Calibration of Ultraviolet, Mid-infrared, and Radio Star Formation Rate Indicators

Journal Article · Sun Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 2017 · Astrophysical Journal

DOI:https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/AA8AD2· OSTI ID:22875732

Brown, Michael J. I. ^[1]; Moustakas, John ^[2]; Kennicutt, Robert C.; Boquien, Mederic ^[3]; Bonne, Nicolas J. ^[4]; Intema, Huib T.; De Gasperin, Francesco; Brandl, Bernhard R. ^[5]; Jarrett, T. H. ^[6]; Cluver, Michelle E. ^[7]; Smith, J.-D. T. ^[8]; Da Cunha, Elisabete ^[9]; Imanishi, Masatoshi ^[10]; Armus, Lee ^[11]; Peek, J. E. G., ^[12]

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1. School of Physics and Astronomy, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800 (Australia)
2. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Siena College, 515 Loudon Road, Loudonville, NY 12211 (United States)
3. Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB3 0HA (United Kingdom)
4. Institute for Cosmology and Gravitation, Dennis Sciama Building, University of Portsmouth, Burnaby Road, Portsmouth PO1 3FX (United Kingdom)
5. Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9513, 2300 RA Leiden (Netherlands)
6. Astrophysics, Cosmology and Gravity Centre (ACGC), Astronomy Department, University of Cape Town, Private Bag X3, Rondebosch 7701 (South Africa)
7. University of the Western Cape, Robert Sobukwe Road, Bellville 7535 (South Africa)
8. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Toledo, Ritter Obs., MS #113, Toledo, OH 43606 (United States)
9. Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2611 (Australia)
10. Subaru Telescope, 650 North A’ohoku Place, Hilo, HI 96720 (United States)
11. Spitzer Science Center, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (United States)
12. Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218 (United States)

We present calibrations for star formation rate (SFR) indicators in the ultraviolet, mid-infrared, and radio-continuum bands, including one of the first direct calibrations of 150 MHz as an SFR indicator. Our calibrations utilize 66 nearby star-forming galaxies with Balmer-decrement-corrected Hα luminosities, which span five orders of magnitude in SFR and have absolute magnitudes of −24

• OSTI ID: 22875732
• Journal Information: Astrophysical Journal, Journal Name: Astrophysical Journal Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 847; ISSN ASJOAB; ISSN 0004-637X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS
CALIBRATION
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
CORRELATIONS
COSMIC DUST
GALACTIC EVOLUTION
GALAXIES
GHZ RANGE 01-100
LUMINOSITY
PHOTOMETRY
SPACE
SPECTROPHOTOMETRY
STAR EVOLUTION
STARS
ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION