Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2001-04-26
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
25 pages, 6 Figures. Accepted for publication in ApJ
Scientific paper
10.1086/322451
We present results from a decimetric radio survey undertaken with the Very Large Array as part of a longer term goal to inter-compare star formation and dust extinction diagnostics, on a galaxy by galaxy basis, for a representative sample of nearby galaxies. For our survey field, Selected Area 57, star formation rates derived from 1.4GHz luminosities are compared with earlier nebular emission line and ultraviolet (UV) continuum diagnostics. We find broad correlations, over several decades in luminosity, between H-alpha, the UV continuum and 1.4GHz diagnostics. However, the scatter in these relations is found to be larger than observational errors, with offsets between the observed relations and those expected assuming constant star-formation histories and luminosity-independent extinction models. We investigate the physical origin of the observed relations, and conclude the discrepancies between different star-formation diagnostics can only be partly explained by simple models of dust extinction in galaxies. These models cannot by themselves explain all the observed differences, introducing the need for temporally varying star-formation histories and/or more complex models of extinction, to explain the entire dataset.
Chan Ben
Cram Lawrence
Ellis Richard
Hopkins Andrew
Mobasher Bahram
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