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不断演化的盘状星系群

The evolving disk galaxy population

Eric F. Bell

摘要:

在这篇文章中,我提出了一个简化的概述的磁盘星系人口的演变,因为z=1,并简要讨论了一些开放的问题。星系演化巡天发现,盘状星系群在中等红移处形成恒星的强度很大。特别是,它们在z<1时主导了宇宙恒星形成率--在最后8 Gyr中,宇宙平均共动恒星形成率下降了10倍,这主要是由盘物理学驱动的,而不是由主要合并率的下降。尽管有如此强烈的恒星形成,但自z=1以来,盘状星系中的恒星质量密度几乎没有变化;大量的盘状星系正在通过星系相互作用,AGN反馈,环境效应和其他物理过程转变为非恒星形成的球状体主导的星系。最后,尽管有这种强烈的活动,盘星系的标度关系似乎演变不大。特别是,随着单个星系通过恒星的形成而增加质量,它们似乎在半径上增长(平均而言,人口从内到外增长),并且它们似乎朝着更高的旋转速度进化(即,在这种由内向外的生长过程中,在小半径和大半径处都增加了质量)。

英文摘要:

In this contribution, I present a simplified overview of the evolution of the disk galaxy population since z=1, and a brief discussion of a few open questions. Galaxy evolution surveys have found that the disk galaxy population forms stars intensely at intermediate redshift. In particular, they dominate the cosmic star formation rate at z<1 -- the factor of ten drop in cosmic average comoving star formation rate in the last 8 Gyr is driven primarily by disk physics, not by a decreasing major merger rate. Despite this intense star formation, there has been little change in the stellar mass density in disk galaxies since z=1; large numbers of disk galaxies are being transformed into non-star-forming spheroid-dominated galaxies by galaxy interactions, AGN feedback, environmental effects, and other physical processes. Finally, despite this intense activity, the scaling relations of disk galaxies appear to evolve little. In particular, as individual galaxies grow in mass through the formation of stars, they appear to grow in radius (on average, the population grows inside-out), and they appear to evolve towards somewhat higher rotation velocity (i.e., mass is added at both small and large radii during this inside-out growth).

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