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STAR FORMATION ACTIVITY OF GALAXIES UNDERGOING RAM PRESSURE STRIPPING IN THE VIRGO CLUSTER KCI 등재 SCOPUS

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천문학회지 (Journal of The Korean Astronomical Society)
한국천문학회 (Korean Astronomical Society)
초록

We study galaxies undergoing ram pressure stripping in the Virgo cluster to examine whether we can identify any discernible trend in their star formation activity. We fi rst use 48 galaxies undergoing different stages of stripping based on Hi morphology, Hi de ficiency, and relative extent to the stellar disk, from the VIVA survey. We then employ a new scheme for galaxy classi fication which combines Hi mass fractions and locations in projected phase space, resulting in a new sample of 365 galaxies. We utilize a variety of star formation tracers, which include g - r, WISE [3.4]-[12] colors, and starburstiness that are de fined by stellar mass and star formation rates to compare the star formation activity of galaxies at different stripping stages. We find no clear evidence for enhancement in the integrated star formation activity of galaxies undergoing early to active stripping. We are instead able to capture the overall quenching of star formation activity with increasing degree of ram pressure stripping, in agreement with previous studies. Our results suggest that if there is any ram pressure stripping induced enhancement, it is at best locally modest, and galaxies undergoing enhancement make up a small fraction of the total sample. Our results also indicate that it is possible to trace galaxies at different stages of stripping with the combination of Hi gas content and location in projected phase space, which can be extended to other galaxy clusters that lack high-resolution Hi imaging.

목차
Abstract
1. INTRODUCTION
2. DATA
    2.1. Extended Virgo Cluster Catalog
    2.2. Physical Parameters of Galaxies
3. RESULTS
    3.1. Star Formation Properties of Galaxies UndergoingDifferent Stages of Ram Pressure Stripping
    3.2. Star Formation Properties of Galaxies Classified byHI Mass Fractions and Positions in Phase Space
4. DISCUSSION
    4.1. Locally Enhanced Star Formation in GalaxiesUndergoing Gas Stripping
    4.2. Depletion of HI Gas Content According to TimeSince Infall in Phase Space
5. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
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저자
  • Jong Chul Lee(Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute)
  • Hyein Yoon(Department of Astronomy, Yonsei University/Sydney Institute for Astronomy, School of Physics/ARC Centre of Excellence for All Sky Astrophysics in 3 Dimensions (ASTRO 3D))
  • Aeree Chung(Department of Astronomy, Yonsei University)
  • Myung Gyoon Lee(Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University)
  • Ho Seong Hwang(Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute) Corresponding author
  • Jae Yeon Mun(Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University)