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用ASTE研究CO(3-2)与邻近星系远红外发光度的关系

Investigating the Relation between CO (3-2) and Far Infrared Luminosities for Nearby Merging Galaxies Using ASTE

Tomonari Michiyama, Daisuke Iono, Kouichiro Nakanishi, Junko Ueda, Toshiki Saito, Misaki Ando, Hiroyuki Kaneko, Takuji Yamashita, Yuichi Matsuda, Bunyo Hatsukad… 展开作者

Tomonari Michiyama, Daisuke Iono, Kouichiro Nakanishi, Junko Ueda, Toshiki Saito, Misaki Ando, Hiroyuki Kaneko, Takuji Yamashita, Yuichi Matsuda, Bunyo Hatsukade, Kenichi Kikuchi, Shinya Komugi, Takayuki Muto

摘要:

利用阿塔卡玛亚毫米波望远镜实验(ASTE)获得了19个早期和7个晚期邻近并合星系的CO(3-2)辐射数据。结合以往观测到的星系单碟和干涉数据,研究了29个早期和31个晚期合并星系以及28个邻近孤立旋涡星系的CO(3 -2)光度(L 'CO(3-2))与远红外光度(LFIR)的关系。我们发现正常孤立旋涡星系和合并星系在log L 'CO(3-2)- log LFIR平面上有不同的斜率(α)(旋涡星系α ~ 0.79,合并星系α ~ 1.12)。合并星系的大斜率(α> 1)可以解释为恒星形成效率(SFE=LFIR/L 'CO(3-2))作为LFIR的函数增加的证据。将我们的结果与高z宇宙中的亚kpc尺度局部恒星形成和全球星暴活动进行比较,发现在logL 'CO(3-2)-logLFIR平面上,对于合并晚期和高z恒星形成星系,我们的结果偏离了线性关系。最后,我们发现,平均SFE逐渐增加,从孤立星系,合并星系,高Z亚毫米星系/类星体(SMG/QSO)。通过与数值模拟结果的比较,我们认为:(1)在相互作用的早期阶段,由盘宽致密团块触发的低效率恒星爆发发生在盘宽致密团块之间;(2)在最后阶段,由中心气体浓度触发的高效率恒星爆发发生在盘宽致密团块之间。一个系统的高空间分辨率调查的扩散和致密气体示踪剂是一个关键,以确认这种情况。

英文摘要:

We present the new single dish CO (3-2) emission data obtained toward 19 early stage and 7 late stage nearby merging galaxies using the Atacama Submillimeter Telescope Experiment (ASTE). Combining with the single dish and interferometric data of galaxies observed in previous studies, we investigate the relation between the CO (3-2) luminosity (L'CO(3-2)) and the far Infrared luminosity (LFIR) in a sample of 29 early stage and 31 late stage merging galaxies, and 28 nearby isolated spiral galaxies. We find that normal isolated spiral galaxies and merging galaxies have different slopes (alpha) in the log L'CO(3-2) - log LFIR plane (alpha ~ 0.79 for spirals and ~ 1.12 for mergers). The large slope (alpha > 1) for merging galaxies can be interpreted as an evidence for increasing Star Formation Efficiency (SFE=LFIR/L'CO(3-2)) as a function of LFIR. Comparing our results with sub-kpc scale local star formation and global star-burst activity in the high-z Universe, we find deviations from the linear relationship in the log L'CO(3-2) - log LFIR plane for the late stage mergers and high-z star forming galaxies. Finally, we find that the average SFE gradually increases from isolated galaxies, merging galaxies, and to high-z submillimeter galaxies / quasi-stellar objects (SMGs/QSOs). By comparing our findings with the results from numerical simulations, we suggest; (1) inefficient star-bursts triggered by disk-wide dense clumps occur in the early stage of interaction and (2) efficient star-bursts triggered by central concentration of gas occur in the final stage. A systematic high spatial resolution survey of diffuse and dense gas tracers is a key to confirm this scenario.

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