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关于$z\sim 2$星系的质量-金属丰度-恒星形成率关系

On the Mass-Metallicity-Star Formation Rate Relation for Galaxies at $z\sim 2$

Samir Salim, Janice C. Lee, Romeel Davé, Mark Dickinson

摘要:

最近的研究表明,局部质量-金属丰度(M-Z)关系依赖于特定的恒星形成率(SSFR)。是否存在这样的依赖性在较高的红移,以及是否由此产生的M-Z-SFR关系是红移不变的,是有争议的。我们通过将Salim等人(2014)的非参数技术应用于约130个$z\sim2.3$星系,并使用KBSS(Steidel等人,2014)的N2和O3测量值重新检查了这些问题。我们发现,KBSS M-Z关系依赖于SSFR在中等质量,这种依赖性存在局部。KBSS和SDSS星系相同的质量和SSFR(“本地类似物”)是类似的BPT图相对于本地恒星形成星系的大部分偏移,因此,我们认为,金属丰度可以比较自洽在不同的红移,只要星系的质量和SSFR是相似的。我们发现$z\sim2$星系的M-Z-SFR关系在$\log M_*<10$处与局域M-Z-SFR关系是一致的,但在更高的质量处偏移达-0.25 dex,因此它完全不是红移不变量。这种高质量的偏移可能来自高红移光谱巡天对高金属量星系的偏见,但其他证据不支持这种可能性。我们确定了三个原因之间的差异N2和O3 N2金属丰度在$z\sim2$的报告:(1)一个较小的偏移,也存在于SDSS星系,我们删除了新的N2校准,(2)一个真正的偏移,由于不同的ISM条件,这也存在于本地类似物,(3)一个额外的偏移,由于未识别的活动星系核污染。

英文摘要:

Recent studies have shown that the local mass-metallicity (M-Z) relation depends on the specific star formation rate (SSFR). Whether such a dependence exists at higher redshifts, and whether the resulting M-Z-SFR relation is redshift invariant, is debated. We re-examine these issues by applying the non-parametric techniques of Salim et al. (2014) to ~130 $z\sim2.3$ galaxies with N2 and O3 measurements from KBSS (Steidel et al. 2014). We find that the KBSS M-Z relation depends on SSFR at intermediate masses, where such dependence exists locally. KBSS and SDSS galaxies of the same mass and SSFR ("local analogs") are similarly offset in the BPT diagram relative to the bulk of local star-forming galaxies, and thus we posit that metallicities can be compared self-consistently at different redshifts as long as the masses and SSFRs of the galaxies are similar. We find that the M-Z-SFR relation of $z\sim2$ galaxies is consistent with the local one at $\log M_*<10$, but is offset up to -0.25 dex at higher masses, so it is altogether not redshift invariant. This high-mass offset could arise from a bias that high-redshift spectroscopic surveys have against high-metallicity galaxies, but additional evidence disfavors this possibility. We identify three causes for the reported discrepancy between N2 and O3N2 metallicities at $z\sim2$: (1) a smaller offset that is also present for SDSS galaxies, which we remove with new N2 calibration, (2) a genuine offset due to differing ISM condition, which is also present in local analogs, (3) an additional offset due to unrecognized AGN contamination.

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