arXivDaily arXiv每日学术速递 周一至周五更新
arXiv 1706.06154astro-ph.GA
收藏

z<3时SFR - M* 平面的分析:单拟合与多高斯分解

Analysis of the SFR - M* plane at z<3: single fitting versus multi-Gaussian decomposition

L. Bisigello, K. I. Caputi, N. Grogin, A. Koekemoer

摘要:

在恒星形成率-恒星质量(SFR-M*)平面上对星系的分析是对不同宇宙时期星系演化的有力诊断。我们考虑了从CANDELS/GOODS-S巡天中选取的24463个星系样本,对红移为0.5 $\leqslant z<$ 3,恒星质量大于3 dex的SFR-M * 关系进行了详细的分析。为了获得SFR估计,我们利用中红外和远红外测光时,所有其他星系和休息紫外线通量。我们进行我们的分析,在不同的红移箱,用两种不同的方法:1)一个线性回归拟合的所有恒星形成的星系,定义为那些特定的恒星形成率$\rm log_{10}(sSFR/yr^{-1}) > -9.8$,类似于通常在文献中做的; 2)多高斯分解,以确定星系主序列(MS),星暴序列和淬火星系云。我们发现,MS斜率变得平坦时,采用更高的恒星质量削减,并在高质量观测到的明显的斜率变化取决于SFR估计方法。此外,多高斯分解揭示了星暴人口的存在,增加对低恒星质量和高红移。我们发现在z=0.5-1.0的星系中,星爆约占5%,而在2 $<z<$ 3的星系中,它们约占16%,log $_{10}(M^{*})=$ 8.25-11.25。我们的结论是,在广泛的恒星质量范围内的多个组件的SFR-M* 的解剖是必要的,以了解通过宇宙时间的恒星形成的不同模式的重要性。

英文摘要:

The analysis of galaxies on the star formation rate - stellar mass (SFR-M*) plane is a powerful diagnostic for galaxy evolution at different cosmic times. We consider a sample of 24463 galaxies from the CANDELS/GOODS-S survey to conduct a detailed analysis of the SFR-M* relation at redshifts 0.5$\leqslant z<$3 over more than three dex in stellar mass. To obtain SFR estimates, we utilise mid- and far-IR photometry when available, and rest-UV fluxes for all the other galaxies. We perform our analysis in different redshift bins, with two different methods: 1) a linear regression fitting of all star-forming galaxies, defined as those with specific star formation rates $\rm log_{10}(sSFR/yr^{-1}) > -9.8$, similarly to what is typically done in the literature; 2) a multi-Gaussian decomposition to identify the galaxy main sequence (MS), the starburst sequence and the quenched galaxy cloud. We find that the MS slope becomes flatter when higher stellar mass cuts are adopted, and that the apparent slope change observed at high masses depends on the SFR estimation method. In addition, the multi-Gaussian decomposition reveals the presence of a starburst population which increases towards low stellar masses and high redshifts. We find that starbursts make up ~5% of all galaxies at z=0.5-1.0, while they account for ~16% of galaxies at 2$<z<$3 with log$_{10}(M^{*})=$8.25-11.25. We conclude that the dissection of the SFR-M* in multiple components over a wide range of stellar masses is necessary to understand the importance of the different modes of star formation through cosmic time.

机构、总结、中文摘要均由AI分析而来,可能存在错误,请以论文正文为准。

↑