2008ApJ...674..172R

Query : 2008ApJ...674..172R

2008ApJ...674..172R - Astrophys. J., 674, 172-193 (2008/February-2)

The oxygen abundances of luminous and ultraluminous infrared galaxies.

RUPKE D.S.N., VEILLEUX S. and BAKER A.J.

Abstract (from CDS):

Luminous and ultraluminous infrared galaxies (LIRGs and ULIRGs) dominate the star formation rate budget of the universe at z≳1, yet no local measurements of their heavy-element abundances exist. We measure nuclear or near-nuclear oxygen abundances in a sample of 100 star-forming LIRGs and ULIRGs using new, previously published, and archival spectroscopy of strong emission lines (including [O II] λλ3726, 3729) in galaxies with redshifts <z≳0.1. When compared to local emission-line galaxies of similar luminosity and mass (using the near-infrared luminosity-metallicity and mass-metallicity relations), we find that LIRGs and ULIRGs are underabundant by a factor of 2 on average. As a corollary, LIRGs and ULIRGs also have smaller effective yields. We conclude that the observed underabundance results from the combination of a decrease of abundance with increasing radius in the progenitor galaxies and strong, interaction- or merger-induced gas inflow into the galaxy nucleus. This conclusion demonstrates that local abundance scaling relations are not universal, a fact that must be accounted for when interpreting abundances earlier in the universe's history, when merger-induced star formation was the dominant mode. We use our local sample to compare to high-redshift samples and assess abundance evolution in LIRGs and ULIRGs. We find that abundances in these systems increased by ∼0.2 dex from z∼0.6 to z∼0.1. Evolution from z∼2 submillimeter galaxies to z∼0.1 ULIRGs also appears to be present, although uncertainty due to spectroscopic limitations is large.

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Journal keyword(s): Galaxies: Abundances - Galaxies: Evolution - Galaxies: Interactions - Galaxies: ISM - Galaxies: Kinematics and Dynamics - Infrared: Galaxies - galaxies: individual (F04103-2838)

