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利用HST/ACS GOODS调查揭示发光致密镓的形态

Unravelling the morphologies of Luminous Compact Galaxies using the HST/ACS GOODS survey

A. Rawat, A. K. Kembhavi, F. Hammer, H. Flores, S. Barway

摘要:

(简略)发光致密星系(LCG)(M_B <-20,R_{1/2} < 4.5kpc,EW_{0}(OII)> 15秒差距)是宇宙最后~8 Gyr历史中演化最快的星系群之一。由于其固有的紧凑的尺寸,任何详细的定量分析其形态已被证明是困难的,在过去。在这项工作中,我们使用的高角分辨率成像数据,从HST/ACS GOODS调查,研究一个完整的样本的LCG在红移范围0.5 < z < 1.2的定量形态。我们已经推导出的结构参数的代表性样本的39 LCG从GOODS-S字段中选择,使用完整的2维表面亮度轮廓拟合的星系图像中的四个过滤器。B-Z彩色图被用作形态分类中的辅助。然后,我们使用的休息框架B带球通量分数(B/T),以确定星系的形态类。通过在静止帧B带图像中存在多个具有可比强度的最大值,并通过彩色图将其与HII区域区分开来,基本上目视识别合并。我们得出以下形态混合为我们的样本的中间红移LCG:合并:~ 36%,磁盘为主:~ 22%,S 0:~ 20%,早期类型:~ 7%,Irr/蝌蚪:~ 15%。我们确定我们的样本LCG是中等质量的天体,其恒星质量中位数为Log(M/ M_{\odot})=10.32。我们还推导出灰尘笼罩的SFR值范围从几个到~65 $M_{\odot}$ /年使用斯皮策24 $μm$数据。我们估计从红移0.5 < z < 1.2到当前历元,蓝色LCG的共动数密度下降约11倍。最后,我们讨论了这些LCG的进化方案,这可能会给我们一些线索,他们的后代在本地宇宙。

英文摘要:

(Abridged) Luminous Compact Galaxies (LCGs) (M_B < -20, R_{1/2} < 4.5kpc and EW_{0}(OII) >15Å) constitute one of the most rapidly evolving galaxy populations over the last ~8 Gyr history of the universe. Due to their inherently compact sizes, any detailed quantitative analysis of their morphologies has proved to be difficult in the past. In this work we use the high angular resolution imaging data, from the HST/ACS GOODS survey, to study the quantitative morphology of a complete sample of LCGs in the redshift range 0.5 < z < 1.2. We have derived structural parameters for a representative sample of 39 LCGs selected from the GOODS-S field, using full 2-dimensional surface brightness profile fitting of the galaxy images in each of the four filters available. B-z color maps are used as an aid in the morphological classification. We then use the rest frame B band bulge flux fraction (B/T) to determine the morphological class of the galaxies. Mergers were essentially identified visually by the presence of multiple maxima of comparable intensity in the rest frame B band images, aided by the color maps to distinguish them from HII regions. We derive the following morphological mix for our sample of intermediate redshift LCGs: Mergers: ~36%, Disk dominated: ~22%, S0: ~20%, Early types: ~7%, Irr/tadpole: ~15%. We establish that our sample LCGs are intermediate mass objects with a median stellar mass of Log(M/M_{\odot})=10.32. We also derive dust enshrouded SFR values ranging from a few to ~65 $M_{\odot}$/year using Spitzer 24$μm$ data. We estimate a factor ~11 fall in the comoving number density of blue LCGs from redshifts 0.5 < z < 1.2 to the current epoch. We finally discuss the evolutionary scenario of these LCGs which might give us some clues regarding their descendants in the local universe.

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