ACS附近的银河调查金库II。M81外盘中的年轻恒星及其与H α和UV辐射时标的关系
The ACS Nearby Galaxy Survey Treasury II. Young Stars and their Relation to Halpha and UV Emission Timescales in the M81 Outer Disk
摘要：
我们已经获得了解决恒星测光从哈勃空间望远镜（HST）的高级相机的调查（ACS）的观测领域在外盘的M81作为ACS附近的星系调查金库（ANGST）的一部分。受最近在许多邻近旋涡星系周围发现的扩展紫外（XUV）盘的启发，我们利用观测到的恒星星族推导了该区域内5个~0.5 kpc大小区域的近期恒星形成历史。这些区域是根据GALEX的UV光度选择的，包括两个HII区域，两个UV明亮但Halpha-weak的区域，以及一个UV和Halpha-weak的“对照”区域。我们估计我们的有效SFR探测极限约为2 x 10^-4 Msun/yr，这比GALEX在这种大小的区域的探测极限要低。正如预期的那样，HII区域包含大质量的主序星（根据我们最好的灭绝估计，质量范围在18-27 Msun之间），而在UV亮/Halpha-weak区域缺乏类似的大质量主序星。这些观测结果与HII区域的恒星年龄<1000万年，以及UV亮/Halpha-weak区域的恒星年龄> 1600万年相一致。在过去的约6500万年里，除了控制区以外的所有区域都形成了约10^4兆太阳的恒星。因此，我们的结果，至少有一个小区域的外盘M81，是一致的年龄差异是足以解释所观察到的差异之间的恒星形成区域检测到的Halpha和那些专门在紫外线。然而，我们的数据不能最终排除其他解释，例如强烈截断的初始质量函数（IMF）。
英文摘要：
We have obtained resolved stellar photometry from Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) observations of a field in the outer disk of M81 as part of the ACS Nearby Galaxy Survey Treasury (ANGST). Motivated by the recent discovery of extended UV (XUV) disks around many nearby spiral galaxies, we use the observed stellar population to derive the recent star formation histories of five ~0.5 kpc-sized regions within this field. These regions were selected on the basis of their UV luminosity from GALEX and include two HII regions, two regions which are UV-bright but Halpha-faint, and one "control" region faint in both UV and Halpha. We estimate our effective SFR detection limit at ~2 x 10^-4 Msun/yr, which is lower than that of GALEX for regions of this size. As expected, the HII regions contain massive main sequence stars (in the mass range 18-27 Msun, based on our best extinction estimates), while similar massive main sequence stars are lacking in the UV-bright/Halpha-faint regions. The observations are consistent with stellar ages <10 Myr in the HII regions, and >16 Myr in the UV-bright/Halpha-faint regions. All regions but the control have formed ~10^4 Msun of stars over the past ~65 Myr. Thus, our results, for at least one small area in the outer disk of M81, are consistent with an age difference being sufficient to explain the observed discrepancy between star-forming regions detected in Halpha and those detected exclusively in UV. However, our data cannot conclusively rule out other explanations, such as a strongly truncated initial mass function (IMF).
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