Are galaxy interactions linked to enhanced star formation?

 

Xin-Fa Deng, Jun Song, Yi-Qing Chen, Peng Jiang, and Xiao-Ping Qi

 

School of Science, Nanchang University, Jiangxi, China, 330031 (xinfadeng@163.com).

 

Received 2014 April 1.
Accepted 2014 April 22.

 

RESUMEN

A partir de la muestra de galaxias limitada por magnitud aparente proveniente del Sloan Digital Sky Survey, versión 7 (SDSS DR7) construimos una muestra de pares de galaxias y una muestra de galaxias aisladas, y comparamos la tasa de formación estelar (SFR) y la tasa específica de formación estelar (SSFR) entre ambas muestras. Encontramos que las galaxias aisladas tienen SFRs y SSFRs mayores que las galaxias en pares. También investigamos la dependencia de la SFR y la SSFR de las separaciones tri-dimensionales entre los miembros de los pares de galaxias, pero no encontramos evidencia de que la SFR dependa de las separaciones.

 

ABSTRACT

From the apparent magnitude-limited main galaxy sample of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 7 (SDSS DR7), we construct a paired galaxy sample and an isolated galaxy sample, and compare the star formation rate (SFR) and the specific star formation rate (SSFR) of paired galaxies with those of isolated galaxies. It is found that isolated galaxies preferentially have higher SFR and SSFR than paired galaxies. We also investigate the dependence of the SFR and SSFR on the three-dimensional separation between two members of pairs, but do not find evidence for the dependence of SFR enhancement on this separation.

Key Words: galaxies: interactions — galaxies: statistics.

 

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We thank the anonymous referee for providing many useful comments and suggestions. This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC, Grant 11263005).

Funding for the SDSS and SDSS-II has been provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Participating Institutions, the National Science Foundation, the US Department of Energy, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Japanese Monbukagakusho, the Max Planck Society, and the Higher Education Funding Council for England. The SDSSWeb site is http://www.sdss.org/.

The SDSS is managed by the Astrophysical Research Consortium for the Participating Institutions. The Participating Institutions are the American Museum of Natural History, Astrophysical Institute Potsdam, University of Basel, University of Cambridge, Case Western Reserve University, University of Chicago, Drexel University, Fermilab, the Institute for Advanced Study, the Japan Participation Group, Johns Hopkins University, the Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, the Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, the Korean Scientist Group, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (LAMOST), Los Alamos National Laboratory, the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA), the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics (MPA), New Mexico State University, Ohio State University, University of Pittsburgh, University of Portsmouth, Princeton University, the US Naval Observatory, and the University of Washington.

 

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