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16个LEGUS星系中星团的H $α$形态:对HII区域演化时标的约束

H$α$ Morphologies of Star Clusters in 16 LEGUS Galaxies: Constraints on HII region evolution timescales

Stephen Hannon, Janice C. Lee, Bradley C. Whitmore, Bahram Mobasher, David Thilker, Rupali Chandar, Angela Adamo, Aida Wofford, Rogelio Orozco-Duarte, Daniela C… 展开作者

Stephen Hannon, Janice C. Lee, Bradley C. Whitmore, Bahram Mobasher, David Thilker, Rupali Chandar, Angela Adamo, Aida Wofford, Rogelio Orozco-Duarte, Daniela Calzetti, Lorenza Della Bruna, Kathryn Kreckel, Brent Groves, Ashley T. Barnes, Mederic Boquien, Francesco Belfiore, Sean Linden

摘要:

对星团年龄的分析与其HII区域的形态学相结合,可以深入了解清除星团诞生气体的过程,以及来自光谱能量分布(SED)拟合的星团年龄和尘埃红化的准确性。我们分类3757星团在16个附近的星系,根据其H $α$形态(集中,部分曝光,无排放),使用哈勃太空望远镜(HST)的图像从遗产银河系外紫外线巡天(LEGUS)。我们发现:1)具有集中(1-2百万年)和部分暴露的HII区形态(2-3百万年)的星团的平均SED年龄表明气体清除的开始相对较早,清除时间尺度较短(1-2百万年)。2)由于红超巨星的存在,星团的红化可能被高估,这是对低质量星团IMF随机采样的结果。3)年龄变红的简并性影响了用M $_*$ $\geq$ 5000 M $_{\odot}$对1408个簇进行SED拟合的结果,我们发现至少有46个(3%)具有基于H $α$及其环境而明显低估或高估的SED年龄,而不良年龄估计的总百分比预计要大几倍。4)最后,我们研究的依赖空间分辨率的形态分类。在HST分辨率下,我们的结论对样本所跨越的距离范围(3-10 Mpc)是鲁棒的。然而,基于地面的H $α$图像的分析表明,紧凑和部分暴露的形态往往不能相互区分。

英文摘要:

The analysis of star cluster ages in tandem with the morphology of their HII regions can provide insight into the processes that clear a cluster's natal gas, as well as the accuracy of cluster ages and dust reddening derived from Spectral Energy Distribution (SED) fitting. We classify 3757 star clusters in 16 nearby galaxies according to their H$α$ morphology (concentrated, partially exposed, no emission), using Hubble Space Telescope (HST) imaging from the Legacy ExtraGalactic Ultraviolet Survey (LEGUS). We find: 1) The mean SED ages of clusters with concentrated (1-2 Myr) and partially exposed HII region morphologies (2-3 Myr) indicate a relatively early onset of gas clearing and a short (1-2 Myr) clearing timescale. 2) The reddening of clusters can be overestimated due to the presence of red supergiants, which is a result of stochastic sampling of the IMF in low mass clusters. 3) The age-reddening degeneracy impacts the results of the SED fitting - out of 1408 clusters with M$_*$ $\geq$ 5000 M$_{\odot}$, we find that at least 46 (3%) have SED ages which appear significantly underestimated or overestimated based on H$α$ and their environment, while the total percentage of poor age estimates is expected to be several times larger. 4) Lastly, we examine the dependence of the morphological classifications on spatial resolution. At HST resolution, our conclusions are robust to the distance range spanned by the sample (3-10 Mpc). However, analysis of ground-based H$α$ images shows that compact and partially exposed morphologies frequently cannot be distinguished from each other.

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