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z=0时主要合并对的CO观测:分子气体质量和恒星形成

CO observations of major merger pairs at z=0: Molecular gas mass and star formation

Ute Lisenfeld, Cong Kevin Xu, Yu Gao, Donovan L. Domingue, Min S. Yun, Pei Zuo

摘要:

我们目前的CO观测78个旋涡星系的本地合并对。这些星系代表了一个KS波段选定样本的子样本,该样本由88个紧密主并合对(HKPAIR)、44个螺旋-螺旋(S+S)对和44个螺旋-椭圆(S+E)对组成,它们的分离度为$<20 h^{-1}$ kpc,质量比<2.5。对于所有天体,恒星形成率(SFR)和尘埃质量来自HERSCHEL PACS和SPIRE数据,原子气体质量MHI来自Green Bank望远镜HI观测。完整的数据集使我们能够研究合并星系中气体(原子和分子)质量,尘埃质量和SFR之间的关系。我们推导了分子气体分数(MH 2/M*)、分子-原子气体质量比(MH 2/MHI)、气体-尘埃质量比和SFE(=SFR/MH 2),并研究了它们与对类型(S+S与S+E相比)、恒星质量和形态相互作用符号的依赖关系。我们发现,与非相互作用的比较样本相比,在主合并对中的恒星形成星系中,分子气体分数(MH 2/M*)和分子与原子气体比率(MH 2/MHI)都有总体适度的增强(~ 2倍),而SFE和总气体质量分数(MHI+ MH 2)/M* 都没有增强。当划分为S+S和S+E、低质量和高质量以及有和无相互作用符号时,子样品之间的SFE差异较小,MH 2/M* 差异中等,MH 2/MHI差异较强。对于MH 2/MHI,S+S和S+E子样本之间的差异为0.69 ± 0.16 dex,有和无相互作用符号的对之间的差异为0.53 ± 0.18 dex。总之,我们的研究结果表明:(1)在第一次近距离相遇后(由相互作用符号表示),由于HI气体被潮汐力矩压缩成恒星形成分子气体,因此在近距离主合并对中的恒星形成增强主要发生在S+S对中;(2)这种效应在S+E对中被大大削弱。

英文摘要:

We present CO observations of 78 spiral galaxies in local merger pairs. These galaxies representa subsample of a Ks-band selected sample consisting of 88 close major-merger pairs (HKPAIRs), 44 spiral-spiral (S+S) pairs and 44 spiral-elliptical (S+E) pairs, with separation $<20 h^{-1}$ kpc and mass ratio <2.5. For all objects, the star formation rate (SFR) and dust mass were derived from HERSCHEL PACS and SPIRE data, and the atomic gas mass, MHI, from the Green Bank Telescope HI observations. The complete data set allows us to study the relation between the gas (atomic and molecular) mass, dust mass and SFR in merger galaxies. We derive the molecular gas fraction (MH2/M*), molecular-to-atomic gas mass ratio (MH2/MHI), gas-to-dust mass ratio and SFE (=SFR/MH2) and study their dependences on pair type (S+S compared to S+E), stellar mass and the presence of morphological interaction signs. We find an overall moderate enhancements (~2x) in both molecular gas fraction (MH2/M*), and molecular-to-atomic gas ratio (MH2/MHI) for star-forming galaxies in major-merger pairs compared to non-interacting comparison samples, whereas no enhancement was found for the SFE nor for the total gas mass fraction (MHI+MH2)/M*. When divided into S+S and S+E, low mass and high mass, and with and without interaction signs, there is a small difference in SFE, moderate difference in MH2/M*, and strong differences in MH2/MHI between subsamples. For MH2/MHI, the difference between S+S and S+E subsamples is 0.69+-0.16 dex and between pairs with and without interaction signs is 0.53+-0.18 dex. Together, our results suggest (1) star formation enhancement in close major-merger pairs occurs mainly in S+S pairs after the first close encounter (indicated by interaction signs) because the HI gas is compressed into star-forming molecular gas by the tidal torque; (2) this effect is much weakened in the S+E pairs.

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