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高红移星系的快速恒星形成

Rapidly Star-forming Galaxies At High Redshifts

Romeel Davé

摘要:

赫歇尔为研究快速形成恒星的星系演化到高红移打开了新的窗口。今天的大规模恒星爆发的特点是恒星形成率(SFR)为100+ Mo/年,并显示出混乱的形态和有核恒星的形成,这表明发生了一次重大的合并。在z~2处,质量和SFR相似的星系具有有序旋转和分布式恒星形成的特征。新兴的冷吸积范式为这种差异提供了直观的理解。在其中,晕吸积率控制着气体进入恒星形成区域的供应,并受到强烈外流的调制。在高z的高吸积率驱动更快的恒星形成,同时也使磁盘更厚和更结块;在观测到的强星系外流的存在下,团块预计是短暂的。因此,在高红移下同样快速的恒星形成者并不类似于本地合并驱动的恒星爆发,而是类似于具有高度增强的吸积率的本地盘。

英文摘要:

Herschel has opened new windows into studying the evolution of rapidly star-forming galaxies out to high redshifts. Today's massive starbursts are characterized by star formation rates (SFRs) of 100+ Mo/yr and display a chaotic morphology and nucleated star formation indicative of a major merger. At z~2, galaxies of similar mass and SFR are characterized by ordered rotation and distributed star formation. The emerging cold accretion paradigm provides an intuitive understanding for such differences. In it, halo accretion rates govern the supply of gas into star-forming regions, modulated by strong outflows. The high accretion rates at high-z drive more rapid star formation, while also making disks thicker and clumpier; the clumps are expected to be short-lived in the presence of strong galactic outflows as observed. Hence equivalently rapid star-formers at high redshift are not analogous to local merger-driven starbursts, but rather to local disks with highly enhanced accretion rates.

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