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近星系中气体与恒星形成的标度关系

Scaling Relations between Gas and Star Formation in Nearby Galaxies

F. Bigiel, A. Leroy, F. Walter

摘要:

大量邻近星系的高分辨率、多波长地图使得研究HI、H2的表面密度和恒星形成率(Sigma_HI、Sigma_H2、Sigma_SFR)在几百秒差距尺度上的关系成为可能。在这些尺度上,个别星系盘是舒适地解决,使之有可能评估气体SFR的关系与星系内的环境。由CO强度追踪的Sigma_H2与Sigma_SFR有很强的相关性,在大的旋涡星系中,这两个量之间的比值,即分子气体耗尽时间,似乎是恒定的,约为2Gyr。在星系的恒星形成盘中,Sigma_SFR与Sigma_HI几乎没有相关性。然而,在星系的外部,Sigma_SFR确实与Sigma_HI成比例,尽管有很大的散射。组合来自这些不同环境的数据产生在Sigma_gas-Sigma_SFR空间中具有多个区域的分布。如果将可观测量转换为物理量的基本假设匹配,则即使基于不同SFR示踪剂、方法和空间尺度的组合数据集也在Sigma_gas - Sigma_SFR空间中占据明确定义的轨迹。

英文摘要:

High resolution, multi-wavelength maps of a sizeable set of nearby galaxies have made it possible to study how the surface densities of HI, H2 and star formation rate (Sigma_HI, Sigma_H2, Sigma_SFR) relate on scales of a few hundred parsecs. At these scales, individual galaxy disks are comfortably resolved, making it possible to assess gas-SFR relations with respect to environment within galaxies. Sigma_H2, traced by CO intensity, shows a strong correlation with Sigma_SFR and the ratio between these two quantities, the molecular gas depletion time, appears to be constant at about 2Gyr in large spiral galaxies. Within the star-forming disks of galaxies, Sigma_SFR shows almost no correlation with Sigma_HI. In the outer parts of galaxies, however, Sigma_SFR does scale with Sigma_HI, though with large scatter. Combining data from these different environments yields a distribution with multiple regimes in Sigma_gas - Sigma_SFR space. If the underlying assumptions to convert observables to physical quantities are matched, even combined datasets based on different SFR tracers, methodologies and spatial scales occupy a well define locus in Sigma_gas - Sigma_SFR space.

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