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通过气体压缩、耗尽和补充的发生将恒星形成星系限制在一个主序中

The Confinement of Star-Forming Galaxies into a Main Sequence through Episodes of Gas Compaction, Depletion, and Replenishment

Sandro Tacchella, Avishai Dekel, C. Marcella Carollo, Daniel Ceverino, Colin DeGraf, Sharon Lapiner, Nir Mandelker, Joel R. Primack

摘要:

使用宇宙学模拟,我们解决的高红移恒星形成星系(SFG)在其主序列(MS)的恒星形成率(SFR)与恒星质量的平面的属性。我们将它们与星系的演化联系起来,通过气体压缩、耗尽、可能的补充和最终的淬灭等阶段。我们发现,高SFR星系在MS的上包层是紧凑的,具有高气体分数和短的耗尽时间(“蓝块”),而低SFR星系在较低的包层有较低的中心气体密度,较低的气体分数和较长的耗尽时间,与观测到的梯度跨MS。恒星结构梯度是可以忽略不计的。SFG在时间尺度$\sim0.4~t_{\mathrm{Hubble}}$($\sim1$陀螺在$z\sim3$)上围绕MS脊振荡。向上传播是由于气体压缩,例如,通过合并、反向旋转流和/或剧烈的盘不稳定性。上包层的下降是由于中心气体耗尽的峰值恒星形成和流出,而从收缩的气体盘流入被抑制。一旦延伸的盘已经被新鲜气体补充,则下包络线处的上翻可以发生,并且可以触发新的压实,即只要补充时间短于耗尽时间。的机制,气体压缩,耗尽和补充限制SFGs狭窄($\pm0.3$ dex)MS。完全淬火发生在大规模的晕($M_{\mathrm{vir}}>10^{11.5}~M_\odot$)和/或在低红移($z<3$),其中的补充时间是长的耗尽时间相比,解释所观察到的弯曲下来的MS在大规模的结束。

英文摘要:

Using cosmological simulations, we address the properties of high-redshift star-forming galaxies (SFGs) across their main sequence (MS) in the plane of star-formation rate (SFR) versus stellar mass. We relate them to the evolution of galaxies through phases of gas compaction, depletion, possible replenishment, and eventual quenching. We find that the high-SFR galaxies in the upper envelope of the MS are compact, with high gas fractions and short depletion times ("blue nuggets"), while the lower-SFR galaxies in the lower envelope have lower central gas densities, lower gas fractions and longer depletion times, consistent with observed gradients across the MS. Stellar-structure gradients are negligible. The SFGs oscillate about the MS ridge on timescales $\sim0.4~t_{\mathrm{Hubble}}$ ($\sim1$ Gyr at $z\sim3$). The propagation upwards is due to gas compaction, triggered, e.g., by mergers, counter-rotating streams, and/or violent disc instabilities. The downturn at the upper envelope is due to central gas depletion by peak star formation and outflows while inflow from the shrunken gas disc is suppressed. An upturn at the lower envelope can occur once the extended disc has been replenished by fresh gas and a new compaction can be triggered, namely as long as the replenishment time is shorter than the depletion time. The mechanisms of gas compaction, depletion and replenishment confine the SFGs to the narrow ($\pm0.3$ dex) MS. Full quenching occurs in massive haloes ($M_{\mathrm{vir}}>10^{11.5}~M_\odot$) and/or at low redshifts ($z<3$), where the replenishment time is long compared to the depletion time, explaining the observed bending down of the MS at the massive end.

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