Fig. 7.
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Same as Figure 6, but we use a nonparametric SFH model instead of a single star burst to fit the data. Again, the SFH that is constrained by the SED (red curve) does not predict the B/R ratio well (predicted
, versus observed 0.33 ± 0.26), while that is constrained by the B/R poorly predicts the SED (blue curves). Notice that the B/R ratio is not sensitive to the underlying stellar mass; thus, the SED inferred from B/R deviates significantly from the observed SED (dotted blue curve). We enforced a normalized version of the same SED (solid blue curve), whereby the relative SFR in each age bin of the underlying SFH is invariant, to acquire the best fit to the observed SED. Nevertheless, imposing both the SED and B/R as constraints infers a solution that fits both of the constraints to a sensible degree, which signifies the importance of including the B/R ratio as an extra constraint to better capture the true SFH. The best-fit solution has a metallicity of 0.44 ± 0.21 Z⊙ and a dust extinction of 0.91 ± 0.07, respectively.
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