An $H\alpha$ Imaging Survey of the all (Ultra-)Luminous Infrared Galaxies at $Dec.\ge -30^{\circ }$ in the GOALS Sample

Abstract

This paper presents the result of $H\alpha$ imaging for luminous infrared galaxies (LIRGs) and ultra-luminous infrared galaxies (ULIRGs). \textbf{It is } a \textbf{complete subsample of Great Observatories All-sky LIRG Survery (GOALS) with $Dec.\ge -30^{\circ }$}, \textbf{and} consists 148 galaxies with $log(L_{IR}/L_{\odot })\ge 11.0$. All the $H\alpha$ images were carried out using the 2.16-m telescope \textbf{at the Xinglong Station of the} National Astronomy Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences\textbf{ (NAOC),} during the year from 2006 to 2009. We obtained pure $H\alpha$ luminosity for each galaxy and corrected the luminosity for $[NII]$ emission, filter transmission and extinction. We also classified these galaxies based on their morphology and interaction. We found that the distribution of star-forming \textbf{regions} in these galaxies is related to this classification. As the merging process advanced, these galaxies tend to have a more compact distribution of star-forming region, higher \textbf{$L_{IR}$} and warmer IR-color ($f_{60}/f_{100}$). \textbf{These} results imply that the degree of dynamical disturbance plays an important role in determining the distribution of star-forming region.

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