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作为恒星形成示踪剂的24微米光度与金属丰度的关系

On the metallicity dependence of the 24micron luminosity as a star formation tracer

M. Relano, U. Lisenfeld, P. G. Perez-Gonzalez, J. M. Vilchez, E. Battaner

摘要:

我们调查使用的休息帧24微米光度作为一个指标的恒星形成率(SFR)在不同的金属丰度的星系通过比较它(消光校正)的H α光度。我们分两步进行分析:首先,我们比较了金属丰度在12+log(O/H)= 8.1和8.9之间的不同星系中HII区域的发射。我们发现,24微米和消光校正的H α光度从个别HII地区遵循相同的相关性为所有星系,独立于其金属丰度。第二,金属丰度的作用进一步探讨的积分亮度在一个样本的星系金属丰度的范围为12+log(O/H)= 7.2 - 9.1。对于这个样本,我们比较了整个星系的24微米和Halpha光度,发现对于低金属量的物体,给定的Halpha光度缺乏24微米的发射,可能反映了低尘埃含量。这些结果表明,24 μ m光度是一个很好的金属丰度无关的示踪剂的SFR在个别HII区。另一方面,当使用24微米光度作为整个星系SFR的示踪剂时,必须考虑金属丰度。

英文摘要:

We investigate the use of the rest-frame 24microns luminosity as an indicator of the star formation rate (SFR) in galaxies with different metallicities by comparing it to the (extinction corrected) Halpha luminosity. We carry out this analysis in 2 steps: First, we compare the emission from HII regions in different galaxies with metallicities between 12+log(O/H) = 8.1 and 8.9. We find that the 24microns and the extinction corrected Halpha luminosities from individual HII regions follow the same correlation for all galaxies, independent of their metallicity. Second, the role of metallicity is explored further for the integrated luminosity in a sample of galaxies with metallicities in the range of 12+log(O/H) = 7.2 - 9.1. For this sample we compare the 24microns and Halpha luminosities integrated over the entire galaxies and find a lack of the 24microns emission for a given Halpha luminosity for low metallicity objects, likely reflecting a low dust content. These results suggest that the 24microns luminosity is a good metallicity independent tracer for the SFR in individual HII regions. On the other hand, metallicity has to be taken into account when using the 24microns luminosity as a tracer for the SFR of entire galaxies.

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