%0 Generic %1 brown2017calibration %A Brown, Michael J. I. %A Moustakas, John %A Kennicutt, Robert C. %A Bonne, Nicolas J. %A Intema, Huib T. %A de Gasperin, Francesco %A Boquien, Mederic %A Jarrett, T. H. %A Cluver, Michelle E. %A Smith, J. D. T. %A da Cunha, Elisabete %A Imanishi, Masatoshi %A Armus, Lee %A Brandl, Bernhard R. %A Peek, J. E. G. %D 2017 %K calibrations sfr %T Calibration of ultraviolet, mid-infrared and radio star formation rate indicators %U http://arxiv.org/abs/1709.00183 %X We present calibrations for star formation rate indicators in the ultraviolet, mid-infrared and radio continuum bands, including one of the first direct calibrations of 150 MHz as a star formation rate indicator. Our calibrations utilize 66 nearby star forming galaxies with Balmer decrement corrected H-alpha luminosities, which span 5 orders of magnitude in star formation rate and have absolute magnitudes of -24<M_r<-12. Most of our photometry and spectrophotometry is measured from the same region of each galaxy, and our spectrophotometry has been validated with SDSS photometry, so our random and systematic errors are small relative to the intrinsic scatter seen in star formation rate indicator calibrations. We find WISE W4 (22.8 micron), Spitzer 24 micron and 1.4 GHz have tight correlations with Balmer decrement corrected H-alpha luminosity, with scatter of only 0.2 dex. Our calibrations are comparable to those from the prior literature for L* galaxies, but for dwarf galaxies our calibrations can give star formation rates that are far greater than those derived from much of the prior literature.

@misc{brown2017calibration, abstract = {We present calibrations for star formation rate indicators in the ultraviolet, mid-infrared and radio continuum bands, including one of the first direct calibrations of 150 MHz as a star formation rate indicator. Our calibrations utilize 66 nearby star forming galaxies with Balmer decrement corrected H-alpha luminosities, which span 5 orders of magnitude in star formation rate and have absolute magnitudes of -24<M_r<-12. Most of our photometry and spectrophotometry is measured from the same region of each galaxy, and our spectrophotometry has been validated with SDSS photometry, so our random and systematic errors are small relative to the intrinsic scatter seen in star formation rate indicator calibrations. We find WISE W4 (22.8 micron), Spitzer 24 micron and 1.4 GHz have tight correlations with Balmer decrement corrected H-alpha luminosity, with scatter of only 0.2 dex. Our calibrations are comparable to those from the prior literature for L* galaxies, but for dwarf galaxies our calibrations can give star formation rates that are far greater than those derived from much of the prior literature.}, added-at = {2017-09-04T10:03:18.000+0200}, author = {Brown, Michael J. I. and Moustakas, John and Kennicutt, Robert C. and Bonne, Nicolas J. and Intema, Huib T. and de Gasperin, Francesco and Boquien, Mederic and Jarrett, T. H. and Cluver, Michelle E. and Smith, J. D. T. and da Cunha, Elisabete and Imanishi, Masatoshi and Armus, Lee and Brandl, Bernhard R. and Peek, J. E. G.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2e5341e1154dc021bbc75585aae4f558d/miki}, description = {[1709.00183] Calibration of ultraviolet, mid-infrared and radio star formation rate indicators}, interhash = {b7b89f059071f20ee0395906d1dcbd46}, intrahash = {e5341e1154dc021bbc75585aae4f558d}, keywords = {calibrations sfr}, note = {cite arxiv:1709.00183Comment: Accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal; 39 pages, 14 figures and 4 tables}, timestamp = {2017-09-04T10:03:18.000+0200}, title = {Calibration of ultraviolet, mid-infrared and radio star formation rate indicators}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/1709.00183}, year = 2017 }