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Herschel Stripe82巡天中的局部SDSS星系:光学导出的恒星形成率的关键评估

Local SDSS galaxies in the Herschel Stripe82 survey: A critical assessment of optically-derived star-formation rates

D. J. Rosario, J. T. Mendel, S. L. Ellison, D. Lutz, J. R. Trump

摘要:

我们利用Herschel Stripe 82巡天(HerS)的远红外(FIR)观测数据,以及SDSS(DR 7)MPA/JHU数据库的发射线测量、红移、恒星质量和恒星形成率(SFR),研究了一组3319个红移区间为0.04 < z < 0.15的星系。大约40%的样品在Herschel/SPIRE 250微米波段被检测到。来自HerS和ALLWISE测光的总红外(TIR)光度使我们能够比较不同类别星系的前所未有的统计数据的SFR的红外和光学估计。我们发现TIR派生和发射线为基础的SFR H II星系之间的协议。其他类别,如活跃星系和演化星系,表现出光学和TIR SFR之间的系统差异。我们证明,这些偏移主要归因于测量偏差以及用于估计这些星系的SDSS SFR的D4000和基于颜色的光学校准的巨大内在不确定性。使用一个分类方案,扩大流行的发射线方法,我们证明了发射线星系与不确定的分类包括人口的大规模,尘埃,富含金属的恒星形成系统,经常被忽视在现有的研究。我们还研究了恒星形成星系的红外选择能力。FIR选择揭示了大量的星系人口占主导地位的冷尘埃错过了长波长的WISE波段。我们的研究结果表明,赫歇尔大面积调查提供了一种方法来构建大的,相对完整的本地恒星形成星系的样本与SFR的准确估计,可用于研究核活动和恒星形成之间的相互作用。

英文摘要:

We study a set of 3319 galaxies in the redshift interval 0.04 < z < 0.15 with far-infrared (FIR) coverage from the Herschel Stripe 82 survey (HerS), and emission-line measurements, redshifts, stellar masses and star-formation rates (SFRs) from the SDSS (DR7) MPA/JHU database. About 40% of the sample are detected in the Herschel/SPIRE 250 micron band. Total infrared (TIR) luminosities derived from HerS and ALLWISE photometry allow us to compare infrared and optical estimates of SFR with unprecedented statistics for diverse classes of galaxies. We find excellent agreement between TIR-derived and emission line-based SFRs for H II galaxies. Other classes, such as active galaxies and evolved galaxies, exhibit systematic discrepancies between optical and TIR SFRs. We demonstrate that these offsets are attributable primarily to survey biases and the large intrinsic uncertainties of the D4000- and colour-based optical calibrations used to estimate the SDSS SFRs of these galaxies. Using a classification scheme which expands upon popular emission-line methods, we demonstrate that emission-line galaxies with uncertain classifications include a population of massive, dusty, metal-rich star-forming systems that are frequently neglected in existing studies. We also study the capabilities of infrared selection of star-forming galaxies. FIR selection reveals a substantial population of galaxies dominated by cold dust which are missed by the long-wavelength WISE bands. Our results demonstrate that Herschel large-area surveys offer the means to construct large, relatively complete samples of local star-forming galaxies with accurate estimates of SFR that can be used to study the interplay between nuclear activity and star-formation.

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