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利用分辨的恒星质量与恒星形成率轮廓测量红移 $0.5 < z < 2$ 处银河系类似物的组装过程

A Measurement of the Assembly of Milky Way Analogues at Redshifts $0.5 < z < 2$ with Resolved Stellar Mass and Star-Formation Rate Profiles

Vivian Yun Yan Tan, Adam Muzzin, Danilo Marchesini, Visal Sok, Ghassan T. Sarrouh, Z. Cemile Marsan

AI总结:

该研究利用哈勃前沿场多波段成像构建银河系类似物前身星系的恒星质量与恒星形成率图,揭示其自红移2以来以盘增长为主、核球仅轻微增长的质量组装模式。

摘要:

此前已在模拟、本地宇宙以及更高红移处利用红外(IR)光轮廓研究了银河系质量星系的解析质量组装过程。为了更好地刻画银河系类似物(MWAs)的质量组装及其恒星形成率和颜色梯度的变化,我们利用哈勃前沿场(Hubble Frontier Fields)的深度多波段成像数据,构建了通过丰度匹配技术选出的、红移最高至 $z \sim 2$ 的 MWA 前身星系的解析恒星质量和恒星形成率图。我们利用恒星质量轮廓得到的结果与先前利用 IR 光轮廓的研究高度一致,表明星系内部 2 kpc 区域与 2 kpc 以外区域表现出相似的恒星质量增长速率。这表明从 $z\sim 2$ 至今,MWA 的前身星系并未优先增长其核球或盘。恒星形成率(SFR)轮廓的演化表明,内部区域的 SFR 密度下降幅度大于外部区域。Sérsic 参数表明在较低红移处中心区域有适度增长,可能意味着核球有轻微增长。然而,Sérsic 指数直到 $z < 0.5$ 才超过 $n \sim 2$,说明这些星系仍是以盘主导的系统。我们发现 MWA 前身星系的半质量半径在 $1.5 < z < 2$ 期间增大,但在之后($z < 1.5$)保持不变。这意味着自 $z\sim 2$ 以来 MWA 前身星系存在轻微的核球增长,与先前 MWA 质量组装研究一致。

英文摘要:

The resolved mass assembly of Milky-Way-mass galaxies has been previously studied in simulations, the local universe, and at higher redshifts using infrared (IR) light profiles. To better characterize the mass assembly of Milky Way Analogues (MWAs), as well as their changes in star-formation rate and color gradients, we construct resolved stellar mass and star-formation rate maps of MWA progenitors selected with abundance matching techniques up to z $\sim$ 2 using deep, multi-wavelength imaging data from the Hubble Frontier Fields. Our results using stellar mass profiles agree well with previous studies that utilize IR light profiles, showing that the inner 2 kpc of the galaxies and the regions beyond 2 kpc exhibit similar rates of stellar mass growth. This indicates the progenitors of MWAs from $z\sim 2$ to the present do not preferentially grow their bulges or their disks. The evolution of the star-formation rate (SFR) profiles indicate greater decrease in SFR density in the inner regions versus the outer regions. Sérsic parameters indicate modest growth in the central regions at lower redshifts, perhaps indicating slight bulge growth. However, the Sérsic index does not rise above $n \sim 2$ until $z < 0.5$, meaning these galaxies are still disk dominated systems. We find that the half-mass radii of the MWA progenitors increase between $1.5 < z < 2$, but remain constant at later epochs ($z < 1.5$). This implies mild bulge growth since $z\sim 2$ in MWA progenitors, in line with previous MWA mass assembly studies.

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