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恒星形成大质量爆发的$L - σ$关系

The $L - σ$ relation for massive bursts of star formation

Ricardo Chávez, Roberto Terlevich, Elena Terlevich, Fabio Bresolin, Jorge Melnick, Manolis Plionis, Spyros Basilakos

摘要:

的有效性的发射线光度与电离气体速度色散($L - σ$)相关的HII星系(HIIGx),其潜力作为一个准确的距离估计进行评估。对于128个局部($0.02\lesssim z\lesssim 0.2$)紧凑HIIGx样品,其巴尔末发射线具有高等效宽度,我们从高S/N高色散光谱(斯巴鲁HDS和ESO VLT-UVES)获得电离气体速度色散,并从低色散宽孔径分光光度法获得积分H $β$通量。我们发现,$L - σ$关系是强大的和稳定的样品中的限制(主要是基于发射线配置文件)。轮廓的“高斯性”对于减少距离指示器的均方根不确定性很重要,但代价是大量减少样本。通过将其他物理参数拟合到相关性中,我们能够在不减少样本的情况下显着减少散射。恒星形成区域的大小是一个重要的第二个参数,当添加发射线等效宽度或连续色和金属丰度时,产生具有最小均方根散射的解决方案= $δ\log L(\mathrm{H}β) = 0.233$。推导出的系数在最好的$L - σ$关系是非常接近的维里化电离集群的预期,而推导出的恒星和电离气体质量的总和是类似的动力学质量估计使用HST校正彼得罗相半径。这些结果与引力是导致这些非常年轻和大质量星系团发射线加宽的主要机制是一致的。导出的质量范围从大约2 $\times10^6$ $\mathrm{M}_{\odot}$到$10^9$ $\mathrm{M}_{\odot}$,以及它们的“校正”彼得罗相半径,从几十秒差距到几百秒差距。

英文摘要:

The validity of the emission line luminosity vs. ionised gas velocity dispersion ($L - σ$) correlation for HII galaxies (HIIGx), and its potential as an accurate distance estimator are assessed. For a sample of 128 local ($0.02\lesssim z\lesssim 0.2$) compact HIIGx with high equivalent widths of their Balmer emission lines we obtained ionised gas velocity dispersion from high S/N high-dispersion spectroscopy (Subaru-HDS and ESO VLT-UVES) and integrated H$β$ fluxes from low dispersion wide aperture spectrophotometry. We find that the $L - σ$ relation is strong and stable against restrictions in the sample (mostly based on the emission line profiles). The `gaussianity' of the profile is important for reducing the rms uncertainty of the distance indicator, but at the expense of substantially reducing the sample. By fitting other physical parameters into the correlation we are able to significantly decrease the scatter without reducing the sample. The size of the starforming region is an important second parameter, while adding the emission line equivalent width or the continuum colour and metallicity, produces the solution with the smallest rms scatter=$δ\log L(\mathrm{H}β) = 0.233$. The derived coefficients in the best $L - σ$ relation are very close to what is expected from virialized ionising clusters, while the derived sum of the stellar and ionised gas masses are similar to the dynamical mass estimated using the HST corrected Petrosian radius. These results are compatible with gravity being the main mechanism causing the broadening of the emission lines in these very young and massive clusters. The derived masses range from about 2 $\times10^6$ $\mathrm{M}_{\odot}$ to $10^9$ $\mathrm{M}_{\odot}$ and their `corrected' Petrosian radius, from a few tens to a few hundred parsecs.

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