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VLA前沿场巡天:$0.3 \lesssim z \lesssim 3$恒星形成星系射电和紫外/光学尺寸的比较

The VLA Frontier Field Survey: A Comparison of the Radio and UV/optical size of $0.3 \lesssim z \lesssim 3$ star-forming galaxies

E. F. Jiménez-Andrade, E. J. Murphy, I. Heywood, I. Smail, K. Penner, E. Momjian, M. Dickinson, L. Armus, T. J. W. Lazio

摘要:

为了研究星系的生长历史,我们测量了分布在$0.3 \lesssim z \lesssim 3$和中等恒星质量$\log(M_\star/ \rm M_\odot)\approx10.4$上的98个射电选择性恒星形成星系(SFG)的静止坐标射电、紫外(UV)和光学尺寸。我们比较了星系恒星盘的大小,跟踪静止帧光发射,相对于恒星形成活动的整体程度,跟踪无线电连续辐射。我们的样本中的Galerkin在三个哈勃前沿场中被识别:MACSJ0416.1 $-$ 2403,MACSJ0717.5+3745和MACSJ1149.5+2223。射电连续谱的大小是从Karl G. Jansky甚大阵。静止帧的紫外线和光学尺寸是通过哈勃太空望远镜和ACS和WFC 3仪器的观测得出的。我们发现,没有明确的3 GHz的无线电的大小和恒星质量的SFG之间的依赖关系,这与星系的UV/光学大小和恒星质量之间的正相关性。聚焦于具有$\log(M_\star/\rm M_\odot)>10$的SFG,我们发现在具有高恒星形成率($\rm SFR\gtrsim 100\,M_\odot\,yr^{-1}$)的星系中,射电/紫外/光发射往往更紧凑,这表明在我们样本中最明亮的星系中存在一个中心的紧凑的星暴(和/或活动星系核)。我们还发现,与$\log(M_\star/\rm M_\odot)>10$的无线电选择的SFG的物理无线电/紫外/光学尺寸增加了一个因素$1.5-2$从$z\approx 3$到$z\approx0.3$,但无线电发射仍然是两到三倍更紧凑的紫外/光学。这些发现表明,这些大规模的,{无线电选择} SFG在$0.3 \lesssim z \lesssim 3$往往窝藏中央增强恒星形成活动相对于他们的外盘。

英文摘要:

To investigate the growth history of galaxies, we measure the rest-frame radio, ultraviolet (UV), and optical sizes of 98 radio-selected, star-forming galaxies (SFGs) distributed over $0.3 \lesssim z \lesssim 3$ and median stellar mass of $\log(M_\star/ \rm M_\odot)\approx10.4$. We compare the size of galaxy stellar disks, traced by rest-frame optical emission, relative to the overall extent of star formation activity that is traced by radio continuum emission. Galaxies in our sample are identified in three Hubble Frontier Fields: MACSJ0416.1$-$2403, MACSJ0717.5+3745, and MACSJ1149.5+2223. Radio continuum sizes are derived from 3 GHz and 6 GHz radio images ($\lesssim 0$''$.6$ resolution, $\approx0.9\, \rm μJy\, beam^{-1}$ noise level) from the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array. Rest-frame UV and optical sizes are derived using observations from the Hubble Space Telescope and the ACS and WFC3 instruments. We find no clear dependence between the 3 GHz radio size and stellar mass of SFGs, which contrasts with the positive correlation between the UV/optical size and stellar mass of galaxies. Focusing on SFGs with $\log(M_\star/\rm M_\odot)>10$, we find that the radio/UV/optical emission tends to be more compact in galaxies with high star-formation rates ($\rm SFR\gtrsim 100\,M_\odot\,yr^{-1}$), suggesting that a central, compact starburst (and/or an Active Galactic Nucleus) resides in the most luminous galaxies of our sample. We also find that the physical radio/UV/optical size of radio-selected SFGs with $\log(M_\star/\rm M_\odot)>10$ increases by a factor of $1.5-2$ from $z\approx 3$ to $z\approx0.3$, yet the radio emission remains two-to-three times more compact than that from the UV/optical. These findings indicate that these massive, {radio-selected} SFGs at $0.3 \lesssim z \lesssim 3$ tend to harbor centrally enhanced star formation activity relative to their outer-disks.

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