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SDSS、HST和CANDELS的成星半导体几何

Geometry of Star-Forming Galaxies from SDSS, 3D-HST and CANDELS

A. van der Wel, Yu-Yen Chang, E. F. Bell, B. P. Holden, H. C. Ferguson, M. Giavalisco, H. -W. Rix, R. Skelton, K. Whitaker, I. Momcheva, G. Brammer, S. A. Kassi… 展开作者

A. van der Wel, Yu-Yen Chang, E. F. Bell, B. P. Holden, H. C. Ferguson, M. Giavalisco, H. -W. Rix, R. Skelton, K. Whitaker, I. Momcheva, G. Brammer, S. A. Kassin, M. Martig, A. Dekel, D. Ceverino, D. C. Koo, M. Mozena, P. G. van Dokkum, M. Franx, S. M. Faber, J. Primack

摘要:

我们确定了恒星形成星系在0<z<2.5时的内在三维形状分布,这是从它们观测到的投影轴比推断出来的。在现今的宇宙中,所有质量为1 e9 - 1 e11 Msol的恒星形成星系主要是薄的,接近扁圆的盘,与以前的研究一致。我们现在将这一理论扩展到更高的红移,发现在大质量星系(M* &gt; 1 e10 Msol)中,盘是最常见的几何形状。z < 2. Lower-mass galaxies at z>1具有广泛的几何形状:伸长(扁长)星系的比例随着红移的增加和质量的降低而增加。恒星质量为1 e9 Msol(1 e10 Msol)的星系团是在z~1(z~2)处由数量大致相等的拉长星系和盘状星系混合而成。这表明在这个质量范围内的星系还没有在许多轨道周期内维持的盘,这意味着现在恒星质量与银河系相当的星系通常首先在红移z~1.5-2处形成这种持续的恒星盘。结合恒星形成率密度的演化和不同质量星系的恒星形成分布的约束,我们的研究结果意味着,平均在宇宙时间,大多数恒星形成的磁盘。

英文摘要:

We determine the intrinsic, 3-dimensional shape distribution of star-forming galaxies at 0<z<2.5, as inferred from their observed projected axis ratios. In the present-day universe star-forming galaxies of all masses 1e9 - 1e11 Msol are predominantly thin, nearly oblate disks, in line with previous studies. We now extend this to higher redshifts, and find that among massive galaxies (M* > 1e10 Msol) disks are the most common geometric shape at all z < 2. Lower-mass galaxies at z>1 possess a broad range of geometric shapes: the fraction of elongated (prolate) galaxies increases toward higher redshifts and lower masses. Galaxies with stellar mass 1e9 Msol (1e10 Msol) are a mix of roughly equal numbers of elongated and disk galaxies at z~1 (z~2). This suggests that galaxies in this mass range do not yet have disks that are sustained over many orbital periods, implying that galaxies with present-day stellar mass comparable to that of the Milky Way typically first formed such sustained stellar disks at redshift z~1.5-2. Combined with constraints on the evolution of the star formation rate density and the distribution of star formation over galaxies with different masses, our findings imply that, averaged over cosmic time, the majority of stars formed in disks.

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