The Mid-infrared Fine-structure Lines of Neon as an Indicator of Star For mation Rate in Galaxies

Abstract

The fine-structure lines of singly ([Ne II] 12.8 micron) and doubly ([Ne III] 15.6 micron) ionized neon are among the most prominent features in the mid-infrared spectra of star-forming regions, and have the potential to be a powerful new indicator of the star formation rate in galaxies. Using a sample of star-forming galaxies with measurements of the fine-structure lines available from the literature, we show that the sum of the [Ne II] and [Ne III] luminosities obeys a tight, linear correlation with the total infrared luminosity, over 5 orders of magnitude in luminosity. We discuss the formation of the lines and their relation with the Lyman continuum luminosity. A simple calibration between star formation rate and the [Ne II]+[Ne III] luminosity is presented.

To appear in ApJ. 8 pages

References in corpus (15)

• Star Formation in Galaxies Along the Hubble Sequence
• What Powers Ultra-luminous IRAS Galaxies?
• Estimating Star Formation Rates from Infrared and Radio Luminosities: The Origin of the Radio-Infrared Correlation
• PAHs as a tracer of star formation?
• Infrared Spectral Energy Distributions of Nearby Galaxies
• Spitzer Quasar and ULIRG evolution study (QUEST): I. The origin of the far infrared continuum of QSOs
• Pah and Mid-IR Luminosities as Measures of Star-Formation Rate in Spitzer First Look Survey Galaxies
• Mid Infrared Properties of Low Metallicity Blue Compact Dwarf Galaxies From Spitzer/IRS
• Massive star formation and evolution in starburst galaxies: mid-infrared spectroscopy with ISO-SWS
• Lx-SFR relation in star forming galaxies
• Star formation rate in galaxies from UV, IR, and H-alpha estimators
• The relationship between star formation rates and mid-infrared emission in galactic disks
• A mid-infrared spectroscopic survey of starburst galaxies: excitation and abundances
• The PAH Emission Deficit In Low-Metallicity Galaxies - A Spitzer View
• Mid-infrared luminosity as an indicator of the total infrared luminosity of galaxies

Cited by in corpus (99)

