- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/842/121
- Title:
- Investigating Tully-Fisher relation with KMOS^3D^
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/842/121
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We investigate the stellar mass and baryonic mass Tully-Fisher relations (TFRs) of massive star-forming disk galaxies at redshift z~2.3 and z~0.9 as part of the KMOS^3D^ integral field spectroscopy survey. Our spatially resolved data allow reliable modeling of individual galaxies, including the effect of pressure support on the inferred gravitational potential. At fixed circular velocity, we find higher baryonic masses and similar stellar masses at z~2.3 as compared to z~0.9. Together with the decreasing gas-to-stellar mass ratios with decreasing redshift, this implies that the contribution of dark matter to the dynamical mass on the galaxy scale increases toward lower redshift. A comparison to local relations reveals a negative evolution of the stellar and baryonic TFR zero points from z=0 to z~0.9, no evolution of the stellar TFR zero point from z~0.9 to z~2.3, and a positive evolution of the baryonic TFR zero point from z~0.9 to z~2.3. We discuss a toy model of disk galaxy evolution to explain the observed nonmonotonic TFR evolution, taking into account the empirically motivated redshift dependencies of galactic gas fractions and the relative amount of baryons to dark matter on galaxy and halo scales.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/836/199
- Title:
- IRDC G028.23-00.19 NIR polarimetry analysis
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/836/199
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The importance of the magnetic (B) field in the formation of infrared dark clouds (IRDCs) and massive stars is an ongoing topic of investigation. We studied the plane-of-sky B field for one IRDC, G028.23-00.19, to understand the interaction between the field and the cloud. We used near-IR background starlight polarimetry to probe the B field and performed several observational tests to assess the field importance. The polarimetric data, taken with the Mimir instrument, consisted of H-band and K-band observations, totaling 17160 stellar measurements. We traced the plane-of-sky B-field morphology with respect to the sky-projected cloud elongation. We also found the relationship between the estimated B-field strength and gas volume density, and we computed estimates of the normalized mass-to-magnetic flux ratio. The B-field orientation with respect to the cloud did not show a preferred alignment, but it did exhibit a large-scale pattern. The plane-of-sky B-field strengths ranged from 10 to 165{mu}G, and the B-field strength dependence on density followed a power law with an index consistent with 2/3. The mass-to-magnetic flux ratio also increased as a function of density. The relative orientations and relationship between the B field and density imply that the B field was not dynamically important in the formation of the IRDC. The increase in mass-to-flux ratio as a function of density, though, indicates a dynamically important B field. Therefore, it is unclear whether the B field influenced the formation of G28.23. However, it is likely that the presence of the IRDC changed the local B-field morphology.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/790/73
- Title:
- Iron and alpha abundance of RGBs in M31 satellites
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/790/73
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present alpha to iron abundance ratios for 226 individual red giant branch stars in nine dwarf galaxies of the Andromeda (M31) satellite system. The abundances are measured from the combined signal of Mg, Si, Ca, and Ti lines in Keck/DEIMOS medium-resolution spectra. This constitutes the first large sample of alpha abundance ratios measured in the M31 satellite system. The dwarf galaxies in our sample exhibit a variety of alpha abundance ratios, with the average values in each galaxy ranging from approximately solar ([{alpha}/Fe] ~ + 0.0) to alpha-enhanced ([{alpha}/Fe] ~ + 0.5). These variations do not show a correlation with internal kinematics, environment, or stellar density. We confirm radial gradients in the iron abundance of two galaxies out of the five with sufficient data (NGC 185 and And II). There is only tentative evidence for an alpha abundance radial gradient in NGC 185. We homogeneously compare our results to the Milky Way classical dwarf spheroidals, finding evidence for wider variation in average alpha abundance. In the absence of chemical abundances for the M31 stellar halo, we compare to the Milky Way stellar halo. A stellar halo comprised of disrupted M31 satellites is too metal-rich and inconsistent with the Milky Way halo alpha abundance distribution even if considering only satellites with predominantly old stellar populations. The M31 satellite population provides a second system in which to study chemical abundances of dwarf galaxies and reveals a wider variety of abundance patterns than the Milky Way.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/237/14
- Title:
- KASI-Yonsei Deep Imaging Survey of Clusters (KYDISC)
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/237/14
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the KASI-Yonsei Deep Imaging Survey of Clusters targeting 14 clusters at 0.015<~z<~0.144 using the Inamori Magellan Areal Camera and Spectrograph on the 6.5m Magellan Baade telescope and the MegaCam on the 3.6m Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope. We provide a catalog of cluster galaxies that lists magnitudes, redshifts, morphologies, bulge-to-total ratios, and local density. Based on the 1409 spectroscopically confirmed cluster galaxies brighter than -19.8 in the r band, we study galaxy morphology, color, and visual features generated by galaxy mergers. We see a clear trend between morphological content and cluster velocity dispersion, which was not presented by previous studies using local clusters. Passive spirals are preferentially found in a highly dense region (i.e., cluster center), indicating that they have gone through environmental quenching. In deep images ({mu}_r'_~27mag/arcsec^2^), 20% of our sample shows signatures of recent mergers, which is not expected from theoretical predictions and a low frequency of ongoing mergers in our sample (~4%). Such a high fraction of recent mergers in the cluster environment supports a scenario that the merger events that made the features have preceded the galaxy accretion into the cluster environment. We conclude that mergers affect a cluster population mainly through the preprocessing of recently accreted galaxies.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/884/4
