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近邻盘星系中分子气体形态的定量分析

Quantitative analysis of the molecular gas morphology in nearby disk galaxies

Takashi Yamamoto, Daisuke Iono, Toshiki Saito, Nario Kuno, Sophia K. Stuber, Daizhong Liu, Thomas G. Williams

AI总结:

本研究利用ALMA的高分辨率CO数据,通过CAS三个形态参数量化分析73个近邻星系的分子气体形态,发现不对称性与成团性、棒长与中心浓度均正相关,并提出基于分子气体CAS参数的盘星系分类方案。

摘要:

我们利用PHANGS大型项目通过阿塔卡马大型毫米/亚毫米波阵列(ALMA)获取的高空间分辨率CO($J$=2-1)数据,对73个近邻星系的分子气体形态开展了定量统计分析。我们采用了三个不依赖模型的参数:浓度(Concentration, $C$)、不对称性(Asymmetry, $A$)和成团性(Clumpiness, $S$),这三个参数常用于表征星系的光学与红外形态。我们发现$A$与$S$之间存在显著的表观相关性,其斯皮尔曼等级相关系数为0.52,$p$值为$2\times10^{-6}$。这表明,在表现出更强畸变或大尺度分子气体分布偏移的星系中,分子团块(即巨分子云复合体)的丰度更高。此外,对$C$参数的分析显示,本研究中观测的多数棒旋星系都具有较高的中心分子浓度。进一步地,我们发现棒结构长度($R_\text{bar}/R_{25}$)与$C$参数呈正相关,斯皮尔曼等级相关系数为0.63,$p$值为$3.8\times10^{-5}$,这说明与棒结构更短的星系相比,更大的棒结构能够促进整体分子气体的输运,并形成更高的中心浓度。最后,我们提出了一种基于分子气体CAS参数的近邻盘星系可行分类方案。

英文摘要:

We present a quantitative and statistical analysis of the molecular gas morphology in 73 nearby galaxies using high spatial resolution CO ($J$ = 2-1) data obtained from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) by the PHANGS large program. We applied three model-independent parameters: Concentration ($C$), Asymmetry ($A$), and Clumpiness ($S$) which are commonly used to parameterize the optical and infrared morphology of galaxies. We find a clear apparent correlation between $A$ and $S$, with a Spearman's rank correlation coefficient of $0.52$ with a $p$-value of $2\times10^{-6}$. This suggests a higher abundance of molecular clumps (i.e. giant molecular cloud associations) in galaxies that display stronger distortion or biased large-scale molecular gas distribution. In addition, the analysis of the $C$ parameter suggests high central molecular concentration in most barred spiral galaxies investigated in this study. Furthermore, we found a positive correlation between the length of the bar structure ($R_\mathrm{bar}/R_{25}$) and the $C$ parameter, with a Spearman's rank correlation coefficient of $0.63$ with a $p$-value of $3.8 \times 10^{-5}$, suggesting that larger bar structure can facilitate overall molecular gas transport and yield higher central concentration than galaxies with shorter bars. Finally, we offer a possible classification scheme of nearby disk galaxies which is based on the CAS parameters of molecular gas.

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