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从光学/近红外成像和SPS模型得到的恒星质量和星系SED的解析图

Resolved maps of stellar mass and SED of galaxies from optical/NIR imaging and SPS models

Stefano Zibetti, Stephane Charlot, Hans-Walter Rix

摘要:

我们报告了Zibetti,Charlot和Rix(2009)开发的方法,通过光学和近红外成像构建星系的恒星质量图。精确的逐像素颜色信息(特别是g-i和i-H)被转换成恒星质光比,典型的准确度为30%,基于从50,000个恒星星族合成模型(包括尘埃和更新的TP-AGB相位处方)的蒙特卡罗库中得出的中值似然。因此,计算表面质量密度。在一项试点研究中,我们分析了9个星系跨越广泛的形态。在主要结果中,我们发现:i)星系在恒星质量图上比在任何光学或近红外波长下都要平滑得多; ii)由于尘埃遮蔽区域在全局颜色中的代表性不足,基于未分辨光度学的恒星总质量估计值相对于已分辨恒星质量图的积分值有高达40%的偏差; iii)在星系内,在局部尺度上,颜色与表面恒星质量密度相关; iv)这种相关性的斜率和紧密度反映/取决于星系的形态。

英文摘要:

We report on the method developed by Zibetti, Charlot and Rix (2009) to construct resolved stellar mass maps of galaxies from optical and NIR imaging. Accurate pixel-by-pixel colour information (specifically g-i and i-H) is converted into stellar mass-to-light ratios with typical accuracy of 30%, based on median likelihoods derived from a Monte Carlo library of 50,000 stellar population synthesis models that include dust and updated TP-AGB phase prescriptions. Hence, surface mass densities are computed. In a pilot study, we analyze 9 galaxies spanning a broad range of morphologies. Among the main results, we find that: i) galaxies appear much smoother in stellar mass maps than at any optical or NIR wavelength; ii) total stellar mass estimates based on unresolved photometry are biased low with respect to the integral of resolved stellar mass maps, by up to 40%, due to dust obscured regions being under-represented in global colours; iii) within a galaxy, on local scales colours correlate with surface stellar mass density; iv) the slope and tightness of this correlation reflect/depend on the morphology of the galaxy.

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