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




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

PublisherOxford Univ Press

2022

 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

MON NOT R ASTRON SOC

518

5475

5482

8

0035-8711

1365-2966

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

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

https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/178953629



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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