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A CANDELS - 3D-HST Synergy: Resolved Star Formation Patterns at 0.7 < z < 1.5

Stijn Wuyts·Natascha M. Forster Schreiber·Erica J. Nelson·Pieter G. van Dokkum·Gabe Brammer·Yu-Yen Chang·Sandra M. Faber·Henry C. Ferguson·Marijn Franx·Mattia Fumagalli·Reinhard Genzel·Norman A. Grogin·Dale D. Kocevski·Anton M. Koekemoer·Britt Lundgren·Dieter Lutz·Elizabeth J. McGrath·Ivelina Momcheva·David Rosario·Rosalind E. Skelton·Linda J. Tacconi·Arjen van der Wel·Katherine E. Whitaker
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We analyze the resolved stellar populations of 473 massive star-forming galaxies at 0.7 < z < 1.5, with multi-wavelength broad-band imaging from CANDELS and Halpha surface brightness profiles at the same kiloparsec resolution from 3D-HST. Together, this unique data set sheds light on how the assembled stellar mass is distributed within galaxies, and where new stars are being formed. We find the Halpha morphologies to resemble more closely those observed in the ACS I band than in the WFC3 H band, especially for the larger systems. We next derive a novel prescription for Halpha dust corrections, which accounts for extra extinction towards HII regions. The prescription leads to consistent SFR estimates and reproduces the observed relation between the Halpha/UV luminosity ratio and visual extinction, both on a pixel-by-pixel and on a galaxy-integrated level. We find the surface density of star formation to correlate with the surface density of assembled stellar mass for spatially resolved regions within galaxies, akin to the so-called 'main sequence of star formation' established on a galaxy-integrated level. Deviations from this relation towards lower equivalent widths are found in the inner regions of galaxies. Clumps and spiral features, on the other hand, are associated with enhanced Halpha equivalent widths, bluer colors, and higher specific star formation rates compared to the underlying disk. Their Halpha/UV luminosity ratio is lower than that of the underlying disk, suggesting the ACS clump selection preferentially picks up those regions of elevated star formation activity that are the least obscured by dust. Our analysis emphasizes that monochromatic studies of galaxy structure can be severely limited by mass-to-light ratio variations due to dust and spatially inhomogeneous star formation histories.

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Stijn Wuyts, Natascha M. Forster Schreiber, Erica J. Nelson, Pieter G. van Dokkum, Gabe Brammer, Yu-Yen Chang, Sandra M. Faber, Henry C. Ferguson, Marijn Franx, Mattia Fumagalli, Reinhard Genzel, Norman A. Grogin, Dale D. Kocevski, Anton M. Koekemoer, Britt Lundgren, Dieter Lutz, Elizabeth J. McGrath, Ivelina Momcheva, David Rosario, Rosalind E. Skelton, Linda J. Tacconi, Arjen van der Wel, Katherine E. Whitaker. 2013-10-21. A CANDELS - 3D-HST Synergy: Resolved Star Formation Patterns at 0.7 < z < 1.5. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x%2F779%2F2%2F135

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