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Herschel参考巡天的Halalpha成像。邻近晚型星系体积有限、K波段选择样本的恒星形成特性

Halpha Imaging of the Herschel Reference Survey. The star formation properties of a volume-limited, K-band-selected sample of nearby late-type galaxies

A. Boselli, M. Fossati, G. Gavazzi, L. Ciesla, V. Buat, S. Boissier, T. Hughes

摘要:

我们提出了新的Halpha+[NII]成像数据的晚型星系的赫歇尔参考调查,旨在研究恒星形成的K波段选择,体积有限的样本附近的星系的属性。使用基于巴耳末衰减和24 mic光度的不同配方对Halpha+[NII]数据进行了[NII]污染和尘埃衰减的校正。我们表明,L(H α)与不同的修正得到一致的结果,只有当不确定性的估计巴耳末减量是<=0.1。我们使用这些数据来获得的晚型星系的样本的SFR,并比较这些估计使用独立的单色示踪剂(FUV,无线电)或输出的SED拟合代码确定。这种比较表明,基于24 mic的尘埃消光校正对H α可能是不通用的,它应该谨慎地用于所有具有SFA的天体,其中尘埃加热可能由旧的恒星星族主导。此外,由于与周围环境相互作用后发生的突然截断的簇星系的SFA,所需的稳定性条件转换单色通量到SFR可能并不总是满足示踪剂以外的L(H α)。以类似的方式,参数化的SFH通常用于SED拟合代码可能不足以为这些最近的相互作用的系统。然后,我们研究了晚型星系的SFR光度分布和典型的标度关系。我们观察到一个系统的SSFR的增加恒星质量,恒星质量表面密度,和金属丰度的减少。我们还观察到增加的不对称性和平滑度参数测量的Halpha-band增加SSFR,可能引起的巨大的HII区域的贡献增加SF低光度星系的Halpha光度函数。

英文摘要:

We present new Halpha+[NII] imaging data of late-type galaxies in the Herschel Reference Survey aimed at studying the star formation properties of a K-band-selected, volume-limited sample of nearby galaxies. The Halpha+[NII] data are corrected for [NII] contamination and dust attenuation using different recipes based on the Balmer decrement and the 24mic luminosities. We show that the L(Halpha) derived with different corrections give consistent results only whenever the uncertainty on the estimate of the Balmer decrement is <=0.1. We use these data to derive the SFR of the late-type galaxies of the sample, and compare these estimates to those determined using independent monochromatic tracers (FUV, radio) or the output of SED fitting codes. This comparison suggests that the 24mic based dust extinction correction for Halpha might be non universal, and that it should be used with caution in all objects with a SFA, where dust heating can be dominated by the old stellar population. Furthermore, because of the sudden truncation of the SFA of cluster galaxies occurring after their interaction with the surrounding environment, the stationarity conditions required to transform monochromatic fluxes into SFR might not always be satisfied in tracers other than L(Halpha). In a similar way, the parametrisation of the SFH generally used in SED fitting codes might not be adequate for these recently interacting systems. We then study the SFR luminosity distribution and the typical scaling relations of late-type galaxies. We observe a systematic decrease of the SSFR with increasing stellar mass, stellar mass surface density, and metallicity. We also observe an increase of the asymmetry and smoothness parameters measured in the Halpha-band with increasing SSFR, probably induced by an increase of the contribution of giant HII regions to the Halpha luminosity function in SF low-luminosity galaxies.

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