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在暗物质晕中约束恒星形成历史:I。中加尔维斯敦

Constraining the Star Formation Histories in Dark Matter Halos: I. Central Galaxies

Xiaohu Yang, H. J. Mo, Frank C. van den Bosch, Ana Bonaca, Shijie Li, Yi Lu, Yu Lu, Zhankui Lu

摘要:

利用Yang et al.(2012)提出的跨宇宙时间的条件恒星质量函数的自洽模型,我们对不同质量晕中的{ \it中心}星系的恒星形成历史进行了模型预测.该模型需要以下两个关键成分:(i)中央星系和卫星星系的质量组装历史,以及(ii)中央星系的恒星形成率作为晕质量的函数的局部观测约束。我们得到一个通用的拟合公式,描述(中)SFH的晕质量,星系恒星质量和红移的函数的中央星系。我们使用这个模型来预测宇宙时间内中央星系恒星形成率的各个方面。我们的主要发现如下。(1)对于给定质量的晕,在高$z$下的比恒星形成率(SSFR)随着红移[ $\propto (1+z)^{2.5}$ ]的增加而迅速增加,而在给定的$z$下,随着晕质量($\propto M_h^{0.12}$)的增加而缓慢增加,这与暗物质晕的比质量吸积率几乎完全一致。(2)主支祖星系的恒星形成率(SFR)与星系的最终恒星质量之比大致在一个恒定值$\sim 10^{-9.3} h^2 {\rm yr}^{-1}$处达到峰值,与晕质量或星系的最终恒星质量无关。然而,SFR峰的红移随着晕质量的增加而迅速增加。(3)在现今的宇宙中,超过一半的恒星都是在$10^{11.1}\msunh < M_h < 10^{12.3}\msunh$处于$0.4 < z < 1.9$红移范围内的晕中形成的。(4) ... [删节]

英文摘要:

Using the self-consistent modeling of the conditional stellar mass functions across cosmic time by Yang et al. (2012), we make model predictions for the star formation histories (SFHs) of {\it central} galaxies in halos of different masses. The model requires the following two key ingredients: (i) mass assembly histories of central and satellite galaxies, and (ii) local observational constraints of the star formation rates of central galaxies as function of halo mass. We obtain a universal fitting formula that describes the (median) SFH of central galaxies as function of halo mass, galaxy stellar mass and redshift. We use this model to make predictions for various aspects of the star formation rates of central galaxies across cosmic time. Our main findings are the following. (1) The specific star formation rate (SSFR) at high $z$ increases rapidly with increasing redshift [$\propto (1+z)^{2.5}$] for halos of a given mass and only slowly with halo mass ($\propto M_h^{0.12}$) at a given $z$, in almost perfect agreement with the specific mass accretion rate of dark matter halos. (2) The ratio between the star formation rate (SFR) in the main-branch progenitor and the final stellar mass of a galaxy peaks roughly at a constant value, $\sim 10^{-9.3} h^2 {\rm yr}^{-1}$, independent of halo mass or the final stellar mass of the galaxy. However, the redshift at which the SFR peaks increases rapidly with halo mass. (3) More than half of the stars in the present-day Universe were formed in halos with $10^{11.1}\msunh < M_h < 10^{12.3}\msunh$ in the redshift range $0.4 < z < 1.9$. (4) ... [abridged]

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