摘要
Using the Herschel ATLAS science demonstration phase data cross- identified with SDSS DR7 spectra, we select 297 galaxies with F250μm 〉 5σ. The sample galaxies are classified into five morphological types, and more than 40% of the galaxies are peculiar/compact galaxies. The peculiar galaxies show higher far- infrared/submillimeter luminosity-to-mass ratios than the other types. We perform and analyze the correlations of far-infrared/submillimeter and Hα luminosities for differ- ent morphological types and different spectral types. The Spearman rank coefficient decreases and the scatter increases with the wavelength increasing from 100 μm to 500 μm. We conclude that a single Herschel SPIRE band is not good for tracing star formation activities in galaxies. AGNs contribute less to the far-infrared/submillimeter luminosities and do not show a difference from star-forming galaxies. However, the earlier type galaxies present significant deviations from the best fit of star-forming galaxies.
Using the Herschel ATLAS science demonstration phase data cross- identified with SDSS DR7 spectra, we select 297 galaxies with F250μm 〉 5σ. The sample galaxies are classified into five morphological types, and more than 40% of the galaxies are peculiar/compact galaxies. The peculiar galaxies show higher far- infrared/submillimeter luminosity-to-mass ratios than the other types. We perform and analyze the correlations of far-infrared/submillimeter and Hα luminosities for differ- ent morphological types and different spectral types. The Spearman rank coefficient decreases and the scatter increases with the wavelength increasing from 100 μm to 500 μm. We conclude that a single Herschel SPIRE band is not good for tracing star formation activities in galaxies. AGNs contribute less to the far-infrared/submillimeter luminosities and do not show a difference from star-forming galaxies. However, the earlier type galaxies present significant deviations from the best fit of star-forming galaxies.
基金
supported by the Key Laboratory of Optical Astronomy,National Astronomical Observatories,Chinese Academy of Sciences
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11173030,10833006,10773014 and 11078017)
partly supported by the China Ministry of Science and Technology under State Key Development Program for Basic Research (2012CB821800)
