Clumps as multiscale structures in cosmic noon galaxies
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| author | Kalita, Boris S Suzuki, Tomoko L Kashino, Daichi Silverman, John D Daddi, Emanuele Ho, Luis C Ding, Xuheng Mercier, Wilfried Faisst, Andreas L Sheth, Kartik Valentino, Francesco Puglisi, Annagrazia Saito, Toshiki Kakkad, Darshan Ilbert, Olivier Khostovan, Ali Ahmad Liu, Zhaoxuan Tanaka, Takumi Magdis, Georgios Zavala, Jorge A Tan, Qinghua Kartaltepe, Jeyhan S Yang, Lilan Koekemoer, Anton M McKinney, Jed Robertson, Brant E Jin, Shuowen Hayward, Christopher C Hirschmann, Michaela Franco, Maximilien Shuntov, Marko Gozaliasl, Ghassem Kaminsky, Aidan Rich, R Michael |
| author_facet | Kalita, Boris S Suzuki, Tomoko L Kashino, Daichi Silverman, John D Daddi, Emanuele Ho, Luis C Ding, Xuheng Mercier, Wilfried Faisst, Andreas L Sheth, Kartik Valentino, Francesco Puglisi, Annagrazia Saito, Toshiki Kakkad, Darshan Ilbert, Olivier Khostovan, Ali Ahmad Liu, Zhaoxuan Tanaka, Takumi Magdis, Georgios Zavala, Jorge A Tan, Qinghua Kartaltepe, Jeyhan S Yang, Lilan Koekemoer, Anton M McKinney, Jed Robertson, Brant E Jin, Shuowen Hayward, Christopher C Hirschmann, Michaela Franco, Maximilien Shuntov, Marko Gozaliasl, Ghassem Kaminsky, Aidan Rich, R Michael |
| contents | Star-forming clumps have been found to significantly influence the star formation of gas-rich $z>1$ galaxies. Using public data from JWST/NIRCam (COSMOS-Web) and ALMA (FMOS-COSMOS), we study a sample of 32 massive ($>10^{10.5}\,\rm M_{\odot}$) main-sequence galaxies at $z_{\rm spec}\sim1.5$ with $\sim0.3\,\rm kpc$ resolution. We create composite morphological models consisting of bulge, disk, and clumps to fully 'deconstruct' the galaxy images. With the resulting measurements of the flux and size of these components, we find the following: (I)The combined contribution of clumps is $1-30\%$ towards the net star formation rate (SFR) of the host while contributing $1-20\%$ to its stellar mass. The clumps show a correlation between their stellar mass and SFR, but have an increased specific-SFR (sSFR) relative to the star-forming main sequence, with offsets ranging from $0\lesssimΔ\log\rm sSFR\lesssim 0.4$. They feature star formation surface densities of $10^{-2}-10^{2}\,\rm M_{\odot}/yr/kpc^{2}$, consistent with values observed in local star-forming and starburst galaxies. (II)The clumps span a large range of characteristic sizes ($r_{e}\sim0.1-1\,\rm kpc$) and stellar masses ($\sim 10^{8.0-9.5}\,\rm M_{\odot}$). We estimate a mass-size relation ($r_{e}\propto\rm M_{\star}^{\,0.52\pm0.07}$) along with a stellar mass function (slope, $α=-1.85\pm 0.19$), both suggesting a hierarchical nature similar to that expected in star-forming regions in local galaxies. (III)Our measurements agree with the properties of stellar clumps in $z\gtrsim1$ lensed systems, bridging the gap between lensed and unlensed studies by detecting structures at sub-kpc scales.(IV)Clumps are found to be preferentially located along spiral features visible primarily in the residual rest-frame near-IR images. In conclusion, we present an observation-based, coherent picture of star-forming clumps at $z>1$. |
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| spellingShingle | Clumps as multiscale structures in cosmic noon galaxies Kalita, Boris S Suzuki, Tomoko L Kashino, Daichi Silverman, John D Daddi, Emanuele Ho, Luis C Ding, Xuheng Mercier, Wilfried Faisst, Andreas L Sheth, Kartik Valentino, Francesco Puglisi, Annagrazia Saito, Toshiki Kakkad, Darshan Ilbert, Olivier Khostovan, Ali Ahmad Liu, Zhaoxuan Tanaka, Takumi Magdis, Georgios Zavala, Jorge A Tan, Qinghua Kartaltepe, Jeyhan S Yang, Lilan Koekemoer, Anton M McKinney, Jed Robertson, Brant E Jin, Shuowen Hayward, Christopher C Hirschmann, Michaela Franco, Maximilien Shuntov, Marko Gozaliasl, Ghassem Kaminsky, Aidan Rich, R Michael Astrophysics of Galaxies Star-forming clumps have been found to significantly influence the star formation of gas-rich $z>1$ galaxies. Using public data from JWST/NIRCam (COSMOS-Web) and ALMA (FMOS-COSMOS), we study a sample of 32 massive ($>10^{10.5}\,\rm M_{\odot}$) main-sequence galaxies at $z_{\rm spec}\sim1.5$ with $\sim0.3\,\rm kpc$ resolution. We create composite morphological models consisting of bulge, disk, and clumps to fully 'deconstruct' the galaxy images. With the resulting measurements of the flux and size of these components, we find the following: (I)The combined contribution of clumps is $1-30\%$ towards the net star formation rate (SFR) of the host while contributing $1-20\%$ to its stellar mass. The clumps show a correlation between their stellar mass and SFR, but have an increased specific-SFR (sSFR) relative to the star-forming main sequence, with offsets ranging from $0\lesssimΔ\log\rm sSFR\lesssim 0.4$. They feature star formation surface densities of $10^{-2}-10^{2}\,\rm M_{\odot}/yr/kpc^{2}$, consistent with values observed in local star-forming and starburst galaxies. (II)The clumps span a large range of characteristic sizes ($r_{e}\sim0.1-1\,\rm kpc$) and stellar masses ($\sim 10^{8.0-9.5}\,\rm M_{\odot}$). We estimate a mass-size relation ($r_{e}\propto\rm M_{\star}^{\,0.52\pm0.07}$) along with a stellar mass function (slope, $α=-1.85\pm 0.19$), both suggesting a hierarchical nature similar to that expected in star-forming regions in local galaxies. (III)Our measurements agree with the properties of stellar clumps in $z\gtrsim1$ lensed systems, bridging the gap between lensed and unlensed studies by detecting structures at sub-kpc scales.(IV)Clumps are found to be preferentially located along spiral features visible primarily in the residual rest-frame near-IR images. In conclusion, we present an observation-based, coherent picture of star-forming clumps at $z>1$. |
| title | Clumps as multiscale structures in cosmic noon galaxies |
| topic | Astrophysics of Galaxies |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.03328 |