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SDSS-IV MaNGA: properties of galaxies with kinematically decoupled stellar and gaseous components

Jin, Yifei; Chen, Yanmei; Shi, Yong; Tremonti, C. A.; Bershady, M. A.; Merrifield, M.; Emsellem, E.; Fu, Hai; Wake, D.; Bundy, K.; Lin, Lihwai; Argudo-Fernandez, M.; Huang, Song; Stark, D. V.; Storchi-Bergmann, T.; Bizyaev, D.; Brownstein, J.; Chisholm, J.; Guo, Qi; Hao, Lei; Hu, Jian; Li, Cheng; Li, Ran; Masters, K. L.; Malanushenko, E.; Pan, Kaike; Riffel, R. A.; Roman-Lopes, A.; Simmons, A.; Thomas, D.; Wang, Lan; Westfall, K.; Yan, Renbin

Authors

Yifei Jin

Yanmei Chen

Yong Shi

C. A. Tremonti

M. A. Bershady

M. Merrifield

E. Emsellem

Hai Fu

D. Wake

K. Bundy

Lihwai Lin

M. Argudo-Fernandez

Song Huang

D. V. Stark

T. Storchi-Bergmann

D. Bizyaev

J. Brownstein

J. Chisholm

Qi Guo

Lei Hao

Jian Hu

Cheng Li

Ran Li

K. L. Masters

E. Malanushenko

Kaike Pan

R. A. Riffel

A. Roman-Lopes

A. Simmons

D. Thomas

Lan Wang

K. Westfall

Renbin Yan



Abstract

We study the properties of 66 galaxies with kinematically misaligned gas and stars from MaNGA survey. The fraction of kinematically misaligned galaxies varies with galaxy physical parameters, i.e. M*, SFR and sSFR. According to their sSFR, we further classify these 66 galaxies into three categories, 10 star-forming, 26 ‘Green Valley’ and 30 quiescent ones. The properties of different types of kinematically misaligned galaxies are different in that the star-forming ones have positive gradient in Dn4000 and higher gas-phase metallicity, while the green valley/quiescent ones have negative Dn4000 gradients and lower gas-phase metallicity on average. There is evidence that all types of the kinematically misaligned galaxies tend to live in more isolated environment. Based on all these observational results, we propose a scenario for the formation of star-forming galaxies with kinematically misaligned gas and stars \-− the progenitor accretes misaligned gas from a gas-rich dwarf or cosmic web, the cancellation of angular momentum from gas–gas collisions between the pre-existing gas and the accreted gas largely accelerates gas inflow, leading to fast centrally concentrated star formation. The higher metallicity is due to enrichment from this star formation. For the kinematically misaligned green valley and quiescent galaxies, they might be formed through gas-poor progenitors accreting kinematically misaligned gas from satellites which are smaller in mass.

Citation

Jin, Y., Chen, Y., Shi, Y., Tremonti, C. A., Bershady, M. A., Merrifield, M., …Yan, R. (2016). SDSS-IV MaNGA: properties of galaxies with kinematically decoupled stellar and gaseous components. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 463(1), 913-926. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw2055

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Aug 11, 2016
Online Publication Date Aug 17, 2016
Publication Date Nov 21, 2016
Deposit Date Oct 3, 2016
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Print ISSN 0035-8711
Electronic ISSN 1365-2966
Publisher Oxford University Press
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 463
Issue 1
Pages 913-926
DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw2055
Keywords Galaxy: abundances; galaxies: evolution; galaxies: formation; galaxies: stellar content; galaxies: structure
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/827590
Publisher URL http://mnras.oxfordjournals.org/content/463/1/913

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