NOT DEAD YET: COOL CIRCUMGALACTIC GAS IN THE HALOS OF EARLY-TYPE GALAXIES

被引：130

作者：

Thom, Christopher ^{[1
]}

Tumlinson, Jason ^{[1
]}

Werk, Jessica K. ^{[2
]}

Prochaska, J. Xavier ^{[2
]}

Oppenheimer, Benjamin D. ^{[3
]}

Peeples, Molly S. ^{[4
]}

Tripp, Todd M. ^{[5
]}

Katz, Neal S. ^{[5
]}

O'Meara, John M. ^{[6
]}

Ford, Amanda Brady ^{[7
]}

Dave, Romeel ^{[7
]}

Sembach, Kenneth R. ^{[1
]}

Weinberg, David H. ^{[8
]}

机构：

[1] Space Telescope Sci Inst, Baltimore, MD 21218 USA

[2] Univ Calif Santa Cruz, UCO Lick Observ, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 USA

[3] Leiden Univ, Leiden Observ, NL-2300 RA Leiden, Netherlands

[4] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Phys & Astron, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA

[5] Univ Massachusetts, Dept Astron, Amherst, MA 01003 USA

[6] St Michaels Coll, Dept Chem & Phys, Colchester, VT 05439 USA

[7] Univ Arizona, Steward Observ, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA

[8] Ohio State Univ, Dept Astron, Columbus, OH 43210 USA

来源：

ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS | 2012年 / 758卷 / 02期

关键词：

galaxies: formation; galaxies: halos; intergalactic medium; quasars: absorption lines; O-VI ABSORPTION; IONIZED-GAS; PHYSICAL CONDITIONS; ELLIPTIC GALAXIES; ATLAS(3D) PROJECT; GALACTIC HALO; MOLECULAR GAS; LY-ALPHA; SYSTEMS; ORIGIN;

D O I：

10.1088/2041-8205/758/2/L41

中图分类号：

P1 [天文学];

学科分类号：

0704 ;

摘要：

We report new observations of circumgalactic gas in the halos of early-type galaxies (ETGs) obtained by the COS-Halos Survey with the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph on board the Hubble Space Telescope. We find that detections of Hi surrounding ETGs are typically as common and strong as around star-forming galaxies, implying that the total mass of circumgalactic material is comparable in the two populations. For ETGs, the covering fraction for HI absorption above 10(16) cm(-2) is similar to 40%-50% within similar to 150 kpc. Line widths and kinematics of the detected material show it to be cold (T less than or similar to 10(5) K) in comparison to the virial temperature of the host halos. The implied masses of cool, photoionized circumgalactic medium baryons may be up to 10(9)-10(11) M-circle dot. Contrary to some theoretical expectations, strong halo Hi absorbers do not disappear as part of the quenching of star formation. Even passive galaxies retain significant reservoirs of halo baryons that could replenish the interstellar gas reservoir and eventually form stars. This halo gas may feed the diffuse and molecular gas that is frequently observed inside ETGs.

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