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高红移下的Kennicutt-Schmidt定律

Towards a resolved Kennicutt-Schmidt law at high redshift

J. Freundlich, F. Combes, L. J. Tacconi, M. C. Cooper, R. Genzel, R. Neri, A. Bolatto, F. Bournaud, A. Burkert, P. Cox, M. Davis, N. M. Förster Schreiber, S. Ga… 展开作者

J. Freundlich, F. Combes, L. J. Tacconi, M. C. Cooper, R. Genzel, R. Neri, A. Bolatto, F. Bournaud, A. Burkert, P. Cox, M. Davis, N. M. Förster Schreiber, S. Garcia-Burillo, J. Gracia-Carpio, D. Lutz, T. Naab, S. Newman, A. Sternberg, B. Weiner

摘要:

遥远宇宙中的大质量星系形成恒星的速度比今天快得多。虽然这些星系的恒星形成区域的直接分辨率仍然是一个挑战,最近在IRAM高原德布尔干涉仪的分子气体观测使我们能够研究红移z = 1.2附近的亚星系尺度上的恒星形成效率。我们提出了一种方法来获得气体和恒星形成率(SFR)的表面密度的星系团组成的星系在这个红移,即使相应的尺度没有解决。这种方法是基于识别这些结构的位置-速度图对应的星系内的切片。我们使用独特的IRAM观测的CO(3-2)旋转线和DEEP 2光谱的四个大质量的恒星形成遥远的星系-EGS 13003805,EGS 13004291,EGS 12007881和EGS 13019128在AEGIS术语-确定气体和SFR的表面密度的可识别的合奏团,构成他们。积分CO线光度被假定为直接成比例的总气体质量,和SFR推导出的[OII]线。我们用CO和[OII]光谱学中可用的角分辨率识别团块的集合;即,1-1.5”。SFR和气体表面密度的平均值在这个大小的区域,这也是深度2狭缝和提取的IRAM切片的厚度,我们推导出一个空间分辨的肯尼卡特施密特(KS)关系的规模为~8千秒差距。这些数据通常表明平均耗尽时间为1.9 Gyr,但在星系内的点与点之间存在显着差异。

英文摘要:

Massive galaxies in the distant Universe form stars at much higher rates than today. Although direct resolution of the star forming regions of these galaxies is still a challenge, recent molecular gas observations at the IRAM Plateau de Bure interferometer enable us to study the star formation efficiency on subgalactic scales around redshift z = 1.2. We present a method for obtaining the gas and star formation rate (SFR) surface densities of ensembles of clumps composing galaxies at this redshift, even though the corresponding scales are not resolved. This method is based on identifying these structures in position-velocity diagrams corresponding to slices within the galaxies. We use unique IRAM observations of the CO(3-2) rotational line and DEEP2 spectra of four massive star forming distant galaxies - EGS13003805, EGS13004291, EGS12007881, and EGS13019128 in the AEGIS terminology - to determine the gas and SFR surface densities of the identifiable ensembles of clumps that constitute them. The integrated CO line luminosity is assumed to be directly proportional to the total gas mass, and the SFR is deduced from the [OII] line. We identify the ensembles of clumps with the angular resolution available in both CO and [OII] spectroscopy; i.e., 1-1.5". SFR and gas surface densities are averaged in areas of this size, which is also the thickness of the DEEP2 slits and of the extracted IRAM slices, and we derive a spatially resolved Kennicutt-Schmidt (KS) relation on a scale of ~8 kpc. The data generally indicates an average depletion time of 1.9 Gyr, but with significant variations from point to point within the galaxies.

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