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
Publisher: Oxford 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
DOI: https://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.