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极端恒星爆发中的恒星形成规律

Star-formation laws in extreme starbursts

S. Garcia-Burillo, A. Usero, A. Alonso-Herrero

摘要:

恒星形成规律的观测研究对于解开星系中局部和全局尺度上的物理过程至关重要。为了这个目的,我们已经扩大了极端的星爆的样本,代表本地LIRGs和ULIRGs,高质量的数据中获得的1-0线的HCN。对新数据的分析表明,由FIR/HCN光度比得出的致密分子气体的恒星形成效率,在极端恒星爆发中比正常星系高出3-4倍。我们发现一个二元性的Kennicutt-Schmidt法律,是加强,如果我们考虑到不同的转换因子HCN(α_HCN)在极端的星爆和正常星系中的恒星形成率的清晰的校正。我们发现,如果我们假设LIRGs/ULIRGs中HCN密度高1-2个数量级,并且假设SFR_ ff约为0.005-0.01和/或α_HCN比我们所期望的值低几个数量级,那么用一个共同的恒定的每自由落体时间恒星形成率(SFR_ff)来拟合正常星系和LIRGs/ULIRGs之间FIR/HCN比值的观测差异是可能的。

英文摘要:

The observational study of star-formation laws is paramount to disentangling the physical processes at work on local and global scales in galaxies. To this aim we have expanded the sample of extreme starbursts, represented by local LIRGs and ULIRGs, with high-quality data obtained in the 1-0 line of HCN. The analysis of the new data shows that the star-formation efficiency of the dense molecular gas, derived from the FIR/HCN luminosity ratio, is a factor 3-4 higher in extreme starbursts compared to normal galaxies. We find a duality in the Kennicutt-Schmidt laws that is enhanced if we account for the different conversion factor for HCN (alpha_HCN) in extreme starbursts and correct for the unobscured star-formation rate in normal galaxies. We find that it is possible to fit the observed differences in the FIR/HCN ratios between normal galaxies and LIRGs/ULIRGs with a common constant star-formation rate per free-fall time (SFR_ff) if we assume that HCN densities are ~1-2 orders of magnitude higher in LIRGs/ULIRGs, and provided that SFR_ ff~0.005-0.01 and/or if alpha_HCN is a factor of a few lower than our favored values.

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