Professor Carlton Baugh c.m.baugh@durham.ac.uk
Professor
Professor Carlton Baugh c.m.baugh@durham.ac.uk
Professor
Professor Cedric Lacey cedric.lacey@durham.ac.uk
Professor
Violeta Gonzalez-Perez
Giorgio Manzoni
We present a new model to compute the luminosity of emission lines in star-forming galaxies and apply this in the semi-analytical galaxy formation code GALFORM. The model combines a pre-computed grid of H II region models with an empirical determination of how the properties of H II regions depend on the macroscopic properties of galaxies based on observations of local galaxies. The new model gives a very good reproduction of the locus of star-forming galaxies on standard line ratio diagnostic diagrams. The new model shows evolution in the locus of star-forming galaxies with redshift on this line ratio diagram, with a good match to the observed line ratios at z = 1.6. The model galaxies at high redshift have gas densities and ionisation parameters that are predicted to be ≈2–3 times higher than in local star-forming galaxies, which is partly driven by the changing selection with redshift to mimic the observational selection. Our results suggest that the observed evolution in emission line ratios requires other H II region properties to evolve with redshift, such as the gas density, and cannot be reproduced by H II model grids that only allow the gas metallicity and ionisation parameter to vary.
Baugh, C., Lacey, C. G., Gonzalez-Perez, V., & Manzoni, G. (2022). Modelling emission lines in star-forming galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 510(2), 1880-1893. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab3506
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Nov 25, 2021 |
Online Publication Date | Dec 3, 2021 |
Publication Date | 2022-02 |
Deposit Date | Feb 10, 2022 |
Publicly Available Date | Feb 10, 2022 |
Journal | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |
Print ISSN | 0035-8711 |
Electronic ISSN | 1365-2966 |
Publisher | Royal Astronomical Society |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 510 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 1880-1893 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab3506 |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1215646 |
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