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估算近星系团1 kpc尺度的恒星形成率

Estimating the Star Formation Rate at 1 kpc Scales in Nearby Galaxies

Adam K. Leroy, Frank Bigiel, W. J. G. de Blok, Samuel Boissier, Alberto Bolatto, Elias Brinks, Barry Madore, Juan-Carlos Munoz-Mateos, Eric Murphy, Karin Sandst… 展开作者

Adam K. Leroy, Frank Bigiel, W. J. G. de Blok, Samuel Boissier, Alberto Bolatto, Elias Brinks, Barry Madore, Juan-Carlos Munoz-Mateos, Eric Murphy, Karin Sandstrom, Andreas Schruba, Fabian Walter

摘要:

利用Hα、紫外(UV)和红外(IR)辐射的组合,我们估算了IRAM HERACLES CO巡天目标星系30个盘状星系在1 kpc分辨率下的恒星形成率(SFR)面密度(SFR_SFR)。我们提出了一个新的物理动机的红外光谱能量分布为基础的方法来解释可能的贡献24 \mum发射与最近的恒星形成无关。考虑到文献中的各种“参考”SFR,我们重新审视了混合(UV+IR或Hα+IR)示踪剂中24个\mum项的校准。我们发现,这一项的整体校准仍然是不确定的,因为缺乏宽领域,强大的参考SFR估计在两个级别的因素。在这种不确定性,公布的校准代表了一个合理的起点1千帕宽地区的恒星形成盘星系,但我们重新推导和完善的校准的IR长期在这些示踪剂,以配合我们的分辨率和方法24 \mum排放。我们比较了大量的PDMATHABMN_SFR估计值,发现在PDMATHABMN_SFR 10^-3 M_ \odot yr^-1 kpc^-2以上,示踪剂之间的系统差异在两个数量级的动态范围内小于1/2。我们警告说,方法和数据都成为严重的问题低于这一水平。我们注意到,从简单的模型考虑,集中在一个星系的一部分,由一个单一的恒星星族的固有不确定性在Hα和FUV为基础的SFR是\sim 0.3和\sim 0.5 dex。

英文摘要:

Using combinations of Hα, ultraviolet (UV), and infrared (IR) emission, we estimate the star formation rate (SFR) surface density, Σ_SFR, at 1 kpc resolution for 30 disk galaxies that are targets of the IRAM HERACLES CO survey. We present a new physically-motivated IR spectral energy distribution-based approach to account for possible contributions to 24\mum emission not associated with recent star formation. Considering a variety of "reference" SFRs from the literature, we revisit the calibration of the 24\mum term in hybrid (UV+IR or Hα+IR) tracers. We show that the overall calibration of this term remains uncertain at the factor of two level because of the lack of wide-field, robust reference SFR estimates. Within this uncertainty, published calibrations represent a reasonable starting point for 1 kpc-wide areas of star-forming disk galaxies but we re-derive and refine the calibration of the IR term in these tracers to match our resolution and approach to 24\mum emission. We compare a large suite of Σ_SFR estimates and find that above Σ_SFR \sim 10^-3 M_\odot yr^-1 kpc^-2 the systematic differences among tracers are less than a factor of two across two orders of magnitude dynamic range. We caution that methodology and data both become serious issues below this level. We note from simple model considerations that focusing on a part of a galaxy dominated by a single stellar population the intrinsic uncertainty in Hαand FUV-based SFRs are \sim 0.3 and \sim 0.5 dex.

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