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作为极端恒星形成环境的超扩散星系II:富HI-UDG中的恒星形成和压力平衡

Ultra-Diffuse Galaxies as Extreme Star-forming Environments II: Star Formation and Pressure Balance in HI-Rich UDGs

Erin Kado-Fong, Chang-Goo Kim, Jenny E. Greene, Lachlan Lancaster

摘要:

除了占据矮星系人口的极端,弥漫的尾巴外,超扩散星系(UDG)本身也是研究极端低密度环境中恒星形成的关键实验室。在本系列的第二篇论文中,我们比较了120 Mpc内的22个HI选择的UDG和21个“正常”矮星系的空间分辨恒星形成活动,以预测压力调节,反馈调制(PRFM)理论的恒星形成。要做到这一点,我们采用联合SED拟合方法,使我们能够估计恒星形成率和恒星质量表面密度的紫外光学成像。我们发现,PRFM框架成功地扩展到UDG制度-虽然在我们的样本中的UDG显示出异常低的恒星形成率的表面密度鉴于他们的HI含量,这种低恒星形成效率可以自然地解释的扩散结构的UDG。事实上,在PRFM框架中,UDG样本中的中平面压力和恒星形成之间的关系不仅与“正常”矮参考样本非常一致,而且与更大质量星系的测量结果也非常一致。我们的研究结果表明,尽管它们的恒星形成效率低,但HI丰富的UDG不需要以奇异的方式形成恒星。我们还发现,UDG可能是H $_2$ -穷人相比,甚至整个侏儒人口。

英文摘要:

In addition to occupying the extreme, diffuse tail of the dwarf galaxy population, Ultra-Diffuse Galaxies (UDGs) are themselves a key laboratory in which to study star formation in extreme low-density environments. In the second paper of this series, we compare the spatially resolved star formation activity of 22 HI-selected UDGs and 21 "normal" dwarf galaxies within 120 Mpc to predictions within the pressure-regulated, feedback-modulated (PRFM) theory of star formation. To do so, we employ a joint SED fitting method that allows us to estimate star formation rate and stellar mass surface density from UV-optical imaging. We find that the PRFM framework extends successfully to the UDG regime - although the UDGs in our sample show unusually low star formation rate surface densities given their HI content, this low star formation efficiency can be naturally explained by the diffuse structure of the UDGs. In fact, when cast in the PRFM framework, the relationship between midplane pressure and star formation in the UDG sample is in good agreement not only with the "normal" dwarf reference sample, but also with measurements from more massive galaxies. Our results suggest that despite their low star formation efficiencies, the HI-rich UDGs need not be forming stars in an exotic manner. We also find that the UDGs are likely H$_2$-poor compared even to the overall dwarf population.

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