Stellar Population Synthesis of Star-forming Clumps in Galaxy Pairs and Non-interacting Spiral Galaxies

Zaragoza-Cardiel, J.; Smith, Beverly J.; Rosado, Margarita; Beckman, J. E.; Bitsakis, Theodoros; Camps-Fariña, A.; Font, J.; Cox, Isaiah S.
Referencia bibliográfica

The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, Volume 234, Issue 2, article id. 35, 16 pp. (2018).

Fecha de publicación:
2
2018
Número de autores
8
Número de autores del IAC
3
Número de citas
13
Número de citas referidas
12
Descripción
We have identified 1027 star-forming complexes in a sample of 46 galaxies from the Spirals, Bridges, and Tails (SB&T) sample of interacting galaxies, and 693 star-forming complexes in a sample of 38 non-interacting spiral (NIS) galaxies in 8 μm observations from the Spitzer Infrared Array Camera. We have used archival multi-wavelength UV-to IR observations to fit the observed spectral energy distribution of our clumps with the Code Investigating GALaxy Emission using a double exponentially declined star formation history. We derive the star formation rates (SFRs), stellar masses, ages and fractions of the most recent burst, dust attenuation, and fractional emission due to an active galactic nucleus for these clumps. The resolved star formation main sequence holds on 2.5 kpc scales, although it does not hold on 1 kpc scales. We analyzed the relation between SFR, stellar mass, and age of the recent burst in the SB&T and NIS samples, and we found that the SFR per stellar mass is higher in the SB&T galaxies, and the clumps are younger in the galaxy pairs. We analyzed the SFR radial profile and found that the SFR is enhanced through the disk and in the tidal features relative to normal spirals.
Proyectos relacionados
Poster Almeria Astronomy week
Estudios Cinemáticos, Estructurales y de Composición, de los Medios Interestelares e Intergalácticos
El objetivo básico del proyecto es investigar la evolución de las galaxias mediante el entendimiento de la interacción del medio interestelar y las estrellas. La técnica principal que utilizamos es la cinemática bidimensional de galaxias enteras observada por nuestro instrumento GHaFaS, un interferometro Fabry Perot en el telescopio William
Prof.
John E. Beckman