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银河系的尘埃修正恒星形成率。I. H-alpha和红外示踪剂的组合

Dust-Corrected Star Formation Rates of Galaxies. I. Combinations of H-alpha and Infrared Tracers

Robert C. Kennicutt,, Cai-Na Hao, Daniela Calzetti, John Moustakas, Daniel A. Dale, George Bendo, Charles W. Engelbracht, Benjamin D. Johnson, Janice C. Lee

摘要:

我们结合H-α发射线和红外连续测量的两个样本附近的星系,以获得尘埃衰减校正的恒星形成率(SFR)。我们使用一个简单的能量平衡为基础的方法,已被应用到以前的HII地区的斯皮策红外近星系巡天(SINGS),并扩展到星系的综合测量的方法。我们发现,我们的复合H-α +IR为基础的SFR是在很好的协议与衰减校正的SFR来自综合分光光度法,在整个范围内的SFR(0.01 - 80太阳质量每年)和衰减(0 - 2.5 MAG)的研究。我们发现,H-α和总红外光度的组合提供了最强大的SFR测量,但在24微米和8微米的单色光度的H-α测量的组合执行几乎一样好。这些校准与HII区域的校准有很大的不同(Calzetti et al. 2007),差异可归因于更进化的恒星群体加热尘埃。我们的研究结果是一致的一个重要组成部分的弥漫尘埃(“红外卷云”的组成部分),是由一个非恒星形成的人口加热。同样的方法可以应用于[OII] $λ$ 3727发射线测量,星系的无线电连续通量可以在红外通量不可用时代替红外通量。我们评估所有这些复合方法的精度和系统可靠性。

英文摘要:

We combine H-alpha emission-line and infrared continuum measurements of two samples of nearby galaxies to derive dust attenuation-corrected star formation rates (SFRs). We use a simple energy balance based method that has been applied previously to HII regions in the Spitzer Infrared Nearby Galaxies Survey (SINGS), and extend the methodology to integrated measurements of galaxies. We find that our composite H-alpha+IR based SFRs are in excellent agreement with attenuation-corrected SFRs derived from integrated spectrophotometry, over the full range of SFRs (0.01 -- 80 solar mass per year) and attenuations (0 -- 2.5 mag) studied. We find that the combination of H-alpha and total infrared luminosities provides the most robust SFR measurements, but combinations of H-alpha measurements with monochromatic luminosities at 24 micron and 8 micron perform nearly as well. The calibrations differ significantly from those obtained for HII regions (Calzetti et al. 2007), with the difference attributable to a more evolved population of stars heating the dust. Our results are consistent with a significant component of diffuse dust (the `IR cirrus' component) that is heated by a non-star-forming population. The same methodology can be applied to [OII]$λ$3727 emission-line measurements, and the radio continuum fluxes of galaxies can be applied in place of IR fluxes when the latter are not available. We assess the precision and systematic reliability of all of these composite methods.

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