{"paper":{"title":"SCUSS u-Band Emission as a Star-Formation-Rate Indicator","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":[],"primary_cat":"astro-ph.GA","authors_text":"Cheng Li, Hong Wu, Hu Zou, Jia-Li Wang, Jun-Dan Nie, Jun Ma, Lin-Hua Jiang, Michael Lesser, Shi-Yin Shen, Tian-Meng Zhang, Xiao-Hui Fan, Xu Zhou, Yi-Peng Jing, Zhao-Ji Jiang, Zhen-Yu Wu, Zhimin Zhou, Zhou Fan","submitted_at":"2016-12-30T05:56:35Z","abstract_excerpt":"We present and analyze the possibility of using optical ${\\it u}$-band luminosities to estimate star-formation rates (SFRs) of galaxies based on the data from the South Galactic Cap ${\\it u }$ band Sky Survey (SCUSS), which provides a deep ${\\it u}$-band photometric survey covering about 5000 $deg^2$ of the South Galactic Cap. Based on two samples of normal star-forming galaxies selected by the BPT diagram, we explore the correlations between ${\\it u}$-band, H$\\alpha$, and IR luminosities by combing SCUSS data with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and ${\\it Wide}$-${\\it field\\ Infrared\\ Sur"},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"1612.09395","kind":"arxiv","version":1},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"}