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识别高z并合的物理方法:恒星Mass域的形态分类

A Physical Approach to the Identification of High-z Mergers: Morphological Classification in the Stellar Mass Domain

Anna Cibinel, Emeric Le Floc'h, Valentin Perret, Frederic Bournaud, Emanuele Daddi, Maurilio Pannella, David Elbaz, Philippe Amram, Pierre-Alain Duc

摘要:

在z> 1时,合并星系和“正常”恒星形成星系之间的区别往往受到大团块的阻碍,即使在旋转支撑的盘中,大团块也会导致扰动的合并状外观。在本文中,我们将讨论如何分类的基础上解决恒星质量图,而不是单波段图像上测量的规范,非参数结构指数,减少clusional,但不合并星系的错误分类。我们校准基于质量的选择合并使用MINUS流体动力学数值模拟的孤立和合并的星系,其中跨越恒星质量范围的$10^{9.8}$-$10^{10.6}M_{sun}$和合并比之间的1:1 - 1:6.3。对这些模拟进行处理,以再现所观察到的HUDF数据的典型深度和空间分辨率。我们测试我们的方法上的一个样本的真正的z~2星系的运动学分类成盘或合并和~100星系的HUDF领域的光度/光谱红移之间的1.5 $\leqslant z \leqslant$ 3和$M>10^{9.4}M_{sun}$。我们发现,在恒星质量图上测量的不对称性$A_{MASS}$和$M_{20, MASS}$指数的组合可以有效地识别真正的(主要)合并与$\lesssim$ 20%的污染,从cluidendisks磁盘合并样本。这种基于质量的分类不能在恒星形成星系中单独通过$H-$波段测量重现,而是导致来自cluerous星系的污染,可能高达50%。此外,我们发现,无论使用的成像深度如何,基于质量的分类总是比$H-$带分类导致来自cluerous星系的污染更低(例如,Candels vs. HUDF)。

英文摘要:

At z>1, the distinction between merging and 'normal' star-forming galaxies based on single band morphology is often hampered by the presence of large clumps which result in a disturbed, merger-like appearance even in rotationally supported disks. In this paper we discuss how a classification based on canonical, non-parametric structural indices measured on resolved stellar mass maps, rather than on single-band images, reduces the misclassification of clumpy but not merging galaxies. We calibrate the mass-based selection of mergers using the MIRAGE hydrodynamical numerical simulations of isolated and merging galaxies which span a stellar mass range of $10^{9.8}$-$10^{10.6}M_{sun}$ and merger ratios between 1:1-1:6.3. These simulations are processed to reproduce the typical depth and spatial resolution of observed HUDF data. We test our approach on a sample of real z~2 galaxies with kinematic classification into disks or mergers and on ~100 galaxies in the HUDF field with photometric/spectroscopic redshift between 1.5$\leqslant z \leqslant$3 and $M>10^{9.4}M_{sun}$. We find that a combination of the asymmetry $A_{MASS}$ and $M_{20, MASS}$ indices measured on the stellar mass maps can efficiently identify real (major) mergers with $\lesssim$20% contamination from clumpy disks in the merger sample. This mass-based classification cannot be reproduced in star-forming galaxies by $H-$band measurements alone, which instead result in a contamination from clumpy galaxies that can be as high as 50%. Moreover, we find that the mass-based classification always results in a lower contamination from clumpy galaxies than an $H-$band classification, regardless of the depth of the imaging used (e.g., CANDELS vs. HUDF).

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