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绿豌豆星系和同类星系:斯隆数字巡天中的发光紧凑发射线星系

Green Pea Galaxies and cohorts: Luminous Compact Emission-Line Galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Y. I. Izotov, N. G. Guseva, T. X. Thuan

摘要:

我们提出了一个大样本的803个恒星形成的发光紧凑星系(LCG)的红移范围z = 0.02-0.63,从斯隆数字巡天(SDSS)的数据发布7选择。这些星系的整体性质类似于所谓的“绿色豌豆”恒星形成星系,在红移范围z=0.112-0.360,并根据其绿色和紧凑的结构从SDSS中选出。与豌豆星系相反,我们的LCG是根据它们的光谱和光度特性选择的,结果是一个大约10倍大的样本,星系的红移范围大于2倍。我们发现LCG中的氧丰度和重元素丰度比与附近的低金属丰度蓝致密矮(BCD)星系没有区别。LCG的恒星质量中值约为1 e9 Msun。然而,对于高EW(Hbeta)的星系,> 100 A,它只有~ 7 x1 e8 Msun。LCG中的恒星形成速率在0.7-60 Msun yr^{-1}的大范围内变化,中值约为4 Msun yr^{-1},比z>3的高红移恒星形成星系低3倍。LCG中的特定恒星形成率非常高,变化范围为~ 1 e-9 - 1 e-7 yr^{-1},与高红移星系中的恒星形成率相当。

英文摘要:

We present a large sample of 803 star-forming luminous compact galaxies (LCGs) in the redshift range z = 0.02-0.63, selected from Data Release 7 of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). The global properties of these galaxies are similar to those of the so-called "green pea" star-forming galaxies, in the redshift range z=0.112-0.360 and selected from the SDSS on the basis of their green color and compact structure. In contrast to green pea galaxies, our LCGs are selected on the basis of both their spectroscopic and photometric properties, resulting in a ~10 times larger sample, with galaxies spanning a redshift range >2 times larger. We find that the oxygen abundances and the heavy element abundance ratios in LCGs do not differ from those of nearby low-metallicity blue compact dwarf (BCD) galaxies. The median stellar mass of LCGs is ~1e9 Msun. However, for galaxies with high EW(Hbeta), >100A, it is only ~7x1e8 Msun. The star formation rate in LCGs varies in the large range of 0.7-60 Msun yr^{-1}, with a median value of ~4 Msun yr^{-1}, a factor of ~3 lower than in high-redshift star-forming galaxies at z>3. The specific star formation rates in LCGs are extremely high and vary in the range ~1e-9 - 1e-7 yr^{-1}, comparable to those derived in high-redshift galaxies.

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