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宇宙空洞中的星系对

Galaxy Pairs in Cosmic Voids

Maria Laura Ceccarelli, Sol Alonso, Diego Garcia Lambas

AI总结:

本文通过统计分析72个宇宙空洞中的星系对,发现其恒星形成活动显著强于空洞壁和场环境中的匹配样本,表现为更蓝的光学颜色、更年轻的恒星族群和更高的恒星形成效率,揭示了空洞环境对星系演化的独特影响。

摘要:

我们对宇宙空洞中一组星系对样本的不同天体物理性质进行了统计分析。该样本包含72个星系对,其投影间距和相对径向速度满足 rp<100 h$^{-1}$kpc,$ΔV <$ 500 kms$^{-1}$,红移范围为 z<0.1。我们将该星系对样本的不同结果与在绝对星等、恒星质量和聚集度上匹配的、位于空洞壁和全局平均环境中的对照样本所得到的结果进行了比较。我们发现,空洞中的星系对在光学颜色上往往比空洞壁和场环境中的对应星系更蓝,无论其恒星质量和聚集度如何,这表明其大部分恒星形成的时间更晚。我们还得到,空洞星系对的中红外颜色比空洞壁和场环境中相应匹配样本的更大。然而,对于高质量和高聚集度的星系,我们发现差异显著更大。我们还注意到,中红外颜色-颜色图显示空洞星系对成员与恒星形成星系所在区域一致,而其他环境则表现出包含被动星系和恒星形成星系的双峰行为。D$_n$(4000)参数也表明空洞中成对星系存在显著更年轻的恒星族群。这也反映在更高的恒星形成率值上,表明空洞星系对具有更高的恒星形成效率。我们注意到,对于具有高恒星质量和聚集度的空洞星系对,恒星形成效率更高。我们还发现,与星系相互作用相关的恒星形成效率在位于宇宙空洞中的星系对中显著更高。这种更强的恒星形成活动可能与空洞环境所特有的更丰富的气体环境和更温和的动力学行为有关。

英文摘要:

We present a statistical analysis of different astrophysical properties of a sample of galaxy pairs in cosmic voids. The sample consists of 72 galaxy pairs with projected separations and relative radial velocities rp<100 h$^{-1}$kpc, $ΔV <$ 500 kms$^{-1}$ in the redshift range z<0.1. The different results for this pair sample are compared to those derived for matched samples configured in absolute magnitude, stellar mass and concentration residing in void wall and global averaged environments. We find that pair galaxies in voids tend to have bluer optical colors than the corresponding galaxies in wall an field, regardless of their stellar mass and concentration, which indicates a more recent formation of the bulk of stars. We also obtain larger mid--IR colors for the void paired galaxies with respect to the corresponding matched samples in the wall and in field environments. However, we find significantly larger differences for galaxies with high mass and concentration. We also notice that mid--IR color--color diagram shows void pair members consistent with the locus of star--forming galaxies, in contrast with the other environments that exhibit a bimodal behavior comprising both passive and star--forming objects. The D$_n$(4000) parameter also shows a significant younger stellar population in paired galaxies in voids. This is also reflected in the higher star formation rate values, which show a larger efficiency for void paired galaxies. We notice that the star formation efficiency is larger for void paired galaxies with high stellar mass and concentration. We also find that the efficiency of star formation associated to galaxy interactions is significantly larger in pairs residing in cosmic voids. This larger star formation activity could be associated to both the expected richer gas environment and a more gentle dynamical behavior typical of void environments.

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