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EDGE-CALIFA巡天:局部星系中分子气体耗尽时间的变化

The EDGE-CALIFA survey: Variations in the Molecular Gas Depletion Time in Local Galaxies

Dyas Utomo, Alberto D. Bolatto, Tony Wong, Eve C. Ostriker, Leo Blitz, Sebastian F. Sanchez, Dario Colombo, Adam K. Leroy, Yixian Cao, Helmut Dannerbauer, Ruben… 展开作者

Dyas Utomo, Alberto D. Bolatto, Tony Wong, Eve C. Ostriker, Leo Blitz, Sebastian F. Sanchez, Dario Colombo, Adam K. Leroy, Yixian Cao, Helmut Dannerbauer, Ruben Garcia-Benito, Bernd Husemann, Veselina Kalinova, Rebecca C. Levy, Damian Mast, Erik Rosolowsky, Stuart N. Vogel

摘要:

我们目前的结果从EDGE调查,空间分辨CO(1-0)后续CALIFA,光学积分场单元(IFU)调查本地星系。结合EDGE和CALIFA的数据产品,研究了52个星系在千秒差距尺度上的分子气体耗尽时间($τ_{\rm dep}$)的变化。我们将每个星系分为两部分:中心,定义为$0.1 \ R_{25}$内的区域,以及盘,定义为$0.1$和$0.7 \ R_{25}$之间的区域。我们发现,14个星系显示出较短的$τ_{\rm dep}$($\sim 1$陀螺仪)在中心相对于在磁盘($τ_{\rm dep} \sim 2.4$陀螺仪),这意味着在这些星系的中心区域是更有效地形成每单位分子气体质量的恒星。这一发现意味着具有较短的$τ_{\rm dep}$的中心类似于星系盘和星暴星系之间的中间区域。此外,$τ_{\rm dep}$的中心下降与恒星表面密度的中心增加有关,这表明较短的$τ_{\rm dep}$与恒星引力势对分子气体的压缩有关。我们认为,改变CO到H的$_2$转换因子只会夸大$τ_{\rm dep}$的中心下降。

英文摘要:

We present results from the EDGE survey, a spatially resolved CO(1-0) follow-up to CALIFA, an optical Integral Field Unit (IFU) survey of local galaxies. By combining the data products of EDGE and CALIFA, we study the variation in molecular gas depletion time ($τ_{\rm dep}$) on kiloparsec scales in 52 galaxies. We divide each galaxy into two parts: the center, defined as the region within $0.1 \ R_{25}$, and the disk, defined as the region between $0.1$ and $0.7 \ R_{25}$. We find that 14 galaxies show a shorter $τ_{\rm dep}$ ($\sim 1$ Gyr) in the center relative to that in the disk ($τ_{\rm dep} \sim 2.4$ Gyrs), which means the central region in those galaxies is more efficient at forming stars per unit molecular gas mass. This finding implies that the centers with shorter $τ_{\rm dep}$ resemble the intermediate regime between galactic disks and starburst galaxies. Furthermore, the central drop in $τ_{\rm dep}$ is correlated with a central increase in the stellar surface density, suggesting that a shorter $τ_{\rm dep}$ is associated with molecular gas compression by the stellar gravitational potential. We argue that varying the CO-to-H$_2$ conversion factor only exaggerates the central drop of $τ_{\rm dep}$.

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