• Star Formation in the Milky Way and Nearby Galaxies
• Nuclear star formation activity and black hole accretion in nearby Seyfert galaxies
• Far-infrared Fine-Structure Line Diagnostics of Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies
• The Relationship Between Black Hole Growth and Star Formation in Seyfert Galaxies
• A New Star-Formation Rate Calibration from Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Emission Features and Application to High Redshift Galaxies
• Suppression of Star Formation in NGC 1266
• Star formation in quasar hosts and the origin of radio emission in radio-quiet quasars
• Local Luminous Infrared Galaxies. II. AGN Activity from Spitzer/IRS spectra
• Mid-Infrared Atomic Fine-Structure Emission Line Spectra of Luminous Infrared Galaxies: Spitzer/IRS Spectra of the GOALS Sample
• The Mid-Infrared High-Ionization Lines from Active Galactic Nuclei and Star-Forming Galaxies
• Diagnostic Line Emission from EUV and X-ray Illuminated Disks and Shocks around Low Mass stars
• The Effect of Active Galactic Nuclei on the Mid-Infrared Aromatic Features
• A Spitzer high resolution mid-infrared spectral atlas of starburst galaxies
• Powerful H${}_2$ Line-cooling in Stephan's Quintet : I - Mapping the Significant Cooling Pathways in Group-wide Shocks
• AGN are cooler than you think: the intrinsic far-IR emission from QSOs
• Local Luminous Infrared Galaxies. I. Spatially resolved observations with Spitzer/IRS
• Far-infrared line spectra of active galaxies from the Herschel/PACS Spectrometer: the complete database
• Pahs, Ionized Gas, and Molecular Hydrogen in Brightest Cluster Galaxies of Cool Core Clusters of Galaxies
• All the PAHs: an AKARI-Spitzer Cross Archival Spectroscopic Survey of Aromatic Emission in Galaxies
• Mid-Infrared Properties of the Swift Burst Alert Telescope Active Galactic Nuclei Sample of the Local Universe. I. Emission-Line Diagnostics
• The CO Tully-Fisher Relation and Implications for the Host Galaxies of High-Redshift Quasars
• GOALS-JWST: Tracing AGN Feedback on the Star-Forming ISM in NGC 7469
• Star Formation Rates from [CII] 158 um and Mid Infrared Emission Lines for Starbursts and AGN
• Constraining the AGN Contribution in a Multiwavelength Study of Seyfert Galaxies
• Star formation and nuclear activity in luminous infrared galaxies: An infrared through radio review
• [NeIII]/[OII] as an Ionization Parameter Diagnostic in Star-Forming Galaxies
• After The Fall: The Dust and Gas in E+A Post-Starburst Galaxies
• Mid-Infrared Spectral Measures of Star-Formation and AGN Activity in Normal Galaxies
• Dust Emission from Unobscured Active Galactic Nuclei
• A High Spatial Resolution Mid-Infrared Spectroscopic Study of the Nuclei and Star-Forming Regions in Luminous Infrared Galaxies
• Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Seyfert and star-forming galaxies
• Spitzer mid-infrared spectroscopy of compact symmetric objects: What powers radio-loud active galactic nuclei?
• Mid-Infrared Spectroscopic Properties of Ultra-Luminous Infrared Quasars
• Probing the Nuclear and Circumnuclear Activity of NGC1365 in the Infrared
• Origins Space Telescope Mission Concept Study Report
• Black Hole Accretion Correlates with Star Formation Rate and Star Formation Efficiency in Nearby Luminous Type 1 Active Galaxies
• Exploring the Connection Between Star Formation and AGN Activity in the Local Universe
• The Extreme Star Formation Activity of Arp299 Revealed by Spitzer IRS Spectral Mapping
• A New Calibration of Star Formation Rate in Galaxies Based on Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Emission
• Spitzer Spectra of a 10 mJy Galaxy Sample and the Star Formation Rate in the Local Universe
• The Most Luminous Starbursts in the Universe
• The Infrared Emission and Vigorous Star Formation of Low-redshift Quasars
• Galaxy evolution studies with the SPace IR telescope for Cosmology and Astrophysics (SPICA): the power of IR spectroscopy
• Optical vs. infrared studies of dusty galaxies and AGN: (I) Nebular emission lines
• Local Luminous Infrared Galaxies. III. Co-evolution of Black Hole Growth and Star Formation Activity?
• The nuclear and extended mid-infrared emission of Seyfert galaxies
• Star Formation Rates for Starburst Galaxies from Ultraviolet, Infrared, and Radio Luminosities
• Observations and modeling of the dust emission from the H2-bright galaxy-wide shock in Stephan's Quintet
• Recalibration of [O II] $\lambda 3727$ as a Star Formation Rate Estimator for Active and Inactive Galaxies
• Fading AGN in Post-Starburst Galaxies
• A Mid-IR comparative analysis of the Seyfert galaxies NGC 7213 and NGC 1386
• Dust-Enshrouded AGN can Dominate Host-Galaxy-Scale Cold-Dust Emission
