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JWST揭示随红移演化的恒星形成主序的涌现

The emergence of the Star Formation Main Sequence with redshift unfolded by JWST

P. Rinaldi, R. Navarro-Carrera, K. I. Caputi, E. Iani, G. Ostlin, L. Colina, S. Alberts, J. Alvarez-Marquez, M. Annunziatella, L. Boogaard, L. Costantin, J. Hjo… 展开作者

P. Rinaldi, R. Navarro-Carrera, K. I. Caputi, E. Iani, G. Ostlin, L. Colina, S. Alberts, J. Alvarez-Marquez, M. Annunziatella, L. Boogaard, L. Costantin, J. Hjorth, D. Langeroodi, J. Melinder, T. Moutard, F. Walter

AI总结:

本研究利用JWST数据考察近5万个z~3-7星系,发现恒星形成主序的涌现依赖于恒星质量,大质量星系中主序形成更早,符合星系减缩理论。

摘要:

我们研究了恒星质量(M*)与恒星形成率(SFR)在恒星质量范围 log10(M*/Msun)~6-11 内的相关性。我们利用 COSMOS/SMUVS、JADES/GOODS-SOUTH 和 MIDIS/XDF 的数据,考察了 z~3-7 处的近 50,000 个星系。这是首个在不依赖引力透镜效应的情况下跨越如此宽泛恒星质量范围的研究。我们将星系定位在 SFR-M* 平面上,以评估星系在恒星形成主序(MS)和星暴(SB)区域的位置如何随恒星质量和红移演化。我们发现这两种恒星形成模式在 log10(M*/Msun) < 7 时趋于收敛,所有星系均处于 SB 模式。然而,更深的观测对于达到更低的 SFR 和 Msun 以进一步验证此情景至关重要。通过按恒星质量和红移剖析星系样本,我们表明恒星形成 MS 的涌现依赖于恒星质量:在 log10(M*/Msun) > 9 的星系中,MS 在 z = 5-7 时已完全形成;而对于 log10(M*/Msun)~7-8 的星系,它仅在 z<4 时才变得显著。总体而言,我们的结果与先前关于 SB 模式在低恒星质量星系中占主导地位的发现一致。大质量星系中 MS 的较早涌现与星系减缩(downsizing)一致。

英文摘要:

We investigate the correlation between stellar mass (M*) and star formation rate (SFR) across the stellar mass range log10(M*/Msun)~6-11. We consider almost 50,000 star-forming galaxies at z~3-7, leveraging data from COSMOS/SMUVS, JADES/GOODS-SOUTH, and MIDIS/XDF. This is the first study spanning such a wide stellar mass range without relying on gravitational lensing effects. We locate our galaxies on the SFR-M* plane to assess how the location of galaxies in the star-formation main sequence (MS) and starburst (SB) region evolves with stellar mass and redshift. We find that the two star-forming modes tend to converge at log10(M*/Msun) < 7, with all galaxies found in the SB mode. However, deeper observations will be instrumental for reaching lower SFRs and Msun to further validate this scenario. By dissecting our galaxy sample in stellar mass and redshift, we show that the emergence of the star-formation MS is stellar-mass dependent: while in galaxies with log10(M*/Msun) > 9 the MS is already well in place at z = 5-7, for galaxies with log10(M*/Msun)~7-8 it only becomes significant at z<4. Overall, our results are in line with previous findings that the SB mode dominates amongst low stellar-mass galaxies. The earlier emergence of the MS for massive galaxies is consistent with galaxy downsizing.

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