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CANDELS内色散揭示的膨胀形成在$z\sim2$恒星星族星族均匀化中的作用

The Role of Bulge Formation in the Homogenization of Stellar Populations at $z\sim2$ as revealed by Internal Color Dispersion in CANDELS

Steven Boada, V. Tilvi, C. Papovich, R. F. Quadri, M. Hilton, S. Finkelstein, Yicheng Guo, N. Bond, C. Conselice, A. Dekel, H. Ferguson, M. Giavalisco, N. A. Gr… 展开作者

Steven Boada, V. Tilvi, C. Papovich, R. F. Quadri, M. Hilton, S. Finkelstein, Yicheng Guo, N. Bond, C. Conselice, A. Dekel, H. Ferguson, M. Giavalisco, N. A. Grogin, D. D. Kocevski, A. M. Koekemoer, D. C. Koo

摘要:

我们使用宇宙大会近红外深河外遗产调查的数据,研究如何在星系的恒星星族的空间变化与星系的形成在$1.5 < z < 3.5$。我们使用内部色散(ICD),测量之间的休息帧紫外和光学波段,这是敏感的年龄(和尘埃衰减)的恒星星族的变化。ICD显示了与恒星质量和星系形态的关系。高ICD证明了星系中恒星星族变化最大的星系具有盘主导的形态(具有Sérsic指数$< 2$),恒星质量在$10 < \mathrm{Log~M/ M_\odot}< 11$之间。当恒星质量和/或Sérsic指数增加时,ICD会显著减小。通过研究ICD和其他星系属性之间的关系,包括大小,总颜色,恒星形成率和尘埃衰减,我们得出结论,最大的变化发生在星系中的光从新的,高恒星形成的团块对比老恒星盘人口。只有在特定恒星质量范围($10 < \mathrm{Log~M/ M_\odot} < 11$)的星系中,在形成一个大的球状体之前,这个阶段才会达到一个峰值。相比之下,在较高或较低的恒星质量,和/或更高的Sérsic指数($n > 2$)的星系表现出降低ICD值,这意味着更大的均匀性,他们的恒星星族。这表明,如果一个星系既有一个静止的凸起,又有一个恒星形成盘,这是典型的哈勃序列星系,这是最常见的恒星质量$10 < \mathrm{Log~M/M_\odot} < 11$,当凸起部分保持相对较小($n<2$)。

英文摘要:

We use data from the Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey to study how the spatial variation in the stellar populations of galaxies relate to the formation of galaxies at $1.5 < z < 3.5$. We use the Internal Color Dispersion (ICD), measured between the rest-frame UV and optical bands, which is sensitive to age (and dust attenuation) variations in stellar populations. The ICD shows a relation with the stellar masses and morphologies of the galaxies. Galaxies with the largest variation in their stellar populations as evidenced by high ICD have disk-dominated morphologies (with Sérsic indexes $< 2$) and stellar masses between $10 < \mathrm{Log~M/ M_\odot}< 11$. There is a marked decrease in the ICD as the stellar mass and/or the Sérsic index increases. By studying the relations between the ICD and other galaxy properties including sizes, total colors, star-formation rate, and dust attenuation, we conclude that the largest variations in stellar populations occur in galaxies where the light from newly, high star-forming clumps contrasts older stellar disk populations. This phase reaches a peak for galaxies only with a specific stellar mass range, $10 < \mathrm{Log~M/ M_\odot} < 11$, and prior to the formation of a substantial bulge/spheroid. In contrast, galaxies at higher or lower stellar masses, and/or higher Sérsic index ($n > 2$) show reduced ICD values, implying a greater homogeneity of their stellar populations. This indicates that if a galaxy is to have both a quiescent bulge along with a star forming disk, typical of Hubble Sequence galaxies, this is most common for stellar masses $10 < \mathrm{Log~M/M_\odot} < 11$ and when the bulge component remains relatively small ($n<2$).

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