• A New Method to Measure Star Formation Rates in Active Galaxies Using Mid-infrared Neon Emission Lines
• X-ray binary accretion states in Active Galactic Nuclei? Sensing the accretion disc of supermassive black holes with mid-infrared nebular lines
• Star Formation and Molecular Gas Diagnostics with Mid- and Far-Infrared Emission
• The Interaction between AGN and Starburst Activity in the Circumnuclear Region of NGC 7469 as Viewed with JWST
• GOALS-JWST: Pulling Back the Curtain on the AGN and Star Formation in VV 114
• From large scale gas compression to cluster formation in the Antennae overlap region
• Fueling the central engine of radio galaxies. III. Molecular gas and star formation efficiency of 3C 293
• Spitzer Spectroscopy of Infrared-Luminous Galaxies: Diagnostics of AGN and Star Formation and Contribution to Total Infrared Luminosity
• Disentangling AGN and Star Formation in Soft X-rays
• FR II Quasars: Infrared Properties, Star Formation Rates, and Extended Ionized Gas
• The Ionization and Destruction of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Powerful Quasars
• Theoretical Modeling of Emission-Line galaxies: New Classification Parameters for Mid-Infrared and Optical Spectroscopy
• Fueling the central engine of radio galaxies. II. The footprints of AGN feedback on the ISM of 3C 236
• The deeply obscured AGN of NGC4945 I. Spitzer-IRS maps of [Ne V], [Ne II], H2 0-0 S(1), S(2), and other tracers
• Mid-infrared properties of OH megamaser host galaxies. II: Analysis and modeling of the maser environment
• Average Infrared Galaxy Spectra From Spitzer Flux Limited Samples
• The State of the Molecular Gas in Post-Starburst Galaxies
• A Comparative Astrochemical Study Of The High-Mass Protostellar Objects NGC 7538 IRS 9 and IRS 1
• The infrared to X-ray correlation spectra of unobscured type 1 active galactic nuclei
• A Multiwavelength view of IC 860: What Is in Action inside Quenching Galaxies
• Active Disk Building in a local HI-Massive LIRG: The Synergy between Gas, Dust, and Star Formation
• Locating Star-Forming Regions in Quasar Host Galaxies
• Probing the High-Redshift Universe with SPICA: Toward the Epoch of Reionization and Beyond
• SOFIA/FORCAST resolves 30 - 40 um extended dust emission in nearby active galactic nuclei
• A New Radio Loudness Diagnostic for Active Galaxies: a Radio-To-Mid-Infrared Parameter
• SPICA and the Chemical Evolution of Galaxies: The Rise of Metals and Dust
• Probing the baryon cycle of galaxies with SPICA mid- and far-infrared observations
• An outflow in the Seyfert ESO 362-G18 revealed by Gemini-GMOS/IFU Observations
• A Comparative Study of Mid-Infrared Star-Formation Rate Tracers and Their Metallicity Dependence
• Physical and Chemical Structure of the Disk and Envelope of the Class 0/I Protostar L1527
• IRAS 15099-5856: Remarkable Mid-Infrared Source with Prominent Crystalline Silicate Emission Embedded in the Supernova Remnant MSH15-52
• A Multi-Wavelength Analysis of NGC 4178: A Bulgeless Galaxy with an AGN
• Calibration of mid- to far-infrared spectral lines in galaxies
• JWST/NIRSpec and MIRI observations of an expanding, jet-driven bubble of warm H${}_2$ in the radio galaxy 3C 326 N
• A Method to Extract Spatially Resolved Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Emission from Spitzer Spectra: Application to M51
• Measuring Star Formation and Black Hole Accretion Rates in Tandem using Mid-Infrared Spectra of Local Infrared-Luminous Galaxies
• Local Luminous Infrared Galaxies: Spatially resolved mid-infrared observations with Spitzer/IRS
• NGC 4102: High Resolution Infrared Observations of a Nuclear Starburst Ring
• Mid-IR cosmological spectrophotometric surveys from space: Measuring AGN and star formation at the Cosmic Noon with a SPICA-like mission
• High-resolution CARMA Observation of Molecular Gas in the North America and Pelican Nebulae
• Exploring the evolution of star formation and dwarf galaxy properties with JWST/MIRI serendipitous spectroscopic surveys
• Searching for Nuclear Obscuration in the Infrared Spectra of Nearby FR I Radio Galaxies
• ReveaLLAGN 1: JWST Emission-Line Spectra Reveal Low-Luminosity AGN with UV-Deficient SEDs and Warm Molecular Gas
• Not just PAH${}_{3.3}$: why galaxies turn red in the Near-Infrared
• AGN and star formation activity in local luminous and ultraluminous infrared galaxies
• Galaxy evolution through infrared and submillimeter spectroscopy: Measuring star formation and black hole accretion with JWST and ALMA
• The VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey (VIPERS). The complexity of galaxy populations at 0.4< z<1.3 revealed with unsupervised machine-learning algorithms