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Number of rows : 109
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA 		ICRS (J2000)
DEC 		Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2026 		#notes
1 Z 518-25 G 00 21 34.176 +38 05 34.71   15.3       ~ 27 0
2 Mrk 551B GiP 00 29 24.9816084288 +30 33 33.842999232   14.8       ~ 30 0
3 Mrk 551 PaG 00 29 25.3 +30 33 27   14.8       ~ 34 0
4 Mrk 551A GiP 00 29 25.6 +30 33 25           ~ 19 0
5 Z 436-30 LIN 01 20 02.654 +14 21 41.73   14.9       ~ 176 1
6 LEDA 89903 AGN 01 32 21.39936 -07 29 08.3112   19.04       ~ 67 0
7 IRAS 01364-1042 LIN 01 38 52.86288 -10 27 11.5848   16.77   15.74   ~ 132 0
8 NGC 695 AGN 01 51 14.3479513536 +22 34 55.956444960   13.7       ~ 201 1
9 Z 483-59 GiG 02 27 46.3656273552 +26 35 22.141639536   14.6       ~ 34 0
10 UGC 2369 PaG 02 54 00.9 +14 58 31   14.6       ~ 118 1
11 MCG+02-08-029 AGN 02 54 01.80480 +14 58 14.6244           ~ 107 1
12 [CDF99] F 1-5 G 03 05 24.5 -09 35 51           ~ 5 0
13 2MASX J03274981+1616594 LIN 03 27 49.81440 +16 16 59.4012       21.20   ~ 52 0
14 6dFGS gJ043337.1-164331 LIN 04 33 37.05 -16 43 31.5   19.80   18.54   ~ 41 0
15 NGC 1614 Sy1 04 34 00.027 -08 34 44.57   14.66 13.99     ~ 697 1
16 Z 234-34 AGN 06 57 34.4315445816 +46 24 10.334337048   13.7       ~ 86 1
17 NGC 2341 AG? 07 09 11.893 +20 36 10.21   13.65 12.88     ~ 86 0
18 NGC 2342 AGN 07 09 18.089 +20 38 09.22   12.92 12.15     ~ 132 0
19 NGC 2388 AGN 07 28 53.4535009080 +33 49 08.554343196   14.7       ~ 145 2
20 FF J0816+3101 PaG 08 16 45.72086 +31 01 19.3861           ~ 5 0
21 IRAS 08201+2801 LIN 08 23 12.6165437400 +27 51 39.639008772           ~ 63 0
22 FIRST J082354.6+320212 rG 08 23 54.60911 +32 02 11.6958           ~ 11 0
23 IRAS 08474+1813 Sy2 08 50 18.34248 +18 02 01.2408   19.99 19.03     ~ 41 0
24 IRAS 08572+3915 LIN 09 00 25.38288 +39 03 54.2988     16.66     ~ 450 1
25 SDSS J090025.61+390349.2 GiP 09 00 25.6120608672 +39 03 49.407843816           ~ 19 1
26 IRAS 08592+5248 rG 09 02 48.9225336072 +52 36 24.761827620           ~ 40 0
27 IRAS 09039+0503 LIN 09 06 34.0537343016 +04 51 27.447987744           ~ 86 0
28 NGC 2761 GiC 09 07 30.82753 +18 26 05.7010   14.80       ~ 51 1
29 IRAS 09116+0334 LIN 09 14 13.7940669768 +03 22 01.298301168           ~ 55 0
30 UGC 4881 IG 09 15 55.5 +44 19 58   14.9       ~ 178 0
31 KUG 0912+445A AGN 09 15 55.522 +44 19 58.08   14.87 14.42     ~ 63 0
32 NAME IRAS F09209+3943 W G 09 23 59.7830877120 +39 30 45.777105468   20.17 19.21     ~ 2 0
33 IRAS 09208+3943 rG 09 24 00.35953 +39 30 42.7918           ~ 13 0
34 FIRST J092455.0+341535 rG 09 24 55.0117637352 +34 15 35.794797336           ~ 10 0
35 IRAS 09245+3300 Q? 09 27 34.5 +32 47 13           ~ 9 0
36 Z 289-11 Sy2 09 35 51.6045544584 +61 21 11.589382368   15.20 15.50     ~ 617 2
37 Z 239-11 GiP 09 36 30.8337360552 +48 28 10.808036796   15.0       ~ 60 0
38 NVSS J093648+311954 rG 09 36 48.3285858456 +31 19 50.782106820           ~ 17 0
39 LEDA 101272 G 09 36 54.757 +28 22 20.25           ~ 13 0
40 LEDA 101273 G 09 42 53.6902338216 +28 16 55.848204948           ~ 12 0
41 IRAS 09539+0857 Sy2 09 56 34.33800 +08 43 06.2472       20.90   ~ 63 0
42 LEDA 165552 LIN 10 12 16.7929453584 +46 49 43.491525384       22.20   ~ 46 0
43 FIRST J101834.5+364951 rG 10 18 34.578 +36 49 51.47           ~ 12 0
44 2MASS J10214248+1306539 AGN 10 21 42.4964040120 +13 06 53.840159676           ~ 23 0
45 IRAS 10190+1322 PaG 10 21 42.718 +13 06 55.36           ~ 88 0
46 2MASS J10214273+1306556 LIN 10 21 42.8040022344 +13 06 55.957660596   17.51       ~ 87 0
47 Z 266-41 G 10 23 32.527 +52 20 31.38   15.0       ~ 47 1
48 IRAS 10494+4424 LIN 10 52 23.56560 +44 08 47.4250           ~ 73 0
49 IRAS 10565+2448 LIN 10 59 18.12811 +24 32 34.7357   15.7       ~ 302 0
50 IRAS 10594+3818 rG 11 02 13.9784635422 +38 02 35.115227222           ~ 34 0
51 IRAS 11029+3130 LIN 11 05 37.53576 +31 14 32.1432           ~ 54 0
52 IC 2810B rG 11 25 49.5408391632 +14 40 06.610250208   15.4       ~ 46 0
53 IRAS 11387+4116 LIN 11 41 22.0303797864 +40 59 50.311419684           ~ 53 0
54 IRAS 11506+1331 rG 11 53 14.22000 +13 14 27.6400   17.77       ~ 67 0
