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对附近矮星系微弱的H $α$发射的深入观察

A Deeper Look at Faint H$α$ Emission in Nearby Dwarf Galaxies

Janice C. Lee, Sylvain Veilleux, Michael McDonald, Bryan Hilbert

摘要:

我们提出了深H $α$成像的三个附近的矮星系,精心挑选的麦哲伦6.5米望远镜上的马里兰-麦哲伦可调谐滤波器(MMTF)的优化观测。使用$\sim$ 13 μ m的有效带通,图像达到$\sim$ 8 $\times10^{-18}$尔格s $^{-1}$ cm $^{-2}$的3个$σ$通量极限,这比最近一代本地H $α$星系巡天获得的标准窄带观测值低一个数量级。这些观测最初的动机是发现星系的H $α$ /FUV通量比随着恒星形成率和恒星质量等全球星系性质的减少而系统地下降。选择研究的三个矮星系的恒星形成率,当使用标准转换配方从它们的H $α$光度计算时,是基于FUV的那些的$\sim$ 50\%。对H $α$ /FUV通量比趋势的许多潜在原因进行了后续研究,但以前的观测遗漏了矮星系中不可忽略的微弱电离辐射部分的可能性尚未调查。MMTF观测揭示了弥散和结构化的H $α$发射(细丝,外壳,可能的单星HII区域),其范围相对于以前的观测大2.5倍。然而,仅捕获高达H $α$通量的额外$\sim5$ \%,这不能解释H $α$ /FUV比率的趋势。除了调查的H $α$ /FUV比,新探测到的扩展流量对我们理解恒星形成的影响,HII区域的属性,电离光子的传播需要进一步的调查。

英文摘要:

We present deep H$α$ imaging of three nearby dwarf galaxies, carefully selected to optimize observations with the Maryland-Magellan Tunable Filter (MMTF) on the Magellan 6.5m telescope. An effective bandpass of $\sim$13Å is used, and the images reach 3$σ$ flux limits of $\sim$8$\times10^{-18}$ ergs s$^{-1}$ cm$^{-2}$, which is about an order of magnitude lower than standard narrowband observations obtained by the most recent generation of local H$α$ galaxy surveys. The observations were originally motivated by the finding that the H$α$/FUV flux ratio of galaxies systematically declines as global galactic properties such as the star formation rate and stellar mass decrease. The three dwarf galaxies selected for study have star formation rates, that when calculated from their H$α$ luminosities using standard conversion recipes, are $\sim$50\% of those based on the FUV. Follow-up studies of many of the potential causes for the trends in the H$α$/FUV flux ratio have been performed, but the possibility that previous observations have missed a non-negligible fraction of faint ionized emission in dwarf galaxies has not been investigated. The MMTF observations reveal both diffuse and structured H$α$ emission (filaments, shells, possible single-star HII regions) spanning extents up to 2.5 times larger relative to previous observations. However, only up to an additional $\sim5$\% of H$α$ flux is captured, which does not account for the trends in the H$α$/FUV ratio. Beyond investigation of the H$α$/FUV ratio, the impact of the newly detected extended flux on our understanding of star formation, the properties of HII regions, and the propagation of ionizing photons warrant further investigation.

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