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HOPCAT, Dark Galaxies & Star Formation Marianne T. Doyle Ph.D. Project University of Queensland
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ASA Meeting 2005 Content HIPASS Optical Catalogue (HOPCAT) HOPCAT Science Isolated Dark Galaxies Star Formation & Galaxy Density Summary & Accessing HOPCAT Marianne Doyle Ph.D Project University of Queensland Advisor: Michael J. Drinkwater – UQ Assoc. Advisors: Elaine Sadler – Uni Sydney John Ross - UQ Collaborators David J. Rohde - UQ Kevin Pimbblet - UQ Mike Read – WFAU Edinburgh HIPASS Team – ATNF Parkes & Epping, Universities of : Melbourne, Cardiff, Western Sydney Macarthur, Wales, Swinburne, Technology Sydney, New Mexico, Manchester, Colorado, Sydney, Leicester ASTRON The Netherlands, AAO Sydney, WIYN Tucson etc….......
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ASA Meeting 2005 HIPASS Optical Catalogues HI Parkes All Sky Survey (HIPASS) & Catalogue (HICAT) Largest blind HI radio survey of the southern sky to Dec=+2 o Velocity range: 300 - 12700 km/s 4315 HI radio detected sources HIPASS Optical Catalogue (HOPCAT) 3618 (84%) optical galaxies identified Galaxy Choice category: useful for researchers
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ASA Meeting 2005 SuperCOSMOS Image Centred on HICAT positions Original HICAT parameters 1 st Digit: 6 optical galaxy choice Visually matched by 3 people to minimise galaxy selection bias 2 Digit optical galaxy choice - match categories 2 nd Digit: 3 photometry quality 6dF & NED velocities SExtractor Image Analysis ellipses Yellow for correct match
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ASA Meeting 2005
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HOPCAT Science - Isolated Dark Galaxies 4315 HI radio detected objects Dust extinction cut at A Bj < 1 mag 3692 objects Blank fields ( galaxy choice category 30):13 objects Take out over crowded fields2 objects 2 remaining objects? 1 - very faint previously observed optical galaxy in the Centaurus group – Banks et al (1999) 1- non-detection - Narrow-band follow-up observations at Parkes (Thank you Ivy Wong) Conclusion: No isolated dark galaxies are present within HIPASS Doyle et al. (MNRAS in press & astro-ph/0505591)
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ASA Meeting 2005 HOPCAT Science Star Formation & Galaxy Density Previous optical surveys - rapid decrease in star formation with increasing galaxy density (Lewis et al. 2002) WHY?? Morphology-Density Relation - Testing 2 theories In regions of high galaxy density either: fewer HI rich galaxies OR HI rich galaxies present but physical process is suppressing star formation Star Formation Rate Infrared – IRAS in 12, 25, 60 & 100 μ m 1045 IRAS – HOPCAT matches Galaxy Density - Local Surface Density Σ 10 SuperCOSMOS Galaxy Catalogue Σ 10 based on radius to 10 th nearest galaxy neighbour
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ASA Meeting 2005 60’s 40’s 50’s 10’s SFR calculated from IRAS fluxes
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ASA Meeting 2005 60’s 40’s 50’s 10’s Σ 10 calculated using SuperCOSMOS Galaxy Catalogue
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ASA Meeting 2005 Interesting preliminary results but little time! HI Mass rapidly decrease as density increases however Star Formation efficiency not a rapid change as density increases…….. Afternoon tea bribe required for further discussion……
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ASA Meeting 2005 SUMMARY HIPASS Optical Catalogue – HOPCAT 84% Optical Galaxies identified HOPCAT Science No isolated dark galaxies are present within HIPASS With increasing galaxy density Star Formation Rate decreases HI Mass decreases rapidly (preliminary result) However - Star Formation Efficiency only slight decrease (preliminary result) HOPCAT available soon at: http://HIPASS.aus-vo.org – Searchable format Synergy –MNRAS online – Complete catalogue
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