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ULIRGs谱能量分布的模拟I:射电谱

Modeling the spectral energy distribution of ULIRGs I: the radio spectra

M. S. Clemens, O. Vega, A. Bressan, G. L. Granato, L. Silva, P. Panuzzo

摘要:

作为新的IRAS亮星系星暴/活动星系核模型的约束条件,我们测定了31个亮和超亮IRAS星系(LIRGs/ULIRGs)的射电谱。我们使用新的和存档的数据构建无线电频谱。从我们的无线电频谱样本中,我们发现很少有直线幂律斜率。尽管一些来源显示高频无线电频谱斜率变平,但平均频谱显示1.4至22.5 GHz的无线电频谱变陡。这是出乎意料的,因为在恒星形成率高的源中,我们期望平坦的频谱,自由的发射在更高的射频下对无线电通量做出重大贡献。尽管有这种趋势,但在8.4 GHz和22.5 GHz之间的无线电频谱指数对于具有较高的FIR-无线电通量密度比q值的源来说是平坦的,当这是在8.4 GHz计算时。因此,相对于远红外辐射而言,无线电辐射不足的源(可能是较年轻的源)的无线电辐射具有更大的热分量。然而,我们发现在1.4和4.8 GHz之间的无线电频谱指数和在8.4 GHz的q之间没有相关性。由于低频光谱指数受自由-自由吸收的影响,并且这是给定质量电离气体的源大小的函数,这证明ULIRG中的电离气体显示出一定的密度范围。最年轻的LIRG和ULIRG的特点是自由-自由发射对它们的高频射电谱有较大的贡献。然而,最年轻的源并不是那些在低射频下具有最大自由-自由吸收的源。自由-自由吸收效应最强的源反而是最紧凑的源。虽然它们有最温暖的FIR颜色,但它们不一定是最年轻的来源。

英文摘要:

As a constraint for new starburst/AGN models of IRAS bright galaxies we determine the radio spectra of 31 luminous and ultraluminous IRAS galaxies (LIRGs/ULIRGs). We construct the radio spectra using both new and archival data. From our sample of radio spectra we find that very few have a straight power-law slope. Although some sources show a flattening of the radio spectral slope at high frequencies the average spectrum shows a steepening of the radio spectrum from 1.4 to 22.5 GHz. This is unexpected because in sources with high rates of star formation we expect flat spectrum, free-free emission to make a significant contribution to the radio flux at higher radio frequencies. Despite this trend the radio spectral indices between 8.4 and 22.5 GHz are flatter for sources with higher values of the FIR-radio flux density ratio q, when this is calculated at 8.4 GHz. Therefore, sources that are deficient in radio emission relative to FIR emission (presumably younger sources) have a larger thermal component to their radio emission. However, we find no correlation between the radio spectral index between 1.4 and 4.8 GHz and q at 8.4 GHz. Because the low frequency spectral index is affected by free-free absorption, and this is a function of source size for a given mass of ionized gas, this is evidence that the ionized gas in ULIRGs shows a range of densities. The youngest LIRGs and ULIRGs are characterized by a larger contribution to their high-frequency radio spectra from free-free emission. However, the youngest sources are not those that have the greatest free-free absorption at low radio frequencies. The sources in which the effects of free-free absorption are strongest are instead the most compact sources. Although these have the warmest FIR colours, they are not necessarily the youngest sources.

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