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由SDSS和S^{4}G成像得到的旋涡星系破裂和截断的统一图象

A unified picture of breaks and truncations in spiral galaxies from SDSS and S^{4}G imaging

Ignacio Martín-Navarro, Judit Bakos, Ignacio Trujillo, Johan H. Knapen, E. Athanassoula, Albert Bosma, Sébastien Comerón, Bruce G. Elmegreen, Santiago Erroz-Fer… 展开作者

Ignacio Martín-Navarro, Judit Bakos, Ignacio Trujillo, Johan H. Knapen, E. Athanassoula, Albert Bosma, Sébastien Comerón, Bruce G. Elmegreen, Santiago Erroz-Ferrer, Dimitri A. Gadotti, Armando Gil de Paz, Joannah L. Hinz, Luis C. Ho, Benne W. Holwerda, Taehyun Kim, Jarkko Laine, Eija Laurikainen, Karín Menéndez-Delmestre, Trisha Mizusawa, Juan-Carlos Muñoz-Mateos, Michael W. Regan, Heikki Salo, Mark Seibert, Kartik Sheth

摘要:

造成旋涡星系径向表面亮度分布突变的机制还不清楚。尽管理论上的努力,有没有一个独特的解释,这些功能和观测结果是不确定的。为了解决这个问题,我们选择了一个样本的34个高度倾斜的螺旋星系都存在于斯隆数字巡天和斯皮策巡天的恒星结构在Galerkin。我们已经测量了在五个Sloan光学波段和3.6 $μm$ Spitzer波段的表面亮度轮廓。我们还计算了颜色和恒星表面的质量密度分布使用可用的光度信息,发现两个不同的功能:最内的破裂半径在距离$\sim 8 \pm 1$ kpc [ $0.77 \pm 0.06$ $R_{25}$ ]和第二个特征半径,或截断半径,接近最外的光学范围($\sim 14 \pm 2$ kpc [ $1.09 \pm 0.05$ $R_{25}$ ])的星系。我们建议在这项工作中,休息可能是一种现象,在恒星形成的阈值相关,而截断更有可能是一个真正的下降与最大角动量的恒星盘的恒星质量密度。

英文摘要:

The mechanism causing breaks in the radial surface brightness distribution of spiral galaxies is not yet well known. Despite theoretical efforts, there is not a unique explanation for these features and the observational results are not conclusive. In an attempt to address this problem, we have selected a sample of 34 highly inclined spiral galaxies present both in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and in the Spitzer Survey of Stellar Structure in Galaxies. We have measured the surface brightness profiles in the five Sloan optical bands and in the 3.6$μm$ Spitzer band. We have also calculated the color and stellar surface mass density profiles using the available photometric information, finding two differentiated features: an innermost break radius at distances of $\sim 8 \pm 1$ kpc [$0.77 \pm 0.06$ $R_{25}$] and a second characteristic radius, or truncation radius, close to the outermost optical extent ($\sim 14 \pm 2$ kpc [$1.09 \pm 0.05$ $R_{25}$]) of the galaxy. We propose in this work that the breaks might be a phenomena related to a threshold in the star formation, while truncations are more likely a real drop in the stellar mass density of the disk associated with the maximum angular momentum of the stars.

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