energy distribution (SED) fitting for observed LPVs in And IX, we evaluate the mass-loss rate in the range of       M_sun yr  . Finally, we show that the total mass deposition to the interstellar medium (ISM) is   M_sun yr   from the C- and O-rich type of dust-enshrouded LPVs. The ratio of the total mass returned to the ISM by LPVs to the total stellar mass is   yr  , and so at this rate, it would take 1 Gyr to reproduce this galaxy



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