Frequency and nature of central molecular outflows in nearby star-forming disk galaxies

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202141093" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202141093</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202141093" target="_blank" >10.1051/0004-6361/202141093</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Frequency and nature of central molecular outflows in nearby star-forming disk galaxies

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Central molecular outflows in spiral galaxies are assumed to modulate their host galaxy's star formation rate (SFR) by removing gas from the inner region of the galaxy. Outflows consisting of different gas phases appear to be a common feature in local galaxies, yet, little is known about the frequency of molecular outflows in main sequence galaxies in the nearby universe. We develop a rigorous set of selection criteria, which allow the reliable identification of outflows in large samples of galaxies. Our criteria make use of central spectra, position-velocity diagrams and velocity-integrated intensity maps (line-wing maps). We use this method on high-angular resolution CO (2-1) observations from the PHANGS-ALMA survey, which provides observations of the molecular gas for a homogeneous sample of 90 nearby main sequence galaxies at a resolution of similar to 100 pc. We find correlations between the assigned outflow confidence and stellar mass or global SFR. We determine the frequency of central molecular outflows to be 25 +/- 2% considering all outflow candidates, or 20 +/- 2% for secure outflows only. Our resulting outflow candidate sample of 16-20 galaxies shows an overall enhanced fraction of active galactic nuclei (AGN) (50%) and bars (89%) compared to the full sample (galaxies with AGN: 24%, with bar: 61%). We extend the trend between mass outflow rates and SFR known for high outflow rates down to lower values (log(10) (M) over dot(out) [M-circle dot yr(-1)] < 0). Mass loading factors are of order unity, indicating that these outflows are not efficient in quenching the SFR in main sequence galaxies.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Frequency and nature of central molecular outflows in nearby star-forming disk galaxies

Popis výsledku anglicky

Central molecular outflows in spiral galaxies are assumed to modulate their host galaxy's star formation rate (SFR) by removing gas from the inner region of the galaxy. Outflows consisting of different gas phases appear to be a common feature in local galaxies, yet, little is known about the frequency of molecular outflows in main sequence galaxies in the nearby universe. We develop a rigorous set of selection criteria, which allow the reliable identification of outflows in large samples of galaxies. Our criteria make use of central spectra, position-velocity diagrams and velocity-integrated intensity maps (line-wing maps). We use this method on high-angular resolution CO (2-1) observations from the PHANGS-ALMA survey, which provides observations of the molecular gas for a homogeneous sample of 90 nearby main sequence galaxies at a resolution of similar to 100 pc. We find correlations between the assigned outflow confidence and stellar mass or global SFR. We determine the frequency of central molecular outflows to be 25 +/- 2% considering all outflow candidates, or 20 +/- 2% for secure outflows only. Our resulting outflow candidate sample of 16-20 galaxies shows an overall enhanced fraction of active galactic nuclei (AGN) (50%) and bars (89%) compared to the full sample (galaxies with AGN: 24%, with bar: 61%). We extend the trend between mass outflow rates and SFR known for high outflow rates down to lower values (log(10) (M) over dot(out) [M-circle dot yr(-1)] < 0). Mass loading factors are of order unity, indicating that these outflows are not efficient in quenching the SFR in main sequence galaxies.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

10308 - Astronomy (including astrophysics,space science)

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

—

Rok uplatnění

2021

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Astronomy & Astrophysics

ISSN

0004-6361

e-ISSN

1432-0746

Svazek periodika

653

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

September

Stát vydavatele periodika

FR - Francouzská republika

Počet stran výsledku

27

Strana od-do

A172

Kód UT WoS článku

000702504900001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85116421374