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确定邻近螺旋星系的恒星形成时标和图案速度

Determining Star Formation Timescale and Pattern Speed in Nearby Spiral Galaxies

Fumi Egusa, Kotaro Kohno, Yoshiaki Sofue, Hiroyuki Nakanishi, Shinya Komugi

摘要:

我们提出了一个修正的方法,同时确定的图案速度和恒星形成的时间尺度的螺旋星系,其应用,并为附近的螺旋星系的CO和Ha图像的结果。在13个星系中,我们能够推导出5个星系的2个参数。我们将它们归类为“C”星系,发现(1)共转半径接近CO数据的边缘,约为3个星系光学半径的一半。(2)恒星形成时间尺度与典型分子云的自由落体时间基本一致,表明引力不稳定性是螺旋臂中恒星形成的主要机制。(3)的时间尺度被发现是几乎独立的分子气体,金属丰度,或螺旋臂强度的表面密度。然而,“C”星系的数量和CO数据的质量还不足以证实这些关系。我们还发现另外两个星系的CO和Ha之间没有偏移,尽管它们的臂被清楚地描绘出来,并将它们归类为“N”星系。棒的存在可以解释这一特征,因为这两个星系都是有棒的。由于一个星系的旋转曲线不佳,我们将其排除在分析之外,其余5个星系的偏移量被发现是模糊的。我们把它们归类为A星系。造成这种模糊性的可能原因是:(1)密度波较弱,和/或(2)观测分辨率和灵敏度不足以清楚地探测到旋臂及其偏移。我们发现A星系的臂强度比C星系稍弱,这支持了前者。[删节]

英文摘要:

We present a revised method for simultaneous determination of the pattern speed and star formation timescale of spiral galaxies, its application, and results for CO and Ha images of nearby spiral galaxies. Out of 13 galaxies, we were able to derive the 2 parameters for 5 galaxies. We categorize them as "C" galaxies, and find (1) The corotation radius is close to the edge of the CO data, and is about half of the optical radius for 3 galaxies. (2) The star formation timescale is roughly consistent with the free-fall time of typical molecular clouds, which indicates that the gravitational instability is the dominant mechanism triggering star formation in spiral arms. (3) The timescale is found to be almost independent of surface density of molecular gas, metallicity, or spiral arm strengths. The number of "C" galaxies and the quality of CO data, however, are not enough to confirm these relationships. We also find that 2 other galaxies show no offsets between CO and Ha, although their arms are clearly traced, and categorize them as "N" galaxies. The presence of a bar could account for this feature, since these 2 galaxies are both barred. With one galaxy excluded from our analysis due to its poor rotation curve, offsets of the remaining 5 galaxies are found to be ambiguous. We categorize them as "A" galaxies. The possible reasons for this ambiguity are (1) the density wave is weaker, and/or (2) observational resolution and sensitivity are not enough to detect the spiral arms and their offsets clearly. The former is supported by our finding that the arm strengths of "A" galaxies are slightly weaker than that of "C" galaxies. [abridged]

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