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沃尔夫-拉叶星系的Halpha成像巡天:形态和恒星形成率

Halpha imaging survey of Wolf-Rayet galaxies: morphologies and star formation rates

Sumit Jaiswal, Amitesh Omar

摘要:

给出了25个邻近沃尔夫-拉叶星系的H α和光学宽带图像。WR星系是已知的存在最近($\le$ 10百万年)和大质量恒星形成插曲。测光Halpha通量的估计,并校正消光和线污染的过滤器通带。恒星形成率(SFR)估计使用Halpha图像和档案数据在远紫外(FUV),远红外(FIR)和1.4 GHz无线电连续波波段。从不同波段估计的SFR的比较后,包括类似的数据在文献中提供的其他WR星系。发现基于Halpha的SFR与从FUV数据估计的SFR紧密相关。基于无线电和FIR数据的SFR估计也存在相关性。WR星系也遵循正常恒星形成星系的无线电-远红外相关,尽管在这里可以看到大多数矮WR星系都有无线电缺陷。利用非热射电与热射电的比值和FUV与Halpha SFR的比值进行的分析表明,WR星系的非热射电辐射比正常星系少,这很可能是由于WR星系在非常年轻的恒星形成期缺乏超新星。我们样本中16个星系的形态高度暗示了这些星系中正在进行的潮汐相互作用或过去的合并。这项调查加强了从以前的类似研究中获得的结论,表明潮汐相互作用在触发WR星系中的恒星形成的重要性。

英文摘要:

The Halpha and optical broadband images of 25 nearby Wolf-Rayet (WR) galaxies are presented. The WR galaxies are known to have the presence of a recent ($\le$10 Myr) and massive star formation episode. The photometric Halpha fluxes are estimated, and corrected for extinction and line contamination in the filter pass-bands. The star formation rates (SFRs) are estimated using Halpha images and from the archival data in the far-ultraviolet (FUV), far-infrared (FIR) and 1.4 GHz radio continuum wave-bands. A comparison of SFRs estimated from different wavebands is made after including similar data available in literature for other WR galaxies. The Halpha based SFRs are found to be tightly correlated with SFRs estimated from the FUV data. The correlations also exist with SFRs estimates based on the radio and FIR data. The WR galaxies also follow the radio-FIR correlation known for normal star forming galaxies, although it is seen here that majority of dwarf WR galaxies have radio deficiency. An analysis using ratio of non-thermal to thermal radio continuum and ratio of FUV to Halpha SFR indicates that WR galaxies have lesser non-thermal radio emission compared to normal galaxies, most likely due to lack of supernova from the very young star formation episode in the WR galaxies. The morphologies of 16 galaxies in our sample are highly suggestive of an ongoing tidal interaction or a past merger in these galaxies. This survey strengthens the conclusions obtained from previous similar studies indicating the importance of tidal interactions in triggering star-formation in WR galaxies.

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