The Void Galaxy Survey: Star Formation Properties

Abstract

We study the star formation properties of 59 void galaxies as part of the Void Galaxy Survey (VGS). Current star formation rates are derived from $\mathrm{H}\alpha$ and recent star formation rates from near-UV imaging. In addition, infrared 3.4 $\mu \mathrm{m}$, 4.6 $\mu \mathrm{m}$, 12 $\mu \mathrm{m}$ and 22 $\mu \mathrm{m}$ WISE emission is used as star formation and mass indicator. Infrared and optical colours show that the VGS sample displays a wide range of dust and metallicity properties. We combine these measurements with stellar and HI masses to measure the specific SFRs ($SFR/{\mathrm{M}}_{\ast }$) and star formation efficiencies ($SFR/{\mathrm{M}}_{\mathrm{HI}}$). We compare the star formation properties of our sample with galaxies in the more moderate density regions of the cosmic web, 'the field'. We find that specific SFRs of the VGS galaxies as a function of stellar and HI mass are similar to those of the galaxies in these field regions. Their $\mathrm{SFR}\alpha$ is slightly elevated than the galaxies in the field for a given total HI mass. In the global star formation picture presented by Kennicutt-Schmidt, VGS galaxies fall into the regime of low average star formation and correspondingly low HI surface density. Their mean $\mathrm{SFR}\alpha /{\mathrm{M}}_{\mathrm{HI}}$ and $\mathrm{SFR}\alpha /{\mathrm{M}}_{\ast }$ are of the order of $10^{-9.9}$ $\mathrm{y}{\mathrm{r}}^{-1}$. We conclude that while the large scale underdense environment must play some role in galaxy formation and growth through accretion, we find that even with respect to other galaxies in the more mildly underdense regions, the increase in star formation rate is only marginal.

18 pages, 17 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS

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