한국지구과학회지 (Journal of the Korean earth science society)

  • 제38권3호
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  • Pages.209-221
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  • 2017
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  • 1225-6692(pISSN)
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  • 2287-4518(eISSN)
한국지구과학회 (The Korean Earth Science Society)
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가까운 폭발적 항성생성은하의 분광 관측

Spectroscopy of Local Starburst Galaxies

  • 이철희 (경북대학교 지구과학교육과) ;
  • 심현진 (경북대학교 지구과학교육과)
  • Lee, Cheolhui (Department of Earth Science Education, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Shim, Hyunjin (Department of Earth Science Education, Kyungpook National University)
  • 투고 : 2017.03.22
  • 심사 : 2017.06.08
  • 발행 : 2017.06.30
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가까운 은하에서 폭발적 항성생성은하의 분광 관측을 수행하여 별생성률이 높은 은하에서 별생성이 일어나는 시간 규모에 따라 방출선의 방출 기작, 별생성률, 항성질량, 금속함량 등의 물리량 혹은 물리량 상호 간의 관계가 어떻게 다른지를 살펴보았다. 관측 대상은 별생성 나이가 매우 어린 울프-레이에 은하 21개와 상대적으로 긴 시간 규모의 별생성이 진행 중인 자외선 초과복사 은하 13개로 보현산 천문대의 1.8 m 망원경과 4K CCD, 긴 슬릿 분광기를 이용해 광학영역에서의 스펙트럼을 얻었다. BPT 분석도표를 그려 관측된 은하들에서 기체를 이온화시키는 원인을 살펴보면 전체적으로는 별생성(약 50%)이 비항성적 요소인 활동은하핵(약 15%)에 비해 훨씬 높았다. 별생성과 활동은하핵이 모두 기여하는 경우도 전체의 35%였는데, 이러한 경우에 속하는 은하는 대부분 상대적으로 나이가 많을 것으로 추정되는 자외선 초과복사 은하였다. 관측된 은하의 항성질량 범위는 대부분 $10^{9-11}M_{\odot}$이고 별생성률은 $0.01-100M_{\odot}yr^{-1}$로, SDSS에서 관측된 은하들로 구성된 별생성 주계열에 위치한다. 울프-레이에 은하와 자외선 초과복사 은하들의 항성질량, 별생성률에서 큰 차이는 없었다. 또한 폭발적 항성생성은하는 질량-금속함량 관계를 보이며, 비슷한 항성질량을 가진 SDSS 은하와 비교했을 때 금속함량이 낮게 나타났다. 이는 이 은하들에서 별생성으로 인한 강한 피드백이 일어나고 있음을 보여준다.

We investigate the star formation rate, stellar mass, and gas-phase metallicity of local starburst galaxies with different star formation time scales based on their optical spectra. The observation is made using the longslit spectrograph attached to the 4K CCD on the Bohyunsan Optical Astronomy Observatory 1.8m telescope, targeting 21 Wolf-Rayet galaxies as young starbursts and 13 UV excess galaxies as slightly older starbursts. A Baldwin-Phillips-Terlevich diagram analysis shows that 50% of the observed targets are pure star-forming galaxies while only 15% are classified as Active Galactic Nuclei. Fraction of galaxies that reside in composite region is higher in UV excess galaxies than in Wolf-Rayet galaxies, suggesting that the AGN development requires extra time after the onset of the star formation. Most of the observed starburst galaxies have stellar masses of $10^{9-11}M_{\odot}$ and stellar formation rates of $0.01-100M_{\odot}yr^{-1}$, and their star formation rates are consistent with that of the SDSS star forming main sequence galaxies of similar stellar mass. There is no significant difference between Wolf-Rayet galaxies and UV excess galaxies in terms of the stellar mass and star formation rate. We also see a mass-metallicity relation for local starbursts with slightly lower metallicity for a given stellar mass, which implies the existence of a strong feedback activity due to the star formation in these galaxies.

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