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HI选择星系的外盘星形成

Outer Disk Star Formation in HI selected Galaxies

Gerhardt Meurer

摘要:

星系中的HI经常延伸到传统定义的光学范围之外。我报告的结果,从我们的团队一直在探索低强度的恒星形成外磁盘使用成像的H-α和紫外线。使用数百个HI选定的星系的样本,我们确认,外盘HII区域和扩展的UV盘是常见的。因此,外层的星盘不是休眠的,而是正在形成的恒星。虽然星系中的紫外线比HI更集中,但UV/HI比率(恒星形成效率)几乎是恒定的,对表面亮度有轻微的依赖性。在圆盘保持恒定稳定性参数Q的模型中,这一结果得到了很好的解释。该模型还解释了ISM和恒星形成在星系明亮部分的分布,以及HI如何追踪星系外围暗物质的分布。

英文摘要:

The HI in galaxies often extends past their conventionally defined optical extent. I report results from our team which has been probing low intensity star formation in outer disks using imaging in H-alpha and ultraviolet. Using a sample of hundreds of HI selected galaxies, we confirm that outer disk HII regions and extended UV disks are common. Hence outer disks are not dormant but are dimly forming stars. Although the ultraviolet light in galaxies is more centrally concentrated than the HI, the UV/HI ratio (the Star Formation Efficiency) is nearly constant, with a slight dependency on surface brightness. This result is well accounted for in a model where disks maintain a constant stability parameter Q. This model also accounts for how the ISM and star formation are distributed in the bright parts of galaxies, and how HI appears to trace the distribution of dark matter in galaxy outskirts.

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