Surface density: a new parameter in the fundamental metallicity relation of star-forming galaxies
Surface density: a new parameter in the fundamental metallicity relation of star-forming galaxies
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DOI：
10.1093/mnras/sty113
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发表时间：
2017-12
影响因子：
4.8
通讯作者：
T. Hashimoto;T. Goto;R. Momose
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作者：
T. Hashimoto;T. Goto;R. Momose
恒星形成星系的恒星质量、金属丰度和恒星形成速率（或分子气体质量）之间有着密切的关系。这被称为基本金属丰度关系（FMR）（或分子气体FMR），它对星系演化模型有着深远的影响。然而，在FMR周围仍然存在显著的残余散射。我们在这里表明，第四个参数，恒星质量的表面密度，减少了周围的分子气体FMR的色散。在对41，338个恒星形成星系的29个物理参数进行主成分分析时，发现恒星质量的面密度是第四重要的参数。新的四维基本关系形成了一个更紧密的超曲面，将金属度分散降低到分子气体FMR的50%。我们建议，未来的分析和模型的星系演化应考虑在四维空间，包括表面密度的FMR。气体流入的稀释时间尺度和恒星形成效率可以解释观测结果对恒星质量面密度的依赖性。
Star-forming galaxies display a close relation among stellar mass, metallicity and star-formation rate (or molecular-gas mass). This is known as the fundamental metallicity relation (FMR) (or molecular-gas FMR), and it has a profound implication on models of galaxy evolution. However, there still remains a significant residual scatter around the FMR. We show here that a fourth parameter, the surface density of stellar mass, reduces the dispersion around the molecular-gas FMR. In a principal component analysis of 29 physical parameters of 41,338 star-forming galaxies, the surface density of stellar mass is found to be the fourth most important parameter. The new four-dimensional fundamental relation forms a tighter hypersurface that reduces the metallicity dispersion to 50\% of that of the molecular-gas FMR. We suggest that future analyses and models of galaxy evolution should consider the FMR in a four-dimensional space that includes surface density. The dilution time scale of gas inflow and the star-formation efficiency could explain the observational dependence on surface density of stellar mass.