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zCOSMOS星系0.5<z<0.9与SDSS星系0.04<z<0.08恒星形成活动对恒星质量面密度和Sersic指数的依赖性

The Dependence of Star Formation Activity on Stellar Mass Surface Density and Sersic Index in zCOSMOS Galaxies at 0.5<z<0.9 Compared with SDSS Galaxies at 0.04<z<0.08

C. Maier, S. J. Lilly, G. Zamorani, M. Scodeggio, F. Lamareille, T. Contini, M. T. Sargent, C. Scarlata, P. Oesch, C. M. Carollo, O. Le Fevre, A. Renzini, J. -P… 展开作者

C. Maier, S. J. Lilly, G. Zamorani, M. Scodeggio, F. Lamareille, T. Contini, M. T. Sargent, C. Scarlata, P. Oesch, C. M. Carollo, O. Le Fevre, A. Renzini, J. -P. Kneib, V. Mainieri, S. Bardelli, M. Bolzonella, A. Bongiorno, K. Caputi, G. Coppa, O. Cucciati, S. de la Torre, L. de Ravel, P. Franzetti, B. Garilli, A. Iovino, P. Kampczyk, C. Knobel, K. Kovac, J. -F. Le Borgne, V. Le Brun, M. Mignoli, R. Pello, Y. Peng, E. Perez Montero, E. Ricciardelli, J. D. Silverman, M. Tanaka, L. Tasca, L. Tresse, D. Vergani, E. Zucca, U. Abbas, D. Bottini, A. Cappi, P. Cassata, A. Cimatti, M. Fumana, L. Guzzo, C. Halliday, A. M. Koekemoer, A. Leauthaud, D. Maccagni, C. Marinoni, H. J. McCracken, P. Memeo, B. Meneux, C. Porciani, L. Pozzetti, R. Scaramella

摘要:

星系演化研究中一个尚未回答的关键问题是,星系内部的物理过程驱动了单个星系中SFR的变化,这些变化共同导致了自z~2以来全球恒星形成率密度(SFRD)对红移的大幅下降。许多研究的SFR在中等红移已作为一个功能的综合恒星质量的星系,但这些没有使用的信息的内部结构特性的星系。本文利用zCOSMOS和SDSS巡天资料,比较研究了不同形态类型星系在z~1范围内SFR对平均表面质量密度(SigmaM)的依赖关系。关于这些相对大质量星系演化的主要发现是:1)有证据表明,对于SDSS和zCOSMOS星系,(无论是盘主导还是凸起主导)与SigmaM无关; 2)在所有研究的红移中,观测到的SSFR - SigmaM阶跃函数关系是由于,随着表面密度的增加,以及盘状星系和凸起星系之间平均SSFR的巨大差异,盘状星系和凸起星系的混合比例不断变化。3)中位SSFR - SigmaM关系的形状是相似的,但在整个SigmaM范围内,无论是球状星系还是盘状星系,zCOSMOS星系的中位SSFR值都比SDSS高5-6倍。这种增加与整个宇宙的全球SFRD相匹配,强调所有类型的星系都在按比例贡献宇宙中SFRD的全球增加,回到这些红移(删节)。

英文摘要:

One of the key unanswered questions in the study of galaxy evolution is what physical processes inside galaxies drive the changes in the SFRs in individual galaxies that, taken together, produce the large decline in the global star-formation rate density (SFRD) to redshifts since z~2. Many studies of the SFR at intermediate redshifts have been made as a function of the integrated stellar mass of galaxies but these did not use information on the internal structural properties of the galaxies. In this paper we present a comparative study of the dependence of SFRs on the average surface mass densities (SigmaM) of galaxies of different morphological types up to z~1 using the zCOSMOS and SDSS surveys. The main findings about the evolution of these relatively massive galaxies are: 1) There is evidence that, for both SDSS ans zCOSMOS galaxies, the mean specific SFR within a given population (either disk-dominated or bulge-dominated) is independent of SigmaM; 2) The observed SSFR - SigmaM step-function relation is due, at all investigated redshifts, to the changing mix of disk-dominated and bulge-dominated galaxies as surface density increases and the strong difference in the average SSFR between disks and bulges. We also find a modest differential evolution in the size-mass relations of disk and spheroid galaxies; 3) The shape of the median SSFR - SigmaM relation is similar, but with median SSFR values that are about 5-6 times higher in zCOSMOS galaxies than for SDSS, across the whole range of SigmaM, and in both spheroid and disk galaxies. This increase matches that of the global SFRD of the Universe as a whole, emphasizing that galaxies of all types are contributing, proportionally, to the global increase in SFRD in the Universe back to these redshifts (abridged).

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