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Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): the dependence of star formation on surface brightness in low-redshift galaxies




AuthorsPhillipps S, Bellstedt S, Bremer MN, De Propris R, James PA, Casura S, Liske J, Holwerda BW

PublisherOxford Univ Press

Publication year2022

JournalMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Journal name in sourceMONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Journal acronymMON NOT R ASTRON SOC

Volume518

First page 5475

Last page5482

Number of pages8

ISSN0035-8711

eISSN1365-2966

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac3440

Web address http://dx.doi.org/10.1093%2Fmnras%2Fstac3440

Self-archived copy’s web addresshttps://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/178953629


Abstract

The star-formation rate in galaxies is well known to correlate with stellar mass (the ‘star-forming main sequence’). Here, we extend this further to explore any additional dependence on galaxy surface brightness, a proxy for stellar mass surface density. We use a large sample of low-redshift (z ≤ 0.08) galaxies from the Galaxy And Mass Assembly survey which have both spectral energy distribution (SED) derived star-formation rates and photometric bulge-disc decompositions, the latter providing measures of disc surface brightness and disc masses. Using two samples, one of galaxies fitted by a single component with Sérsic index below 2 and one of the discs from two-component fits, we find that once the overall mass dependence of star-formation rate is accounted for, there is no evidence in either sample for a further dependence on stellar surface density.


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