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星系外到z ~ 3的恒星形成率和恒星形成史

On Star Formation Rates and Star Formation Histories of Galaxies out to z ~ 3

Stijn Wuyts, Natascha M. Forster Schreiber, Dieter Lutz, Raanan Nordon, Stefano Berta, Bruno Altieri, Paola Andreani, Herve Aussel, Angel Bongiovanni, Jordi Cep… 展开作者

Stijn Wuyts, Natascha M. Forster Schreiber, Dieter Lutz, Raanan Nordon, Stefano Berta, Bruno Altieri, Paola Andreani, Herve Aussel, Angel Bongiovanni, Jordi Cepa, Andrea Cimatti, Emanuele Daddi, David Elbaz, Reinhard Genzel, Anton M. Koekemoer, Benjamin Magnelli, Roberto Maiolino, Elizabeth J. McGrath, Ana Perez Garcia, Albrecht Poglitsch, Paola Popesso, Francesca Pozzi, Miguel Sanchez-Portal, Eckhard Sturm, Linda Tacconi, Ivan Valtchanov

摘要:

我们比较了GOODS-South中z~3的多波长SFR指标。我们的分析独特地结合了来自FIREWORKS的U-8 μ m光度测量,来自PEP调查的MIPS 24 μ m和PACS 70,100和160 μ m光度测量,以及来自ESTA调查的Ha光谱。我们描述了一组转换,导致跨SFR指标的连续性。从24 μ m到总红外光度的独立亮度转换产生的LIR估计值与PACS光度法得出的LIR一致,但具有显著的散射。尘埃校正方法在低到中等水平的恒星形成中表现良好。他们无法恢复具有大SFR_IR/SFR_UV比率的系统中的恒星形成总量,通常发生在探测到的最高SFR(SFR_UV+IR \gtrsim 100 Msun/yr)和红移(z \gtrsim 2.5)。最后,我们确认在1.5<z<2.6处的基于Ha的SFR与SFR_SED和SFR_UV+IR一致,前提是考虑朝向HII区域的额外衰减(Av,neb = Av,连续/ 0.44)。与交叉校准的SFR指标在手,我们执行的恒星形成的历史推断SED建模的一致性检查。我们比较观察到的SFR-M关系和质量函数在一个范围内的红移等价物,计算通过发展较低的红移星系向后的时间。我们发现证据低估恒星年龄时,没有严格的限制形成时代。我们演示了如何解决SED建模,或者深紫外数据,可能有助于克服这种偏见。年龄偏差是最严重的星系与年轻的恒星星族,并减少对老年系统。最后,我们的分析表明,SFH通常变化的时间尺度是很长的(至少有几个亿)相比,星系的动力学时间。

英文摘要:

We compare multi-wavelength SFR indicators out to z~3 in GOODS-South. Our analysis uniquely combines U-to-8um photometry from FIREWORKS, MIPS 24um and PACS 70, 100, and 160um photometry from the PEP survey, and Ha spectroscopy from the SINS survey. We describe a set of conversions that lead to a continuity across SFR indicators. A luminosity-independent conversion from 24um to total infrared luminosity yields estimates of LIR that are in the median consistent with the LIR derived from PACS photometry, albeit with significant scatter. Dust correction methods perform well at low to intermediate levels of star formation. They fail to recover the total amount of star formation in systems with large SFR_IR/SFR_UV ratios, typically occuring at the highest SFRs (SFR_UV+IR \gtrsim 100 Msun/yr) and redshifts (z \gtrsim 2.5) probed. Finally, we confirm that Ha-based SFRs at 1.5<z<2.6 are consistent with SFR_SED and SFR_UV+IR provided extra attenuation towards HII regions is taken into account (Av,neb = Av,continuum / 0.44). With the cross-calibrated SFR indicators in hand, we perform a consistency check on the star formation histories inferred from SED modeling. We compare the observed SFR-M relations and mass functions at a range of redshifts to equivalents that are computed by evolving lower redshift galaxies backwards in time. We find evidence for underestimated stellar ages when no stringent constraints on formation epoch are applied. We demonstrate how resolved SED modeling, or alternatively deep UV data, may help to overcome this bias. The age bias is most severe for galaxies with young stellar populations, and reduces towards older systems. Finally, our analysis suggests that SFHs typically vary on timescales that are long (at least several 100 Myr) compared to the galaxies' dynamical time.

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