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使用S4G IRAC 3.6和4.5微米图像重建星系的恒星质量分布:II。从光到质量的转换

Reconstructing the stellar mass distributions of galaxies using S4G IRAC 3.6 and 4.5 micron images: II. The conversion from light to mass

Sharon E. Meidt, Eva Schinnerer, Glenn van de Ven, Dennis Zaritsky, Reynier Peletier, Johan Knapen, Kartik Sheth, Michael Regan, Miguel Querejeta, Juan-Carlos M… 展开作者

Sharon E. Meidt, Eva Schinnerer, Glenn van de Ven, Dennis Zaritsky, Reynier Peletier, Johan Knapen, Kartik Sheth, Michael Regan, Miguel Querejeta, Juan-Carlos Munoz-Mateos, Taehyun Kim, Joannah L. Hinz, Armando Gil de Paz, E. Athanassoula, Albert Bosma, Ronald J. Buta, Mauricio Cisternas, Luis C. Ho, Benne Holwerda, Ramin Skibba, E. Laurikainen, H. Salo, D. A. Gadotti, Jarkko Laine, S. Erroz-Ferrer, Sebastien Comeron, K. Menendez-Delmestre, M. Seibert, T. Mizusawa

摘要:

我们提出了一种新的方法来估计3.6微米恒星的质量光比的[3.6]-[4.5]颜色的老恒星星族。我们的方法避免了现有技术中几个最大的不确定性来源。通过聚焦中红外波长,我们获得了一个几乎没有尘埃的老恒星示踪剂,避免了采用尘埃模型来正确解释通常用来分配M/L的光学或光学/NIR颜色的需要。通过校准GLIMPSE巨星的近红外和中红外颜色之间的新关系,我们还避免了由于分子线不透明度的不确定性而导致的旧恒星星族的[3.6]-[4.5]颜色模型预测的差异。我们发现,[3.6]-[4.5]的颜色,这主要是由金属性驱动,提供了一个严格的约束M/L_3.6,其变化本质上小于在光学波长。由于年龄变化不受约束,M/L_3.6的不确定度约为0.07 dex,这标志着现有的用较短波长数据估算恒星M/L的技术有了显著的改进。单一M/L_3.6=0.6(假设Chabrier IMF),独立于[3.6]-[4.5]颜色,也是可行的,因为它可以同时应用于老的,金属丰富的和年轻的,金属贫乏的群体,并且仍然具有相当的(或更好的)准确度(约0.1 dex)作为替代品。我们希望我们的M/L_3.6是最佳的映射在S4 G星系的恒星质量分布,为此,我们已经开发了一个独立的成分分析技术,首先隔离的旧恒星光在3.6微米的非恒星发射(如热尘埃和3.3 PAH功能)。我们的估计也可以用来确定全球(休息帧)3.6微米通量的非恒星发射的部分贡献,例如在WISE成像,并建立了一个可靠的基础,探索恒星IMF的变化。

英文摘要:

We present a new approach for estimating the 3.6 micron stellar mass-to-light ratio in terms of the [3.6]-[4.5] colors of old stellar populations. Our approach avoids several of the largest sources of uncertainty in existing techniques. By focusing on mid-IR wavelengths, we gain a virtually dust extinction-free tracer of the old stars, avoiding the need to adopt a dust model to correctly interpret optical or optical/NIR colors normally leveraged to assign M/L. By calibrating a new relation between NIR and mid-IR colors of GLIMPSE giant stars we also avoid discrepancies in model predictions for the [3.6]-[4.5] colors of old stellar populations due to uncertainties in molecular line opacities. We find that the [3.6]-[4.5] color, which is driven primarily by metallicity, provides a tight constraint on M/L_3.6, which varies intrinsically less than at optical wavelengths. The uncertainty on M/L_3.6 of ~0.07 dex due to unconstrained age variations marks a significant improvement on existing techniques for estimating the stellar M/L with shorter wavelength data. A single M/L_3.6=0.6 (assuming a Chabrier IMF), independent of [3.6]-[4.5] color, is also feasible as it can be applied simultaneously to old, metal-rich and young, metal-poor populations, and still with comparable (or better) accuracy (~0.1 dex) as alternatives. We expect our M/L_3.6 to be optimal for mapping the stellar mass distributions in S4G galaxies, for which we have developed an Independent Component Analysis technique to first isolate the old stellar light at 3.6 micron from non-stellar emission (e.g. hot dust and the 3.3 PAH feature). Our estimate can also be used to determine the fractional contribution of non-stellar emission to global (rest-frame) 3.6 micron fluxes, e.g. in WISE imaging, and establishes a reliable basis for exploring variations in the stellar IMF.

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