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M51中的局部射电-红外关联

The local radio-IR correlation in M51

G. Dumas, E. Schinnerer, F. S. Tabatabaei, R. Beck, T. Velusamy, E. Murphy

摘要:

我们用VLA和Effelsberg 100米望远镜在1.4GHz(20厘米)、4.9GHz(6厘米)和8.4GHz(3.6厘米)三个频率上观测了M51,获得了附近一个旋涡星系的最高质量的射电连续谱图像。这些无线电数据与去卷积的斯皮策IRAC 8 mum和MIPS 24 mum图像相结合,以搜索和研究无线电-红外相关性的局部变化。利用小波分解,我们比较了200 pc和30 kpc之间的空间尺度上的无线电和红外辐射的分布。我们表明,无线电红外相关性是不均匀的整个星系盘。它呈现出一种复杂的行为,局部极值对应于各种星系结构,如HII区,旋臂和臂间细丝的复合体,表明热和非热射电辐射的贡献是一个很强的环境功能。特别是,24 μ m和20 cm发射的关系在旋臂内和整个星系上呈现线性关系,而在旋臂间和外部区域以及内部区域偏离线性,具有两种不同的行为:在旋臂间和外部区域是次线性的,在中心3.5kpc是过线性的。我们的分析表明,在无线电/红外相关性的变化反映了螺旋臂和臂间区域之间的ISM属性的变化。在旋臂的良好的相关性意味着,24妈妈和20厘米跟踪最近的恒星形成,而在尘埃不透明度的变化,'卷云'的红外辐射和/或磁场强度和气体密度之间的关系的贡献可以解释不同的关系,发现在臂间,外部和内部区域。

英文摘要:

We observed M51 at three frequencies, 1.4GHz (20cm), 4.9GHz (6cm) and 8.4GHz (3.6cm), with the VLA and the Effelsberg 100m telescope to obtain the highest quality radio continuum images of a nearby spiral galaxy. These radio data were combined with deconvolved Spitzer IRAC 8mum and MIPS 24mum images to search for and investigate local changes in the radio-IR correlation. Utilizing wavelet decomposition, we compare the distribution of the radio and IR emission on spatial scales between 200pc and 30kpc. We show that the radio-IR correlation is not uniform across the galactic disk. It presents a complex behavior with local extrema corresponding to various galactic structures, such as complexes of HII regions, spiral arms and interarm filaments, indicating that the contribution of the thermal and non-thermal radio emission is a strong function of environment. In particular, the relation of the 24mum and 20cm emission presents a linear relation within the spiral arms and globally over the galaxy, while it deviates from linearity in the interarm and outer regions as well in the inner region, with two different behaviours: it is sublinear in the interarm and outer region and over-linear in the central 3.5kpc. Our analysis suggests that the changes in the radio/IR correlation reflect variations of ISM properties between spiral arms and interarm region. The good correlation in the spiral arms implies that 24mum and 20cm are tracing recent star formation, while a change in the dust opacity, 'Cirrus' contribution to the IR emission and/or the relation between the magnetic field strength and the gas density can explain the different relations found in the interarm, outer and inner regions.

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