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恒星形成主序:比恒星形成速率及其色散对星系恒星质量的依赖

The Star-Formation Main Sequence: The Dependence of Specific Star Formation Rate and Its Dispersion on Galaxy Stellar Mass

Kexin Guo, Xian Zhong Zheng, Tao Wang, Hai Fu

摘要:

恒星形成主序列的离散性反映了恒星质量相似的恒星形成星系($M^\ast$)中恒星形成历史的多样性和恒星形成速率的变化。我们研究分散的本地SFMS使用完整的样本斯隆数字巡天星系在0.01 $<z<$ 0.03与$\log(M^\ast/M_\odot)>$ 8.8。根据H $α$结合来自WISE的22个$μm$观测值估计SFR。Simard et al.(2011)的核球+盘分解星表可用于样本星系。我们测量作为$M^*$的函数的特定SFR(SSFR)的分散。我们证实,随着$M^*$的增加,分散度从$\log(M^\ast/M_\odot)<$ 9.6时的0.37 $\pm0.01$ dex增加到$\log(M^\ast/M_\odot)>$ 10.2时的0.51 $\pm0.02$ dex。尽管恒星的形成主要与盘有关,但盘SSFR的色散仍然随着$M^*$的增加而增加。我们的结论是,隆起/酒吧的存在可能是负责大规模SFG的SSFR的大分散,而低质量SFG大多是磁盘为主,因此具有小分散。我们的研究结果表明,星系尺度上的恒星形成是显着影响中央致密结构通过增强和/或淬火过程,而较低质量的SFG往往有较少的突发恒星形成的历史。然而,分散的SSFR变得显着更小,并保持不变时,只有磁盘占主导地位的SFG计数。这一发现意味着随机恒星反馈对恒星形成的影响在所有盘星系中可能遵循相同的模式,与晕势无关。

英文摘要:

The dispersion of the star-formation main sequence (SFMS) reflects the diversity of star formation histories and variation in star formation rates (SFRs) in star-forming galaxies (SFGs) with similar stellar masses ($M^\ast$). We examine the dispersion of local SFMS using a complete sample of Sloan Digital Sky Survey galaxies at 0.01$<z<$0.03 with $\log(M^\ast/M_\odot)>$8.8. The SFRs are estimated from H$α$ in combination with 22$μm$ observation from WISE. The catalog of bulge+disk decomposition from Simard et al. (2011) is available for the sample galaxies. We measure the dispersion of specific SFR (SSFR) as a function of $M^*$. We confirm that the dispersion increases with $M^*$ from 0.37$\pm0.01$dex at $\log(M^\ast/M_\odot)<$9.6 to 0.51$\pm0.02$dex at $\log(M^\ast/M_\odot)>$10.2. Despite star formation is mostly associated with disks, the dispersion of disk SSFR still increases with $M^*$. We conclude that the presence of bulges/bars is likely responsible for the large dispersion of SSFR in massive SFGs while low-mass SFGs are mostly disk-dominated and thus with small dispersion. Our results suggest that star formation on galactic scales is dramatically affected by central dense structures through both enhancing and/or quenching processes; while lower-mass SFGs tend to have less bursty star formation histories. However, the dispersion of SSFR becomes significantly smaller and remains constant when only disk-dominated SFGs are counted. This finding implies that the impact of stochastic stellar feedback on star formation is likely to follow the same pattern in all disk galaxies, showing no correlation with halo potential.

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