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全色哈勃仙女座宝藏XVIII。星团质量函数的高质量截断

Panchromatic Hubble Andromeda Treasury XVIII. The High-mass Truncation of the Star Cluster Mass Function

L. Clifton Johnson, Anil C. Seth, Julianne J. Dalcanton, Lori C. Beerman, Morgan Fouesneau, Daniel R. Weisz, Timothy A. Bell, Andrew E. Dolphin, Karin Sandstrom… 展开作者

L. Clifton Johnson, Anil C. Seth, Julianne J. Dalcanton, Lori C. Beerman, Morgan Fouesneau, Daniel R. Weisz, Timothy A. Bell, Andrew E. Dolphin, Karin Sandstrom, Benjamin F. Williams

摘要:

我们测量的质量函数为样本的840个年轻星团的年龄在10-300万年之间观察到的全色哈勃仙女座宝库(PHAT)调查M31。数据显示了高质量截断的明确证据:只观察到15个比$10^4$ $M_{\odot}$质量更大的星团,相比之下,对于一个规范的$M^{-2}$纯幂律质量函数,预计$\sim$ 100,具有相同的星团总数,高于目录完整性限制。采用Schechter函数参数化,拟合出$M_c = 8.5^{+2.8}_{-1.8} \times 10^3$ $M_{\odot}$的特征截断质量.虽然以前的研究已经测量了集群质量函数截断,我们测量的特征截断质量是有史以来最低的。结合M31的测量与以前的结果,我们发现,集群质量函数截断强烈相关的特征恒星形成率的主星系,其中$M_c \propto$ $\langle Σ_{\mathrm{SFR}} \rangle^{\sim1.1}$的表面密度。我们还发现的证据表明,所观察到的$M_c$ - $Σ_{\mathrm{SFR}}$关系也适用于球状星团,通过一个共同的形成途径连接两个人口。如果是这样的话,球状星团质量函数可能是限制早期宇宙中其祖先宿主星系的恒星形成特性的有用工具。

英文摘要:

We measure the mass function for a sample of 840 young star clusters with ages between 10-300 Myr observed by the Panchromatic Hubble Andromeda Treasury (PHAT) survey in M31. The data show clear evidence of a high-mass truncation: only 15 clusters more massive than $10^4$ $M_{\odot}$ are observed, compared to $\sim$100 expected for a canonical $M^{-2}$ pure power-law mass function with the same total number of clusters above the catalog completeness limit. Adopting a Schechter function parameterization, we fit a characteristic truncation mass of $M_c = 8.5^{+2.8}_{-1.8} \times 10^3$ $M_{\odot}$. While previous studies have measured cluster mass function truncations, the characteristic truncation mass we measure is the lowest ever reported. Combining this M31 measurement with previous results, we find that the cluster mass function truncation correlates strongly with the characteristic star formation rate surface density of the host galaxy, where $M_c \propto$ $\langle Σ_{\mathrm{SFR}} \rangle^{\sim1.1}$. We also find evidence that suggests the observed $M_c$-$Σ_{\mathrm{SFR}}$ relation also applies to globular clusters, linking the two populations via a common formation pathway. If so, globular cluster mass functions could be useful tools for constraining the star formation properties of their progenitor host galaxies in the early Universe.

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