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圆盘星系中HII区的分形分布

The Fractal Distribution of HII Regions in Disk Galaxies

Nestor Sanchez, Emilio J. Alfaro

摘要:

据了解,气体具有分形结构在一个广泛的空间尺度与分形维数,似乎是一个常数左右Df = 2.7。人们期望从这种分形介质中形成的恒星表现出类似的分形图案。在这里,我们通过量化恒星形成事件聚集的程度来解决这个问题。我们开发,测试,并应用一个精确和准确的技术来计算的关联维数Dc的分布在一个样本的盘星系的HII区域。我们发现,Dc的确定受到HII区域数量的限制,因为如果有< 100个区域可用,则会产生倾向于低估维度的偏差。可靠的结果分布在1.5 < Dc < 2.0的范围内,平均值Dc = 1.81。这对应于Df = 2.73的三维尺寸,非常类似于在星际云中测量的值。然而,我们得到显着的变化,星系之间的分形维数,相反,有时在文献中声称的普遍图片。分维与绝对星等有微弱但显著的相关性,在较小程度上与银河半径也有相关性。最暗的星系倾向于将它们的HII区域分布在更聚集(不太均匀)的模式中。同一星系中最亮的HII区域的分形维数似乎小于最暗的区域,这表明了某种进化效应,但如果只考虑最亮的区域,所获得的相关性保持不变。

英文摘要:

It is known that the gas has a fractal structure in a wide range of spatial scales with a fractal dimension that seems to be a constant around Df = 2.7. It is expected that stars forming from this fractal medium exhibit similar fractal patterns. Here we address this issue by quantifying the degree to which star-forming events are clumped. We develop, test, and apply a precise and accurate technique to calculate the correlation dimension Dc of the distribution of HII regions in a sample of disk galaxies. We find that the determination of Dc is limited by the number of HII regions, since if there are < 100 regions available then a bias tending to underestimate the dimension is produced. The reliable results are distributed in the range 1.5 < Dc < 2.0 with an average value Dc = 1.81. This corresponds to a three-dimensional dimension of Df = 2.73, very similar to the value measured in the interstellar clouds. However, we get significant variations in the fractal dimension among galaxies, contrary to a universal picture sometimes claimed in literature. The fractal dimension exhibits a weak but significant correlation with the absolute magnitude and, to a lesser extent, with the galactic radius. The faintest galaxies tend to distribute their HII regions in more clustered (less uniform) patterns. The fractal dimension for the brightest HII regions within the same galaxy seems to be smaller than for the faintest ones suggesting some kind of evolutionary efffect, but the obtained correlation remains unchanged if only the brightest regions are taken into account.

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