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arXiv 2008.11134astro-ph.GA
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局域宇宙的分子质量函数

The Molecular Mass function of the Local Universe

P. Andreani, Y. Miyamoto, H. Kaneko, A. Boselli, K. Tatematsu, K. Sorai, R. Vio

摘要:

我们使用Herschel参考巡天的二元K带质量函数来构造分子质量函数,Herschel参考巡天是一种在整个电磁波谱中已经被广泛研究的体积有限的样品。分子质量函数来自K带和气体质量累积分布,使用Copula方法在我们以前的论文中详细描述。H2质量与K波段光度的相关性相对较强,因为恒星质量与样本中的分子气体质量之间存在紧密的关系,而样本中的散射可能是由于那些由于环境影响或由于过去恒星形成过程导致的较大气体消耗而失去分子含量的星系。导出的H2质量函数采样的分子质量范围从4 × 10^6到10^10太阳质量,当与理论模型比较时,它与理论预测在质量值的低端吻合得很好,而在质量大于10^10太阳质量时,HRS样本可能会错过具有大量分子氢含量的星系,结果并不确定。从我们的分析中推断出分子气体质量的局域密度值约为1.5x10^7 Mo Mpc^-3,并将其与较大红移时的结果进行了比较,证实了分子质量密度在z=0和z=4之间缺乏强烈的演化。这是第一个在局域宇宙中完整样品上导出的分子质量函数,它可以作为预测分子质量密度演化的模型在红移$z$ =0处的可靠校准

英文摘要:

We construct the molecular mass function using the bivariate Kband-Mass Function of the Herschel Reference Survey, a volume-limited sample already widely studied at the entire electromagnetic spectrum. The molecular mass function is derived from the K-band and the gas mass cumulative distribution using a copula method described in detail in our previous papers. The H2 mass is relatively strong correlated with the K-band luminosity because of the tight relation between the stellar mass and the molecular gas mass within the sample with a scatter likely due to those galaxies which have lost their molecular content because of environmental effects or because of a larger gas consumption due to past star formation processes. The derived H2 Mass Function samples the molecular mass range from 4 10^6 to 10^10 solar masses, and when compared with theoretical models, it agrees well with the theoretical predictions at the lower end of the mass values, while at masses larger than 10^10 solar masses the HRS sample may miss galaxies with large content of molecular hydrogen and the outcomes are not conclusive. The value of the local density of the molecular gas mass inferred from our analysis is ~1.5x10^7 Mo Mpc^-3, and it is compared with the results at larger redshifts, confirming the lack of strong evolution of the molecular mass density between z=0 and z=4. This is the first Molecular Mass Function derived on a complete sample in the local Universe, which can be used as a reliable calibration at redshift $z$=0 for models aiming at predicting the evolution of the molecular mass density

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