Metallicity-PAH Relation of MIR-selected Star-forming Galaxies in AKARI North Ecliptic Pole-wide Survey

Abstract

We investigate the variation in the mid-infrared spectral energy distributions of 373 low-redshift ($z<0.4$) star-forming galaxies, which reflects a variety of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) emission features. The relative strength of PAH emission is parameterized as $q_{\mathrm{PAH}}$, which is defined as the mass fraction of PAH particles in the total dust mass. With the aid of continuous mid-infrared photometric data points covering 7-24$\mu$m and far-infrared flux densities, $q_{\mathrm{PAH}}$ values are derived through spectral energy distribution fitting. The correlation between $q_{\mathrm{PAH}}$ and other physical properties of galaxies, i.e., gas-phase metallicity ($12+\log (O/H)$), stellar mass, and specific star-formation rate (sSFR) are explored. As in previous studies, $q_{\mathrm{PAH}}$ values of galaxies with high metallicity are found to be higher than those with low metallicity. The strength of PAH emission is also positively correlated with the stellar mass and negatively correlated with the sSFR. The correlation between $q_{\mathrm{PAH}}$ and each parameter still exists even after the other two parameters are fixed. In addition to the PAH strength, the application of metallicity-dependent gas-to-dust mass ratio appears to work well to estimate gas mass that matches the observed relationship between molecular gas and physical parameters. The result obtained will be used to calibrate the observed PAH luminosity-total infrared luminosity relation, based on the variation of MIR-FIR SED, which is used in the estimation of hidden star formation.

19 pages, 9 figures, AJ, in press

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