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一种基于多波长光度学的星系SED分类新方法

A new method for classifying galaxy SEDs from multi-wavelength photometry

Vivienne Wild, Omar Almaini, Michele Cirasuolo, Jim Dunlop, Ross McLure, Rebecca Bowler, Joao Ferreira, Emma Bradshaw, Robert Chuter, Will Hartley

摘要:

提出了一种基于主成分分析的星系宽带近红外光谱能量分布(SED)分类方法。以及提供了一个紧凑的各种各样的SED形状的表示,该方法允许容易可视化的信息损失和偏见所造成的不完整的采样的休息帧SED作为红移的函数。我们将该方法应用于UKIDSS超深巡天中0.9 <z <1.2的星系,并通过堆叠每个类别中一部分物体的静止帧光谱来确认我们的分类。除了从恒星形成星系中清晰地分离出一个紧密的红色序列外,还有三个不寻常的星系群可以通过它们独特的颜色来识别:非常多尘的恒星形成星系,具有高金属量和古老的平均恒星年龄;在最近的一次不持续的星暴事件中形成了超过其质量10%的后星暴星系;以及贫金属的静止矮星系。我们发现,在log(M */Msol)> 11的星系中,静止星系占45%,在log(M */Msol)= 10时稳定下降到13%。后星爆星系的性质和质量函数是一致的,在这种情况下,富含气体的合并有助于红色序列的低和中等质量范围的增长。

英文摘要:

We present a new method to classify the broad band optical-NIR spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of galaxies using three shape parameters (super-colours) based on a Principal Component Analysis of model SEDs. As well as providing a compact representation of the wide variety of SED shapes, the method allows for easy visualisation of information loss and biases caused by the incomplete sampling of the rest-frame SED as a function of redshift. We apply the method to galaxies in the UKIDSS Ultra Deep Survey with 0.9<z<1.2, and confirm our classifications by stacking rest-frame optical spectra for a fraction of objects in each class. As well as cleanly separating a tight red-sequence from star-forming galaxies, three unusual populations are identifiable by their unique colours: very dusty star-forming galaxies with high metallicity and old mean stellar age; post-starburst galaxies which have formed greater than around 10% of their mass in a recent unsustained starburst event; and metal-poor quiescent dwarf galaxies. We find that quiescent galaxies account for 45% of galaxies with log(M*/Msol)>11, declining steadily to 13% at log(M*/Msol)=10. The properties and mass-function of the post-starburst galaxies are consistent with a scenario in which gas-rich mergers contribute to the growth of the low and intermediate mass range of the red sequence.

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