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A Fundamental Plane for GAMA galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 March 2013

Maritza A. Lara-López ,
Andrew M. Hopkins ,
Angel R. López-Sánchez  and
the GAMA team
Maritza A. Lara-López
Affiliation:
Australian Astronomical Observatory, PO Box 915, North Ryde, NSW 1670, Australia email: mlopez@aao.gov.au
Andrew M. Hopkins
Affiliation:
Australian Astronomical Observatory, PO Box 915, North Ryde, NSW 1670, Australia email: mlopez@aao.gov.au
Angel R. López-Sánchez
Affiliation:
Australian Astronomical Observatory, PO Box 915, North Ryde, NSW 1670, Australia email: mlopez@aao.gov.au Department of Physics and Astronomy, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia
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Abstract

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A full appreciation of the role played by gas metallicity (Z), star-formation rate (SFR), and stellar mass (M*) is fundamental to understanding how galaxies form and evolve. Using data from the SDSS–DR7 and the GAMA surveys we study the Fundamental Plane for star-forming galaxies. Our analysis allows us to confirm the existence of a Fundamental Plane, for which stellar mass = f(Z, SFR) in star-forming galaxies.

Keywords

galaxies: abundances — galaxies: fundamental parameters — stars: formation — galaxies: statistics
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 8 , Symposium S292: Molecular Gas, Dust, and Star Formation in Galaxies , August 2012 , pp. 332
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2013

References

Lara-López, M. A., Cepa, J., Bongiovanni, A., et al. 2010a, A&A, 521, L53Google Scholar