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高红移星系中的恒星形成和质量聚集

Star formation and mass assembly in high redshift galaxies

P. Santini, A. Fontana, A. Grazian, S. Salimbeni, F. Fiore, F. Fontanot, K. Boutsia, M. Castellano, S. Cristiani, C. De Santis, S. Gallozzi, E. Giallongo, N. Me… 展开作者

P. Santini, A. Fontana, A. Grazian, S. Salimbeni, F. Fiore, F. Fontanot, K. Boutsia, M. Castellano, S. Cristiani, C. De Santis, S. Gallozzi, E. Giallongo, N. Menci, M. Nonino, D. Paris, L. Pentericci, E. Vanzella

摘要:

利用MIPS 24 μ m波段的红外辐射研究了0.3 ≤ z<2.5星系的恒星形成和质量聚集过程。我们使用了一个更新版本的GOODS-MUSIC目录,通过增加中红外通量来扩展。我们比较了两种不同的估计的恒星形成率:来自24微米的总红外辐射,估计使用合成和经验的红外模板,和多波长适合整个星系SED。对于这两种估计,我们计算了SFR密度和特定SFR。考虑到所涉及的不确定性,这两种SFR示踪剂大致一致。然而,它们显示出一种系统性的趋势,随着SFR的增加,基于IR的估计超过基于拟合的估计。我们证明:a)在z>0.3时,SFR与恒星质量有很好的相关性,并且这种关系似乎随着红移而变陡b)大质量星系对全球SFRD的贡献随红移增加到~2.5,比低质量星系更快,但在较高z时似乎变平; c)尽管如此,在任何z点,对SFRD贡献最大的是质量接近或小于特征恒星质量的星系; d)在z~2点,大质量星系的恒星形成活跃,中等SFR为300 Msun/yr。在这个时期,它们聚集了它们最终恒星质量的很大一部分; e)SSFR显示出明显的双峰分布。对SFRD和SSFR的分析似乎支持缩小的假设,即高质量星系比低质量星系形成恒星的时间更早,速度更快。与理论模型的比较表明,它们跟随着SSFR随红移的整体增加,并预测即使在z>1.5时也存在静止星系,但它们系统地低估了平均SSFR。

英文摘要:

We study the star formation and the mass assembly process of 0.3<=z<2.5 galaxies using their IR emission from MIPS 24um band. We used an updated version of the GOODS-MUSIC catalog, extended by the addition of mid-IR fluxes. We compared two different estimators of the Star Formation Rate: the total infrared emission derived from 24um, estimated using both synthetic and empirical IR templates, and the multiwavelength fit to the full galaxy SED. For both estimates, we computed the SFR Density and the Specific SFR. The two SFR tracers are roughly consistent, given the uncertainties involved. However, they show a systematic trend, IR-based estimates exceeding the fit-based ones as the SFR increases. We show that: a) at z>0.3, the SFR is well correlated with stellar mass, and this relationship seems to steepen with redshift (using IR-based SFRs); b) the contribution to the global SFRD by massive galaxies increases with redshift up to ~2.5, more rapidly than for galaxies of lower mass, but appears to flatten at higher z; c) despite this increase, the most important contributors to the SFRD at any z are galaxies of about, or immediately lower than, the characteristic stellar mass; d) at z~2, massive galaxies are actively star-forming, with a median SFR 300 Msun/yr. During this epoch, they assemble a substantial part of their final stellar mass; e) the SSFR shows a clear bimodal distribution. The analysis of the SFRD and the SSFR seems to support the downsizing scenario, according to which high mass galaxies have formed their stars earlier and faster than their low mass counterparts. A comparison with theoretical models indicates that they follow the global increase in the SSFR with redshift and predict the existence of quiescent galaxies even at z>1.5, but they systematically underpredict the average SSFR.

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