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星系恒星形成的最早阶段

The Earliest Stage of Galactic Star Formation

Charles L. Steinhardt, Vadim Rusakov, Thomas H. Clark, Andrei Diaconu, Conor McPartland, John Forbes, Albert Sneppen, John Weaver

AI总结:

本文提出利用气体温度与比恒星形成率图研究星系演化,发现早期核心形成星系具有年轻恒星、低质量及独特形态,认为星系先经历核心形成再盘形成最后宁静。

摘要:

利用最近开发的一种技术,从大型测光巡天中估算恒星形成区域的气体温度($T_\ extrm{SF}$),我们提出一个类似于单个恒星的赫罗图的图,用以探究单个星系的演化。在这个$T_\ extrm{SF}$-sSFR(比恒星形成率)图上,一小部分恒星形成星系似乎受不同于典型恒星形成星系的反馈机制主导。这些星系通常具有更年轻的恒星族、更低的恒星质量,并且其相对丰度随红移增加而增加,因此我们认为这些天体处于星系恒星形成的更早阶段。此外,哈勃观测发现这些“核心形成”星系也表现出独特的形态,并且$T_\ extrm{SF}$-sSFR图上的轨迹也是形态序列。因此,与可能由环境触发的星暴阶段不同,这些最早的核心形成星系似乎是典型星系在其恒星形成历史早期经历的一个阶段。因此我们认为,大多数星系首先经历核心形成阶段,随后是盘形成阶段,最后变得宁静。

英文摘要:

Using a recently-developed technique to estimate gas temperatures ($T_\textrm{SF}$) in star-forming regions from large photometric surveys, we propose a diagram, analogous to the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram for individual stars, to probe the evolution of individual galaxies. On this $T_\textrm{SF}$-sSFR (specific star formation rate) diagram, a small fraction of star-forming galaxies appear to be dominated by different feedback mechanisms than typical star-forming galaxies. These galaxies generically have younger stellar populations, lower stellar masses and increase in relative abundance towards higher redshifts, so we argue that these objects are in an earlier stage of galactic star formation. Further, Hubble observations find that these "core-forming" galaxies also exhibit distinct morphology, and that tracks on the $T_\textrm{SF}$-sSFR diagram are also a morphological sequence. Thus, unlike starburst phases which can be triggered environmentally, these earliest, core-forming galaxies, appear to be a stage that typical galaxies go through early in their star formation history. We therefore argue that most galaxies first go through a core formation stage, then subsequently disk formation, and finally become quiescent.

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