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亮红外星系中超星团K波段光度函数、斜率和混合效应

The K-band luminosity functions of super star clusters in luminous infrared galaxies, their slopes, and the effects of blending

Zara Randriamanakoto, Petri Vaisanen, Stuart Ryder, Erkki Kankare, Jari Kotilainen, Seppo Mattila

摘要:

超级星团(SSC)通常在相互作用的星系中发现,并追踪恒星形成的极端形式。利用两台自适应光学仪器(VLT/NACO和Gemini/ALTAIR/NIRI)对一个局域亮红外星系(LIRGs)样本中的SSC候选星系进行了K波段研究。除了促进SSC检测在昏暗的环境中,这项工作介绍了SSC的研究在主机具有较高的恒星形成率(SFR)比以前的研究。我们发现,星系团的光度函数(LF)符合单一的幂律,其指数α值在1.5 ~ 2.4之间,平均值为α~ 1.9。这个值似乎比正常旋涡星系的平均α~ 2.2要小。由于所涉及的宿主星系的距离(中位数$D_L$ ~ 70 Mpc)的混合效应必须考虑在内,并使用蒙特卡罗模拟的混合效应的LF和光度SSC分析的充分研究的人工红移到我们的样本的距离的系统进行了研究。虽然混合倾向于使LF变平,但我们的分析表明,在我们的样本中,Δα小于~ 0.1。模拟结果还表明,在光度范围内,$M_K < -13$,认为在这项工作中提取的SSC光度通常是由一个单一的主导星团,而不是几个结的SF。我们提出了分辨率和距离相关的SSC表面密度混淆的限制,并显示如何混合率和孔径大小影响的LF。在拥挤区域应使用尽可能小的孔径。

英文摘要:

Super star clusters (SSCs) are typically found in interacting galaxies and trace an extreme form of star-formation. We present a K-band study of SSC candidates in a sample of local luminous infrared galaxies (LIRGs) using two adaptive optics instruments (VLT/NACO and Gemini/ALTAIR/NIRI). In addition to facilitating SSC detections in obscured environments, this work introduces SSC studies in hosts with higher star-formation rates (SFRs) than most previous studies. We find that the luminosity functions (LFs) of the clusters are reasonably well-fitted by a single power-law with the values of the index αranging between 1.5 to 2.4 with an average value of α~ 1.9. This value appears to be less steep than the average α~ 2.2 in normal spiral galaxies. Due to the host galaxy distances involved (median $D_L$ ~ 70 Mpc) blending effects have to be taken into account, and are investigated using Monte Carlo simulations of blending effects for LFs and a photometric SSC analysis of the well-studied Antennae system which is artificially redshifted to distances of our sample. While blending tends to flatten LFs our analyses show that Δαis less than ~ 0.1 in our sample. The simulations also show that in the luminosity range, $M_K < -13$, considered in this work the extracted SSC luminosities are generally dominated by a single dominant star cluster rather than several knots of SF. We present resolution- and distance-dependent SSC surface density confusion limits and show how blending rates and aperture sizes affect the LFs. The smallest possible apertures should be used in crowded regions.

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