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SHIELD:比较低质量星系中气体和恒星的形成

SHIELD: Comparing Gas and Star Formation in Low Mass Galaxies

Yaron G. Teich, Andrew T. McNichols, Elise Nims, John M. Cannon, Elizabeth A. K. Adams, Elijah Z. Bernstein-Cooper, Riccardo Giovanelli, Martha P. Haynes, Gyula… 展开作者

Yaron G. Teich, Andrew T. McNichols, Elise Nims, John M. Cannon, Elizabeth A. K. Adams, Elijah Z. Bernstein-Cooper, Riccardo Giovanelli, Martha P. Haynes, Gyula I. G. Józsa, Kristen B. W. McQuinn, John J. Salzer, Evan D. Skillman, Steven R. Warren, Andrew Dolphin, E. C. Elson, Nathalie Haurberg, Jürgen Ott, Amelie Saintonge, Ian Cave, Cedric Hagen, Shan Huang, Steven Janowiecki, Melissa V. Marshall, Clara M. Thomann, Angela Van Sistine

摘要:

分析了12个低质量SHIELD星系中原子氢、中性氢(HI)与恒星形成(SF)的关系。我们比较了VLA的高光谱(~0.82 km/s/通道)和空间分辨率(物理分辨率为170 pc - 700 pc)HI成像与Hα和远紫外成像。我们量化恒星形成区域和高HI柱密度区域之间的共空间性程度。我们计算了全球恒星形成效率(SFE,$Σ_{\rm SFR}$ / $Σ_{\rm HI}$),并分析了SFE与HI质量、HI柱密度和恒星形成率(SFR)之间的关系。这些系统在几个Gyr量级的时间尺度上消耗它们的冷中性气体。虽然我们推导出的肯尼卡特-施密特关系的指数为N ~ 0.68 $\pm$ 0.04的SHIELD样品作为一个整体,N的值变化很大,从系统到系统。通过补充SHIELD的结果与其他调查,我们发现,HI质量和基于UV的SFR是强烈相关的五个数量级。SHIELD样本中的模式识别使我们能够将星系分为三大类:1)主要是共空间HI和SF区域,在具有最高峰值HI柱密度和最高总HI质量的系统中发现,2)中等相关的HI和SF区域,在具有中等HI柱密度的系统中发现,以及3)HI和SF峰之间的明显偏移,在具有最低总HI质量的系统中发现。在这些星系的SF是占主导地位的随机性和随机波动的ISM。

英文摘要:

We analyze the relationships between atomic, neutral hydrogen (HI) and star formation (SF) in the 12 low-mass SHIELD galaxies. We compare high spectral (~0.82 km/s/channel) and spatial resolution (physical resolutions of 170 pc - 700 pc) HI imaging from the VLA with Hαand far-ultraviolet imaging. We quantify the degree of co-spatiality between star forming regions and regions of high HI column densities. We calculate the global star formation efficiencies (SFE, $Σ_{\rm SFR}$ / $Σ_{\rm HI}$), and examine the relationships among the SFE and HI mass, HI column density, and star formation rate (SFR). The systems are consuming their cold neutral gas on timescales of order a few Gyr. While we derive an index for the Kennicutt-Schmidt relation of N ~ 0.68 $\pm$ 0.04 for the SHIELD sample as a whole, the values of N vary considerably from system to system. By supplementing SHIELD results with those from other surveys, we find that HI mass and UV-based SFR are strongly correlated over five orders of magnitude. Identification of patterns within the SHIELD sample allows us to bin the galaxies into three general categories: 1) mainly co-spatial HI and SF regions, found in systems with highest peak HI column densities and highest total HI masses, 2) moderately correlated HI and SF regions, found in systems with moderate HI column densities, and 3) obvious offsets between HI and SF peaks, found in systems with the lowest total HI masses. SF in these galaxies is dominated by stochasticity and random fluctuations in their ISM.

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