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星团等级分布对银河系环境的依赖性

The Dependence of the Hierarchical Distribution of Star Clusters on Galactic Environment

Shyam H. Menon, Kathryn Grasha, Bruce G. Elmegreen, Christoph Federrath, Mark R. Krumholz, Daniela Calzetti, Néstor Sánchez, Sean T. Linden, Angela Adamo, Matte… 展开作者

Shyam H. Menon, Kathryn Grasha, Bruce G. Elmegreen, Christoph Federrath, Mark R. Krumholz, Daniela Calzetti, Néstor Sánchez, Sean T. Linden, Angela Adamo, Matteo Messa, David O. Cook, Daniel A. Dale, Eva K. Grebel, Michele Fumagalli, Elena Sabbi, Kelsey E. Johnson, Linda J. Smith, Robert C. Kennicutt

摘要:

我们使用角两点关联函数(TPCF)调查的年轻星团的层次分布在12个本地(3- 18 Mpc)恒星形成星系使用星团目录获得的\textit{Hubble Space Telescope}(\textit{HST})作为财政部计划LEGUS(遗产外银河系紫外巡天)的一部分。样本跨越了一系列不同的形态类型,使我们能够推断星系的物理特性如何影响星系团的空间分布。我们还准备了一系列的物理动机的玩具模型进行比较,并解释在TPCF中观察到的功能。我们发现,符合早期的研究,年轻的集群($T \la 10\, \mathrm{Myr}$)具有幂律TPCF的分形分布的分形维数$D_2$的特征,这种无标度的性质延伸到最大规模$l_{\mathrm{corr}}$,超过它的分布成为泊松。然而,$l_{\mathrm{corr}}$和$D_2$在整个样本中变化很大,并且与一些宿主星系的物理性质相关,这表明在潜在的星团分布中存在物理差异。我们还发现,层次结构减弱的年龄,证明了较老的集群($T \ga 10\, \mathrm{Myr}$),最终收敛到剩余的相关性预期从一个完全随机的大规模径向分布的星系中的集群在$\sim 100 \, \mathrm{Myr}$平坦的TPCF。我们的研究表明,星团的层次分布随着年龄的发展,是强烈依赖于宿主星系环境的属性。

英文摘要:

We use the angular Two Point Correlation Function (TPCF) to investigate the hierarchical distribution of young star clusters in 12 local (3--18 Mpc) star-forming galaxies using star cluster catalogues obtained with the \textit{Hubble Space Telescope} (\textit{HST}) as part of the Treasury Program LEGUS (Legacy ExtraGalactic UV Survey). The sample spans a range of different morphological types, allowing us to infer how the physical properties of the galaxy affect the spatial distribution of the clusters. We also prepare a range of physically motivated toy models to compare with and interpret the observed features in the TPCFs. We find that, conforming to earlier studies, young clusters ($T \la 10\, \mathrm{Myr}$) have power-law TPCFs that are characteristic of fractal distributions with a fractal dimension $D_2$, and this scale-free nature extends out to a maximum scale $l_{\mathrm{corr}}$ beyond which the distribution becomes Poissonian. However, $l_{\mathrm{corr}}$, and $D_2$ vary significantly across the sample, and are correlated with a number of host galaxy physical properties, suggesting that there are physical differences in the underlying star cluster distributions. We also find that hierarchical structuring weakens with age, evidenced by flatter TPCFs for older clusters ($T \ga 10\, \mathrm{Myr}$), that eventually converges to the residual correlation expected from a completely random large-scale radial distribution of clusters in the galaxy in $\sim 100 \, \mathrm{Myr}$. Our study demonstrates that the hierarchical distribution of star clusters evolves with age, and is strongly dependent on the properties of the host galaxy environment.

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