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中等红移时的恒星形成效率

Star Formation Efficiency at Intermediate Redshift

F. Combes, S. Garcia-Burillo, J. Braine, E. Schinnerer, F. Walter, L. Colina

摘要:

在宇宙的后半部分,恒星的形成速度非常快,目前还不清楚这是由于气体含量的变化,还是恒星形成效率的变化。我们已经进行了调查的超亮星系(ULIRG)之间的z=0.2和1,检查气体分数在这个域的红移这仍然是知之甚少。我们的调查与IRAM-30米检测到33个星系的69个,我们得到了显着的演变的气体分数和超临界流体在整个期间,特别是一个转折点,z=0.35。结果对所采用的CO到H2的转换因子很敏感,当我们采用低星爆转换因子α=0.8 Mo/(K km/s pc^2)时,气体分数和SFE的演化具有可比性。采用更高的α将增加气体分数的作用。当α=0.8时,z=0.2-1.0的超临界红外暴的超临界能量和气体分数比局域超临界红外暴高3倍,与高红移超临界红外暴相当。我们将这种演变与预期的宇宙H2丰度和宇宙恒星形成历史进行比较。

英文摘要:

Star formation is evolving very fast in the second half of the Universe, and it is yet unclear whether this is due to evolving gas content, or evolving star formation efficiency (SFE). We have carried out a survey of ultra-luminous galaxies (ULIRG) between z=0.2 and 1, to check the gas fraction in this domain of redshift which is still poorly known. Our survey with the IRAM-30m detected 33 galaxies out of 69, and we derive a significant evolution of both the gas fraction and SFE of ULIRGs over the whole period, and in particular a turning point around z=0.35. The result is sensitive to the CO-to-H2, conversion factor adopted, and both gas fraction and SFE have comparable evolution, when we adopt the low starburst conversion factor of α=0.8 Mo/(K km/s pc^2). Adopting a higher αwill increase the role of the gas fraction. Using α=0.8, the SFE and the gas fraction for z=0.2-1.0 ULIRGs are found to be significantly higher, by a factor 3, than for local ULIRGs, and are comparable to high redshift ones. We compare this evolution to the expected cosmic H2 abundance and the cosmic star formation history.

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