A Comparative Study of Star Forming Dwarf Galaxies using the UVIT

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Autori principali: Amrutha, S, Das, Mousumi, Yadav, Jyoti
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author Amrutha, S
Das, Mousumi
Yadav, Jyoti
author_facet Amrutha, S
Das, Mousumi
Yadav, Jyoti
contents We present a Far-Ultraviolet (FUV) study of sixteen star-forming dwarf galaxies (SFDGs) using the Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (UVIT). Morphologically, SFDGs are classified as dwarf spirals, dwarf irregulars, and blue compact dwarfs (BCDs). We extracted the star-forming complexes (SFCs) from the sample galaxies, derived their sizes, and estimated the FUV+24$μm$ star formation rates (SFRs). We also determined the approximate stellar disk mass associated with the SFCs using IRAC 3.6-micron images. We derived the specific SFRs (sSFRs), as well as the SFR densities ($Σ(SFR)$) for the SFCs. We find that the lower $Σ(SFR)$ for each type is different, with the dwarf irregulars having the lowest $Σ(SFR)$ compared to others. However, the median size of the SFCs in the dwarf irregulars is the largest compared to the other two types when compared at roughly the same distance. We have derived the star-forming main sequence (SFMS) on the scale of SFCs for all three classes of SFDGs. We find that although all SFDGs approximately follow the global SFMS relation, i.e. $SFR\propto {M_{*}}^α$ (where globally $α\approx1$ for low surface brightness galaxies and $0.9$ for SFDGs), on the scale of SFCs the $α$ value for each type is different. The $α$ values for dwarf spirals, dwarf irregulars, and BCDs are found to be 0.74$\pm$0.13, 0.8$\pm$0.16, and 0.8$\pm$0.19, respectively. However, the age of all SFCs approximately corresponds to 1 Gyr. Finally, we find that the outer SFCs in most galaxies except BCDs have a high sSFR, supporting the inside-out model of galaxy growth.
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spellingShingle A Comparative Study of Star Forming Dwarf Galaxies using the UVIT
Amrutha, S
Das, Mousumi
Yadav, Jyoti
Astrophysics of Galaxies
We present a Far-Ultraviolet (FUV) study of sixteen star-forming dwarf galaxies (SFDGs) using the Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (UVIT). Morphologically, SFDGs are classified as dwarf spirals, dwarf irregulars, and blue compact dwarfs (BCDs). We extracted the star-forming complexes (SFCs) from the sample galaxies, derived their sizes, and estimated the FUV+24$μm$ star formation rates (SFRs). We also determined the approximate stellar disk mass associated with the SFCs using IRAC 3.6-micron images. We derived the specific SFRs (sSFRs), as well as the SFR densities ($Σ(SFR)$) for the SFCs. We find that the lower $Σ(SFR)$ for each type is different, with the dwarf irregulars having the lowest $Σ(SFR)$ compared to others. However, the median size of the SFCs in the dwarf irregulars is the largest compared to the other two types when compared at roughly the same distance. We have derived the star-forming main sequence (SFMS) on the scale of SFCs for all three classes of SFDGs. We find that although all SFDGs approximately follow the global SFMS relation, i.e. $SFR\propto {M_{*}}^α$ (where globally $α\approx1$ for low surface brightness galaxies and $0.9$ for SFDGs), on the scale of SFCs the $α$ value for each type is different. The $α$ values for dwarf spirals, dwarf irregulars, and BCDs are found to be 0.74$\pm$0.13, 0.8$\pm$0.16, and 0.8$\pm$0.19, respectively. However, the age of all SFCs approximately corresponds to 1 Gyr. Finally, we find that the outer SFCs in most galaxies except BCDs have a high sSFR, supporting the inside-out model of galaxy growth.
title A Comparative Study of Star Forming Dwarf Galaxies using the UVIT
topic Astrophysics of Galaxies
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.00537