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星系盘内HII区域特性对整体和局部表面亮度的依赖性

The dependence of HII region properties on global and local surface brightness within galaxy discs

J. F. Helmboldt, R. A. M. Walterbos, G. D. Bothun, K. O'Neil, M. S. Oey

摘要:

使用B,R,和H-α图像的大小大致相等的样品的低表面亮度(LSB)和高表面亮度(HSB)星系(~40个星系),我们已经探讨了HII区域的性质对本地和全球盘表面亮度的依赖性。我们已经做到了这一点,通过构建共同添加的HII区域光度函数(LF)根据当地和中央光盘表面亮度和拟合Schechter函数,这些LF。结果表明,LSB星系内的HII区LF的形状不会因为不同的限制(即,mu>mu_lim)局部表面亮度值。然而,HSB星系的LF具有较大的L_* 值,并且在暗端处比LSB星系的LF更不陡峭,从而限制了B带局部表面亮度值为μ_B,lim~23-24。LF和单个HII区的数据都表明,明亮(log L>39 ergs/s)的HII区在HSB盘中比在LSB盘中更常见,这意味着新形成的星团也更大。考虑到这一点以及蒙特卡罗模拟的结果,LF的形状意味着LSB盘内的区域和HSB盘的LSB区域内的区域相对较老(~ 500万年),而mu_B<24的HSB盘内的区域明显较年轻(<100万年)。由于大多数LSB星系没有明显的旋臂,而大多数HSB星系有,这可能表明HSB盘内从旋臂驱动的恒星形成转变为更局部驱动的恒星形成,可能是在mu_B~24处的零星形式,这种转变似乎不会发生在LSB盘内。

英文摘要:

Using B, R, and H-alpha images of roughly equal-sized samples of low surface brightness (LSB) and high surface brightness (HSB) galaxies (~40 galaxies apiece), we have explored the dependence of HII region properties on local and global disc surface brightness. We have done this by constructing co-added HII region luminosity functions (LFs) according to local and central disc surface brightness and fitting Schechter functions to these LFs. The results show that the shape of the HII region LF within LSB galaxies does not change noticeably as different limiting (i.e., mu>mu_lim) local surface brightness values are used. However, the LFs for HSB galaxies have larger values of L_* and are less steep at the faint-end than those of LSB galaxies for limiting B-band local surface brightness values as faint as mu_B,lim~23-24. Both the LFs and the data for individual HII regions show that luminous (log L>39 ergs/s) HII regions are much more common within HSB discs than within LSB discs, implying that the newly formed star clusters are also larger. Taking this into account along with the results of Monte Carlo simulations, the shapes of the LFs imply that the regions within LSB discs and those within the LSB areas of HSB discs are relatively old (~5 Myr) while the regions within HSB discs for mu_B<24 are significantly younger (<1 Myr). Since the majority of the LSB galaxies do not have noticeable spiral arms and the majority of the HSB galaxies do, this may indicate a transition within HSB discs from spiral arm-driven star formation to a more locally driven, possibly sporadic form of star formation at mu_B~24, a transition that does not appear to occur within LSB discs.

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