55 [CGM90] IRAS 12112+0305 SW rG 12 13 45.9376041667 +02 48 39.097125317           ~ 36 0
56 IRAS 12112+0305 PaG 12 13 45.98880 +02 48 39.9600           ~ 373 0
57 [CGM90] IRAS 12112+0305 NE rG 12 13 46.10735 +02 48 41.4959           ~ 369 0
58 NGC 4194 rG 12 14 09.615 +54 31 35.93   13.79 13.30     ~ 467 2
59 Z 216-3 AGN 12 27 38.0486604336 +40 09 37.809658620   15.0       ~ 43 1
60 Z 43-99 rG 13 01 50.29128 +04 20 00.4488   15.5       ~ 91 0
61 MCG+10-19-056 AGN 13 15 35.103 +62 07 28.43   15       ~ 120 1
62 IC 883 SBG 13 20 35.37960 +34 08 21.8400   14.8       ~ 421 1
63 NGC 5257 H2G 13 39 52.92781 +00 50 24.0903   13.7 12.99     ~ 208 0
64 APG 240 PaG 13 39 55.06 +00 50 06.4   12.6       ~ 158 0
65 NGC 5258 GiP 13 39 57.6768310848 +00 49 51.009668076   13.8 12.83     ~ 186 0
66 Z 102-61 rG 13 48 14.3417662752 +15 25 38.480816964   15.74 15.46     ~ 24 0
67 NAME IRAS F13458+1540 NE G 13 48 14.7896359176 +15 25 49.804277628   15.42 15.24     ~ 20 0
68 IRAS 13469+5833 rG 13 48 40.0732515360 +58 18 52.024039452   17.5       ~ 51 0
69 Z 247-20 AGN 14 19 43.2275567784 +49 14 12.014867004   15.4       ~ 141 1
70 NGC 5653 AGN 14 30 10.4187147048 +31 12 55.568509596   12.7       ~ 184 1
71 LEDA 52270 Sy1 14 37 38.2867288488 -15 00 24.087592692   16.58 16.40     ~ 300 2
72 2MASX J14423488+6606043 AGN 14 42 34.9628485920 +66 06 04.675857696           ~ 13 0
73 IRAS 15043+5754 AGN 15 05 39.52920 +57 43 07.4028           ~ 41 0
74 Z 221-50 SyG 15 18 06.1187 +42 44 45.086   15.0 15     ~ 239 1
75 IRAS 15206+3342 Sy2 15 22 38.104 +33 31 35.90           ~ 111 0
76 2MASX J15265942+3558372 LIN 15 26 59.44451 +35 58 37.0521   15.61       ~ 295 1
77 LEDA 101277 G 15 37 56.5998430968 +31 29 57.912143532           ~ 13 0
78 NVSS J154015+383214 rG 15 40 15.03802 +38 32 11.4120           ~ 12 0
79 FIRST J154031.0+375814 rG 15 40 31.0423400785 +37 58 14.820883267           ~ 5 0
80 2MASX J15410590+3204466 rG 15 41 05.907 +32 04 46.63   16.36       ~ 9 0
81 LEDA 101279 G 15 41 24.903 +35 22 43.68   17.3 17.2     ~ 11 0
82 LEDA 101281 G 15 43 26.4 +32 28 59           ~ 8 0
83 LEDA 84694 rG 15 53 49.0019358144 +35 28 04.424335680   17.1 16.8     ~ 9 0
84 NAME IRAS F15543+4158 NW G 15 56 04.8372009744 +41 49 30.622951200           ~ 3 0
85 NAME IRAS F15543+4158 SE rG 15 56 05.382 +41 49 22.66           ~ 7 0
86 FIRST J155623.3+300443 rG 15 56 23.311 +30 04 43.44           ~ 19 0
87 Z 223-18 H2G 15 56 36.399 +41 52 50.56   14.3       ~ 74 0
88 2MASX J16023279+3734532 LIN 16 02 32.798 +37 34 53.28           ~ 19 0
89 NGC 6052 rG 16 05 12.8715178104 +20 32 32.607297132 13.01 13.44 13.00     ~ 362 2
90 NGC 6090E AGN 16 11 40.88448 +52 27 27.1656   16.5       ~ 43 1
91 IRAS 16334+4630 LIN 16 34 52.34448 +46 24 52.7796   17.66       ~ 52 1
92 [KVS2002] IRAS 16333+4630 E GiP 16 34 52.77 +46 24 54.1           ~ 4 0
93 SDSS J164914.09+342513.1 G 16 49 14.09177 +34 25 13.1998           ~ 55 0
94 IRAS 16474+3430 PaG 16 49 14.20173 +34 25 09.6170           ~ 61 0
95 NGC 6240 Sy2 16 52 58.9 +02 24 03   14.31 13.37     ~ 1734 2
96 APG 293 G 16 58 27.8 +58 56 48           ~ 115 0
97 NGC 6286 AGN 16 58 31.3566512040 +58 56 10.114753560   14.2       ~ 202 1
98 IRAS 17068+4027 rG 17 08 31.9721059615 +40 23 28.300445082           ~ 52 0
99 NGC 6621 AG? 18 12 55.276 +68 21 48.50   13.6       ~ 129 1
100 NGC 6701 AGN 18 43 12.429 +60 39 12.13   12.9       ~ 142 1
101 AGC 300086 G 20 57 24.0658027392 +17 07 34.908266100           ~ 11 0
102 NAME IRAS F22204?0214 NW G 22 22 57.3199607568 -01 59 29.134266108   18.12   17.09   ~ 3 0
103 NAME IRAS F22204-0214 SE G 22 22 59.2 -01 59 17           ~ 2 0
104 IRAS F22204-0214 FIR 22 22 59.2 -01 59 16           ~ 7 0
105 LEDA 101302 EmG 22 40 48.2980720224 -13 21 36.059565600   17.76   16.81   ~ 13 0
106 NAME South America rG 22 51 49.27872 -17 52 24.0600   16.97       ~ 348 3
107 IRAS 23233+0946 LIN 23 25 56.1378291192 +10 02 49.715916252           ~ 61 0
108 LEDA 90429 SyG 23 39 01.26960 +36 21 08.5896   16.17       ~ 232 1
109 Z 455-59 AGN 23 51 26.731 +20 35 10.22   14.9       ~ 237 0

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