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Outer Disk Star Formation in HI selected Galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 March 2017

G. R. Meurer
G. R. Meurer*
Affiliation:
International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research email: gerhardt.meurer@icrar.org
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Abstract

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The HI in galaxies often extends past their conventionally defined optical extent. I report results from our team which has been probing low intensity star formation in outer disks using imaging in Hα and ultraviolet. Using a sample of hundreds of HI selected galaxies, we confirm that outer disk HII regions and extended UV disks are common. Hence outer disks are not dormant but are dimly forming stars. Although the ultraviolet light in galaxies is more centrally concentrated than the HI, the UV/HI ratio (the Star Formation Efficiency) is nearly constant, with a slight dependency on surface brightness. This result is well accounted for in a model where disks maintain a constant stability parameter Q. This model also accounts for how the ISM and star formation are distributed in the bright parts of galaxies, and how HI appears to trace the distribution of dark matter in galaxy outskirts.

Keywords

galaxies: structuregalaxies: ISMgalaxies: star formationgalaxies: dwarfgalaxies: spiralgalaxies: irregular
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Contributed Papers
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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 11 , Symposium S321: Formation and Evolution of Galaxy Outskirts , March 2016 , pp. 172 - 179
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2017 

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