The SAMI Galaxy Survey: The Link Between [$\alpha$/Fe] and Kinematic Morphology

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العنوان: The SAMI Galaxy Survey: The Link Between [$\alpha$/Fe] and Kinematic Morphology
المؤلفون: Watson, Peter J., Davies, Roger L., van de Sande, Jesse, Brough, Sarah, Croom, Scott M., D'Eugenio, Francesco, Glazebrook, Karl, Groves, Brent, López-Sánchez, Ángel R., Scott, Nicholas, Vaughan, Sam P., Walcher, C. Jakob, Bland-Hawthorn, Joss, Bryant, Julia J., Goodwin, Michael, Lawrence, Jon S., Lorente, Nuria P. F., Owers, Matt S., Richards, Samuel
سنة النشر: 2022
المجموعة: Astrophysics
مصطلحات موضوعية: Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
الوصف: We explore a sample of 1492 galaxies with measurements of the mean stellar population properties and the spin parameter proxy, $\lambda_{R_{\rm{e}}}$, drawn from the SAMI Galaxy Survey. We fit a global $\left[\alpha/\rm{Fe}\right]$-$\sigma$ relation, finding that $\left[\alpha/\rm{Fe}\right]=(0.395\pm0.010)\rm{log}_{10}\left(\sigma\right)-(0.627\pm0.002)$. We observe an anti-correlation between the residuals $\Delta\left[\alpha/\rm{Fe}\right]$ and the inclination-corrected $\lambda_{\,R_{\rm{e}}}^{\rm{\,eo}}$, which can be expressed as $\Delta\left[\alpha/\rm{Fe}\right]=(-0.057\pm0.008)\lambda_{\,R_{\rm{e}}}^{\rm{\,eo}}+(0.020\pm0.003)$. The anti-correlation appears to be driven by star-forming galaxies, with a gradient of $\Delta\left[\alpha/\rm{Fe}\right]\sim(-0.121\pm0.015)\lambda_{\,R_{\rm{e}}}^{\rm{\,eo}}$, although a weak relationship persists for the subsample of galaxies for which star formation has been quenched. We take this to be confirmation that disk-dominated galaxies have an extended duration of star formation. At a reference velocity dispersion of 200 km s$^{-1}$, we estimate an increase in half-mass formation time from $\sim$0.5 Gyr to $\sim$1.2 Gyr from low- to high-$\lambda_{\,R_{\rm{e}}}^{\rm{\,eo}}$ galaxies. Slow rotators do not appear to fit these trends. Their residual $\alpha$-enhancement is indistinguishable from other galaxies with $\lambda_{\,R_{\rm{e}}}^{\rm{\,eo}}\lessapprox0.4$, despite being both larger and more massive. This result shows that galaxies with $\lambda_{\,R_{\rm{e}}}^{\rm{\,eo}}\lessapprox0.4$ experience a similar range of star formation histories, despite their different physical structure and angular momentum.
Comment: 12 pages, 9 figures
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stac1221
URL الوصول: http://arxiv.org/abs/2204.12630
رقم الأكسشن: edsarx.2204.12630
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv