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环银河系介质的发射线比和银河系的“双峰”性质

Emission line ratios for the Circumgalactic Medium and the "Bimodal" Nature of Galaxies

Huanian Zhang, Dennis Zaritsky, Jessica Werk, Peter Behroozi

摘要:

我们发现显着不同的诊断发射线比率的环星系气体与星系的恒星质量以上和以下$10^{10.4}$ M $_\odot$使用SDSS光谱。具体地说,在17,393个星系的样本中,在10和50 kpc之间的投影半径处被18,535条视线包围,我们叠加了星云强发射线的测量通量,[O { \small III}] $λ$ 5007,H $α$和[N { \small II}] $\lambda6583$,发现低质量星系周围的气体与恒星形成电离的气体具有相似的线比,而高质量星系周围的气体与活动星系核或激波电离的气体具有相似的线比。这一发现突出了星系的另一个特征,在这个恒星质量阈值之上和之下是明显不同的,但是一个与气体吸积行为更密切相关的特征被假设为负责这种二分法。

英文摘要:

We find significantly different diagnostic emission line ratios for the circumgalactic gas associated with galaxies of stellar masses above and below $10^{10.4}$ M$_\odot$ using SDSS spectroscopy. Specifically, in a sample of 17,393 galaxies, intersected by 18,535 lines of sight at projected radii between 10 and 50 kpc, we stack measured fluxes for nebular strong emission lines, [O {\small III}] $λ$5007, H$α$ and [N {\small II}] $\lambda6583$, and find that the gas surrounding the lower mass galaxies exhibits similar line ratios to those of gas ionized by star formation and that surrounding the higher mass galaxies similar to those of gas ionized by AGN or shocks. This finding highlights yet another characteristic of galaxies that is distinctly different above and below this stellar mass threshold, but one that is more closely connected to the gas accretion behavior hypothesized to be responsible for this dichotomy.

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