UV and FIR selected star-forming galaxies at z=0: differences and overlaps

Details UV and FIR selected star-forming galaxies at z=0: differences and overlaps UV and FIR selected star-forming galaxies at z=0: differences and overlaps

2006-04-04

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0604058v1

Astrophys.J.646:834-840,2006

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

21 pages, 7 figures. Accepted by ApJ

Scientific paper

10.1086/504974

We study two samples of local galaxies, one is UV (GALEX) selected and the other FIR (IRAS) selected, to address the question whether UV and FIR surveys see the two sides ('bright' and 'dark') of the star formation of the same population of galaxies or two different populations of star forming galaxies. No significant difference between the L$_{tot}$ ($=L_{60}+L_{FUV}$) luminosity functions of the UV and FIR samples is found. Also, after the correction for the `Malmquist bias' (bias for flux limited samples), the FIR-to-UV ratio v.s. L$_{tot}$ relations of the two samples are consistent with each other. In the range of $9 \la \log(L_{tot}/L_\sun) \la 12$, both can be approximated by a simple linear relation of $\log (L_{60}/L_{FUV})=\log(L_{tot}/L_\sun)-9.66$. These are consistent with the hypothesis that the two samples represent the same population of star forming galaxies, and their well documented differences in L$_{tot}$ and in FIR-to-UV ratio are due only to the selection effect. A comparison between the UV luminosity functions shows marginal evidence for a population of faint UV galaxies missing in the FIR selected sample. The contribution from these 'FIR-quiet' galaxies to the overall UV population is insignificant, given that the K-band luminosity functions (i.e. the stellar mass functions) of the two samples do not show any significant difference.

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