The atomic-to-molecular transition and its relation to the scaling properties of galaxy discs in the local Universe

	The atomic-to-molecular transition and its relation to the scaling properties of galaxy discs in the local Universe
	Fu, Jian1,2,3 ; Guo, Qi 2,4; Kauffmann, Guinevere 2; Krumholz, Mark R.5
刊名	MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
	2010-12-01
卷号	409 期号:2 页码:515-530
关键词	stars: formation ISM: atoms ISM: molecules galaxies: evolution galaxies: ISM
英文摘要	We extend the existing semi-analytic models of galaxy formation to track atomic and molecular gas in disc galaxies. Simple recipes for processes such as cooling, star formation, supernova feedback and chemical enrichment of the stars and gas are grafted on to dark matter halo merger trees derived from the Millennium Simulation. Each galactic disc is represented by a series of concentric rings. We assume that the surface density profile of an infalling gas in a dark matter halo is exponential, with scale radius r(d) that is proportional to the virial radius of the halo times its spin parameter lambda. As the dark matter haloes grow through mergers and accretion, disc galaxies assemble from the inside out. We include two simple prescriptions for molecular gas formation processes in our models: one is based on the analytic calculations by Krumholz, McKee & Tumlinson, and the other is a prescription where the H-2 fraction is determined by the pressure of the interstellar medium ( ISM). Motivated by the observational results of Leroy et al., we adopt a star formation law in which Sigma(SFR) alpha Sigma(H2) in the regime where the molecular gas dominates the total gas surface density, and Sigma(SFR) alpha Sigma(2)(gas) where atomic hydrogen dominates. We then fit these models to the radial surface density profiles of stars, H I and H-2 drawn from recent high-resolution surveys of stars and gas in nearby galaxies. We explore how the ratios of atomic gas, molecular gas and stellar mass vary as a function of global galaxy scale parameters, including stellar mass, stellar surface density and gas surface density. We elucidate how the trends can be understood in terms of three variables that determine the partition of baryons in discs: the mass of the dark matter halo, the spin parameter of the halo and the amount of gas recently accreted from the external environment.
WOS标题词	Science & Technology ; Physical Sciences
类目[WOS]	Astronomy & Astrophysics
研究领域[WOS]	Astronomy & Astrophysics
关键词[WOS]	STAR-FORMING GALAXIES ; NEARBY GALAXIES ; GALACTIC DISKS ; HIGH-REDSHIFT ; HUBBLE SEQUENCE ; SPIRAL GALAXIES ; FORMATION LAW ; MASS FUNCTION ; MILKY-WAY ; H-I
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000284282300005
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://119.78.226.72/handle/331011/26341]
专题	上海天文台_星系宇宙学重点实验室
作者单位	1.CAS, Key Lab Res Galaxies & Cosmol, Shanghai Astron Observ, Shanghai 200030, Peoples R China 2.Max Planck Inst Astrophys, D-85740 Garching, Germany 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Grad Sch, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China 4.Univ Durham, Inst Computat Cosmol, Dept Phys, Durham DH1 3LE, England 5.Univ Calif Santa Cruz, Dept Astron & Astrophys, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 USA
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Fu, Jian,Guo, Qi,Kauffmann, Guinevere,et al. The atomic-to-molecular transition and its relation to the scaling properties of galaxy discs in the local Universe[J]. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY,2010,409(2):515-530.
APA	Fu, Jian,Guo, Qi,Kauffmann, Guinevere,&Krumholz, Mark R..(2010).The atomic-to-molecular transition and its relation to the scaling properties of galaxy discs in the local Universe.MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY,409(2),515-530.
MLA	Fu, Jian,et al."The atomic-to-molecular transition and its relation to the scaling properties of galaxy discs in the local Universe".MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY 409.2(2010):515-530.