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On the impact of empirical and theoretical star formation laws on galaxy formation

Nov, 2010

27 pages

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Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 416 (2011) 1566

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1011.5506 [astro-ph.CO]

DOI:

10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.19160.x

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Abstract: (arXiv)

We investigate the consequences of applying different star formation laws in the galaxy formation model GALFORM. Three broad star formation laws are implemented: the empirical relations of Kennicutt and Schmidt and Blitz & Rosolowsky and the theoretical model of Krumholz, McKee & Tumlinson. These laws have no free parameters once calibrated against observations of the star formation rate (SFR) and gas surface density in nearby galaxies. We start from published models, and investigate which observables are sensitive to a change in the star formation law, without altering any other model parameters. We show that changing the star formation law (i) does not significantly affect either the star formation history of the universe or the galaxy luminosity functions in the optical and near-IR, due to an effective balance between the quiescent and burst star formation modes; (ii) greatly affects the cold gas contents of galaxies; (iii) changes the location of galaxies in the SFR versus stellar mass plane, so that a second sequence of "passive" galaxies arises, in addition to the known "active" sequence. We show that this plane can be used to discriminate between the star formation laws.

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19 pages, 12 figures. Accepted for publication in MNRAS. The main body of the paper is shorter than the original submission and most of details of implementation have been moved to appendices

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