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测量高z质量星系中的恒星形成:GOODS NICMOS巡天样本的中红外到亚毫米研究

Measuring star formation in high-z massive galaxies: A mid-infrared to submillimeter study of the GOODS NICMOS Survey sample

Marco P. Viero, Lorenzo Moncelsi, Erin Mentuch, Fernando Buitrago, Amanda. E. Bauer, Edward L. Chapin, Christopher J. Conselice, Mark J. Devlin, Mark Halpern, G… 展开作者

Marco P. Viero, Lorenzo Moncelsi, Erin Mentuch, Fernando Buitrago, Amanda. E. Bauer, Edward L. Chapin, Christopher J. Conselice, Mark J. Devlin, Mark Halpern, Gaelen Marsden, Calvin B. Netterfield, Enzo Pascale, Pablo. G. Pérez-González, Marie Rex, Douglas Scott, Matthew W. L. Smith, Matthew D. P. Truch, Ignacio Trujillo, Donald V. Wiebe

摘要:

我们目前的测量平均中红外到亚毫米通量密度的大规模(M \ast \approx 2 \times 10^11兆太阳)星系,红移1.7 <z <2.9,通过叠加从GOODS NICMOS巡天(GNS)星表中获取的已知天体在地图上的位置获得:24 μ m(Spitzer/MIPS); 70、100和160 μ m(Herschel/PACS); 250、350、500 μ m(BLAST);和870 μ m(LABOCA)。修正后的黑体光谱与叠加通量密度的拟合表明,恒星形成率的中位数为SFR = 63 [48,81] Msun yr ^-1。我们注意到,在拟合堆叠数据时,如果没有正确考虑波段之间的相关性,可能会导致结果出现明显偏差。根据星系的Sersic指数n,星系可分为盘状星系和球状星系两类。我们发现的证据表明,大多数恒星形成都发生在n \leq 2(盘状)星系中,其中值[四分位数] SFR = 122 [100,150] Msun yr ^-1,而有迹象表明,n> 2(球状)星系群可能在中值[四分位数] SFR = 14 [9,20] Msun yr ^-1时形成恒星,如果有的话。最后,我们表明,恒星的形成是一个合理的机制,在这个人口作为一个整体的大小演变,但发现只有边缘的证据表明,它是什么驱动的球状星系的膨胀。

英文摘要:

We present measurements of the mean mid-infrared-to-submillimeter flux densities of massive (M\ast \approx 2 \times 10^11 Msun) galaxies at redshifts 1.7 < z < 2.9, obtained by stacking positions of known objects taken from the GOODS NICMOS Survey (GNS) catalog on maps: at 24 μm (Spitzer/MIPS); 70, 100, and 160μm (Herschel/PACS); 250, 350, 500μm (BLAST); and 870μm (LABOCA). A modified blackbody spectrum fit to the stacked flux densities indicates a median [interquartile] star-formation rate of SFR = 63 [48, 81] Msun yr^-1 . We note that not properly accounting for correlations between bands when fitting stacked data can significantly bias the result. The galaxies are divided into two groups, disk-like and spheroid-like, according to their Sersic indices, n. We find evidence that most of the star formation is occurring in n \leq 2 (disk-like) galaxies, with median [interquartile] SFR = 122 [100,150] Msun yr^-1, while there are indications that the n > 2 (spheroid-like) population may be forming stars at a median [interquartile] SFR = 14 [9,20] Msun yr^-1, if at all. Finally, we show that star formation is a plausible mechanism for size evolution in this population as a whole, but find only marginal evidence that it is what drives the expansion of the spheroid-like galaxies.

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