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利用CARMA表征红外亮星系中的分子气体

Characterizing the Molecular Gas in Infrared Bright Galaxies with CARMA

Katherine Alatalo, Andreea O. Petric, Lauranne Lanz, Kate Rowlands, Vivian U, Kirsten L. Larson, Lee Armus, Loreto Barcos-Muñoz, Aaron S. Evans, Jin Koda, Yuanz… 展开作者

Katherine Alatalo, Andreea O. Petric, Lauranne Lanz, Kate Rowlands, Vivian U, Kirsten L. Larson, Lee Armus, Loreto Barcos-Muñoz, Aaron S. Evans, Jin Koda, Yuanze Luo, Anne M. Medling, Kristina E. Nyland, Justin A. Otter, Pallavi Patil, Fernando Peñaloza, Diane Salim, David B. Sanders, Elizaveta Sazonova, Maya Skarbinski, Yiqing Song, Ezequiel Treister, C. Meg Urry

AI总结:

研究利用CARMA绘制28个GOALS红外亮星系的CO(1-0)图,结合连续谱与SED拟合分析分子气体性质,发现样本普遍呈旋转速度场、并合星系气尘比更高,且在Schmidt–Kennicutt关系上表现出超高恒星形成效率。

摘要:

我们展示了使用毫米波天文学联合阵列(Combined Array for Research in Millimeter Astronomy,CARMA)获得的、来自大天文台全天亮红外星系巡天(Great Observatories All-Sky Luminous Infrared Galaxy Survey,GOALS)的28个红外亮星系的CO(1-0)图。我们在28个星系中的16个里探测到100 GHz连续谱,这些连续谱同时示踪活动星系核(AGN)和致密恒星形成核。GOALS星系表现出多种多样的分子气体形态,不过在大多数情况下,平均速度场显示出与旋转相符的梯度。我们使用MAGPHYS或SED3FIT(若存在AGN迹象)拟合每个源的完整连续谱SED,以得出每个天体的总恒星质量、尘埃质量和恒星形成率。我们采用由亮红外星系和极亮红外星系(LIRG和ULIRG)确定的值 α_CO=1.5^{+1.3}_{-0.8} M⊙ (K km s^-1 pc^2)^-1,这会为 f_mol 和气尘比带来更具物理意义的数值。并合星系往往具有最高的气尘比。我们假设分子气体与恒星形成在空间上共存,并将该样本绘制在Schmidt–Kennicutt关系上,发现它们优先位于正常恒星形成星系所确定的直线之上。这种超高效率可能源于这些系统中增强的湍流,使自由下落时间相比恒星形成星系更短,从而导致“增强的”恒星形成效率。在不可忽略的一部分CARMA GOALS源(11/28)中存在线翼,其成因可能是由AGN或恒星形成驱动的外流、气体内流,或额外的解耦气体成分。

英文摘要:

We present the CO(1-0) maps of 28 infrared-bright galaxies from the Great Observatories All-Sky Luminous Infrared Galaxy Survey (GOALS) taken with the Combined Array for Research in Millimeter Astronomy (CARMA). We detect 100GHz continuum in 16 of 28 galaxies, which trace both active galactic nuclei (AGNs) and compact star-forming cores. The GOALS galaxies show a variety of molecular gas morphologies, though in the majority of cases, the average velocity fields show a gradient consistent with rotation. We fit the full continuum SEDs of each of the source using either MAGPHYS or SED3FIT (if there are signs of an AGN) to derive the total stellar mass, dust mass, and star formation rates of each object. We adopt a value determined from luminous and ultraluminous infrared galaxies (LIRGs and ULIRGs) of $α_{\rm CO}=1.5^{+1.3}_{-0.8}~M_\odot$ (K km s$^{-1}$ pc$^2)^{-1}$, which leads to more physical values for $f_{\rm mol}$ and the gas-to-dust ratio. Mergers tend to have the highest gas-to-dust ratios. We assume the cospatiality of the molecular gas and star formation, and plot the sample on the Schmidt-Kennicutt relation, we find that they preferentially lie above the line set by normal star-forming galaxies. This hyper-efficiency is likely due to the increased turbulence in these systems, which decreases the freefall time compared to star-forming galaxies, leading to "enhanced" star formation efficiency. Line wings are present in a non-negligible subsample (11/28) of the CARMA GOALS sources and are likely due to outflows driven by AGNs or star formation, gas inflows, or additional decoupled gas components.

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