- Title:
- KEYSTONE: ammonia structures in Galactic GMCs
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/884/4
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present initial results from the K-band Focal Plane Array Examinations of Young STellar Object Natal Environments survey (KEYSTONE), a large project on the 100m Green Bank Telescope mapping ammonia emission across 11 giant molecular clouds at distances of 0.9-3.0kpc (Cygnus X North, Cygnus X South, M16, M17, Mon R1, Mon R2, NGC 2264, NGC 7538, Rosette, W3, and W48). This data release includes the NH_3_ (1,1) and (2,2) maps for each cloud, which are modeled to produce maps of kinetic temperature, centroid velocity, velocity dispersion, and ammonia column density. Median cloud kinetic temperatures range from 11.4+/-2.2K in the coldest cloud (Mon R1) to 23.0+/-6.5K in the warmest cloud (M17). Using dendrograms on the NH_3_ (1,1) integrated intensity maps, we identify 856 dense gas clumps across the 11 clouds. Depending on the cloud observed, 40%-100% of the clumps are aligned spatially with filaments identified in H2 column density maps derived from spectral energy distribution fitting of dust continuum emission. A virial analysis reveals that 523 of the 835 clumps (~63%) with mass estimates are bound by gravity alone. We find no significant difference between the virial parameter distributions for clumps aligned with the dust-continuum filaments and those unaligned with filaments. In some clouds, however, hubs or ridges of dense gas with unusually high mass and low virial parameters are located within a single filament or at the intersection of multiple filaments. These hubs and ridges tend to host water maser emission, multiple 70{mu}m detected protostars, and have masses and radii above an empirical threshold for forming massive stars.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/893/4
- Title:
- KiDS ultracompact massive galaxies sp. obs.
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/893/4
- Date:
- 03 Dec 2021 00:37:06
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Ultracompact massive galaxies (UCMGs), i.e., galaxies with stellar masses M_*_>8x10^10^M_{sun}_ and effective radii R_e_<1.5kpc, are very rare systems, in particular at low and intermediate redshifts. Their origin as well as their number density across cosmic time are still under scrutiny, especially because of the paucity of spectroscopically confirmed samples. We have started a systematic census of UCMG candidates within the ESO Kilo Degree Survey, together with a large spectroscopic follow-up campaign to build the largest possible sample of confirmed UCMGs. This is the third paper of the series and the second based on the spectroscopic follow-up program. Here, we present photometrical and structural parameters of 33 new candidates at redshifts 0.15<~z<~0.5 and confirm 19 of them as UCMGs, based on their nominal spectroscopically inferred M_*_ and R_e_. This corresponds to a success rate of ~58% , nicely consistent with our previous findings. The addition of these 19 newly confirmed objects allows us to fully assess the systematics on the system selection-and to finally reduce the number density uncertainties. Moreover, putting together the results from our current and past observational campaigns and some literature data, we build the largest sample of ucmgs ever collected, comprising 92 spectroscopically confirmed objects at 0.1<~z<~0.5. This number raises to 116, allowing for a 3{sigma} tolerance on the M_*_ and R_e_ thresholds for the ucmg definition. For all these galaxies, we have estimated the velocity dispersion values at the effective radii, which have been used to derive a preliminary mass-velocity dispersion correlation.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+AS/105/433
- Title:
- Kinematical data of 14 early-type galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/A+AS/105/433
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- (no description available)
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+AS/122/521
- Title:
- Kinematical data on early-type galaxies. I.
- Short Name:
- J/A+AS/122/521
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- As part of an ongoing program on the main parameters of early-type galaxies, we have performed long-slit absorption spectroscopy on a sample of 21 ellipticals and S0s. We present determinations of the central velocity dispersion and, for 18 objects, velocity-dispersion profiles and rotation curves.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+AS/126/15
- Title:
- Kinematical data on early-type galaxies. II.
- Short Name:
- J/A+AS/126/15
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present new kinematical data for a sample of 38 early-type galaxies. Rotation curves and velocity-dispersion profiles are determined for 32 objects, while the central velocity dispersions are given for the whole sample. This is our second paper in a series devoted to the presentation of kinematical data on elliptical and S0 galaxies, derived from long-slit absorption spectroscopy.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+AS/126/519
- Title:
- Kinematical data on early-type galaxies. III.
- Short Name:
- J/A+AS/126/519
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present new kinematical data for a sample of 24 early-type galaxies. Rotation curves and velocity-dispersion profiles are determined for 21 objects, while the central velocity dispersions are given for the whole sample. This is our third paper in a series devoted to the presentation of kinematical data on elliptical and S0 galaxies, derived from long-slit absorption spectroscopy.
