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The Properties of Ultraviolet-Luminous Galaxies at the Current Epoch
Timothy M. Heckman ; Charles G. Hoopes ; Mark Seibert ; Christopher Martin ; Samir Salim ; R. Michael Rich ; Guinevere Kauffmann ; Stephane Charlot ; Tom A. Barlow ; Luciana Bianchi ; Yong-Ik Byun ; Jose Donas ; Karl Forster ; Patrick N. Jelinsky ; Young-Wook Lee ; Barry F. Madore ; Roger F. Malina ; Bruno Milliard ; Patrick F. Morrissey ; Susan G. Neff ; David Schiminovich ; Oswald H. W. Siegmund ; Todd Small ; Alex S. Szalay ; Barry Y. Welsh ; Ted K. Wyder ;
Date:	21 Dec 2004
Journal:	Astrophys.J. 619 (2005) L35-L38
Subject:	astro-ph
Abstract:	We have used the first matched set of GALEX and SDSS data to investigate the properties of a sample of 74 nearby galaxies with far-ultraviolet luminosities chosen to overlap the luminosity range of typical high-z Lyman Break Galaxies (LBGs). GALEX deep surveys have shown that ultraviolet-luminous galaxies (UVLGs) similar to these are the fastest evolving component of the UV galaxy population. Model fits to the combined GALEX and SDSS photometry yield typical FUV extinctions similar to LBGs. The implied star formation rates are SFR ~ 3 to 30 solar mass per year. This overlaps the range of SFRs for LBGs. We find a strong inverse correlation between galaxy mass and far-ultraviolet surface brightness, and on this basis divide the sample into ``large’’ and ``compact’’ UVLGs. The compact UVLGs have half-light radii of a few kpc or less (similar to LBGs). They are relatively low mass galaxies (~10 billion solar masses) with typical velocity dispersions of 60 to 150 km/s. They span a range in metallicity from 0.3 to 1 times solar, have blue optical-UV colors, and are forming stars at a rate sufficient to build the present galaxy in ~a Gigayear. In all these respects they appear similar to the LBG population. These ``living fossils’’ may therefore provide an opportunity for detailed investigation of the physical processes occurring in typical star forming galaxies in the early universe.
Source:	arXiv, astro-ph/0412577
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