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The H i content of red geyser galaxies.

Authors :
Frank, Emily
Stark, David V
Masters, Karen
Roy, Namrata
Riffel, Rogério
Lacerna, Ivan
Riffel, Rogemar A
Bizyaev, Dmitry
Source :
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society; Mar2023, Vol. 519 Issue 3, p3312-3318, 7p
Publication Year :
2023

Abstract

Red geysers are a specific type of quiescent galaxy, denoted by twin jets emerging from their galactic centres. These bisymmetric jets possibly inject energy and heat into the surrounding material, effectively suppressing star formation by stabilizing cool gas. In order to confirm the presence and evolutionary consequences of these jets, this paper discusses the scaling, stacking, and conversion of 21-cm H  i flux data sourced from the H  i -MaNGA survey into H  i gas-to-stellar mass (G/S) spectra. Our samples were dominated by non-detections, or galaxies with weak H  i signals, and consequently by H  i upper limits. The stacking technique discussed successfully resolved emission features in both the red geyser G/S spectrum and the control sample G/S spectrum. From these stacked spectra, we find that on average, red geyser galaxies have G/S of 0.086 ± 0.011 (random) + 0.029 (systematic), while non-red geyser galaxies of similar stellar mass have a G/S ratio of 0.039 ± 0.018 (random) + 0.013 (systematic). Therefore, we find no statistically significant evidence that the H  i content of red geysers is different from the general quiescent population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00358711
Volume :
519
Issue :
3
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
161585836
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac3784