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0.4 < z < 1.4时气体流出/流入的人口统计学和物理性质

Demographics and Physical Properties of Gas Out/Inflows at 0.4 < z < 1.4

Crystal L. Martin, Alice E. Shapley, Alison L. Coil, Katherine A. Kornei, Kevin Bundy, Benjamin J. Weiner, Kai G. Noeske, David Schiminovich

摘要:

我们目前的凯克/LRIS光谱的200多个星系的红移在0.4和1.4之间。我们结合新的测量近紫外线,低电离吸收线与先前测量的质量,光度,颜色和恒星形成率来描述银河流的人口和属性。在蓝色的恒星形成星系中,我们发现Fe II吸收的净蓝移大于200 km/s(100 km/s),接近2.5%(20%)的星系。蓝移光谱的比例并不随恒星的质量、颜色或光度而显著变化,但在特定的恒星形成速率小于约0.8 Gyr^{-1}时会下降。蓝移分数的星系属性的不敏感性,需要在这些红移准直流出,而流出分数随着蓝移的增加而下降可能反映出流出速度的角度依赖性。下降气体的低检测率,3%至6%的光谱,表明起源于(富集)流有利地对准我们的视线。我们发现这9个下落流中有4个的投射速度与扩展盘或卫星星系的运动学相当。MgII吸收的强度随着恒星质量、B波段光度和U-B颜色的增加而增加,这种趋势是由系统速度下更多的星际吸收和更大质量星系中更少的发射填充相结合而产生的。我们的研究结果提供了一个新的定量了解星系和环星系介质之间的气体流动在星系演化的关键时期。

英文摘要:

We present Keck/LRIS spectra of over 200 galaxies with well-determined redshifts between 0.4 and 1.4. We combine new measurements of near-ultraviolet, low-ionization absorption lines with previously measured masses, luminosities, colors, and star formation rates to describe the demographics and properties of galactic flows. Among star-forming galaxies with blue colors, we find a net blueshift of the FeII absorption greater than 200 km/s (100 km/s) towards 2.5% (20%) of the galaxies. The fraction of blueshifted spectra does not vary significantly with stellar mass, color, or luminosity but does decline at specific star formation rates less than roughly 0.8 Gyr^{-1}. The insensitivity of the blueshifted fraction to galaxy properties requires collimated outflows at these redshifts, while the decline in outflow fraction with increasing blueshift might reflect the angular dependence of the outflow velocity. The low detection rate of infalling gas, 3 to 6% of the spectra, suggests an origin in (enriched) streams favorably aligned with our sightline. We find 4 of these 9 infalling streams have projected velocities commensurate with the kinematics of an extended disk or satellite galaxy. The strength of the MgII absorption increases with stellar mass, B-band luminosity, and U-B color, trends arising from a combination of more interstellar absorption at the systemic velocity and less emission filling in more massive galaxies. Our results provides a new quantitative understanding of gas flows between galaxies and the circumgalactic medium over a critical period in galaxy evolution.

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