pith. sign in

arxiv: 1312.6572 · v1 · pith:RQ3VHKU3new · submitted 2013-12-23 · 🌌 astro-ph.GA · astro-ph.CO

Decoupled gas kinematics in isolated early-type disc galaxies

classification 🌌 astro-ph.GA astro-ph.CO
keywords galaxiesaccretionexcitationfoundisolatedmechanismabundanceangular
0
0 comments X
read the original abstract

We have studied a sample of completely isolated galaxies by means of long-slit spectroscopy at the 6-m telescope. We have found that 7 of 12 (58 +/- 14 %) galaxies have revealed a presence of large-scale ionized-gas component which angular momentum is mostly differ from stellar one: 5 of 7 (71 +/- 17 %) show a visible counterrottation. The diagnostic diagram demonstrates a wide range of gas excitation mechanism. We have estimated the gas oxygen abundance in the cases where excitation mechanism by young stars dominates and have found that ionized gas has a subsolar metallicity. We concluded that cold-gas accretion from primordial cosmological filaments is unlikely for these objects, while external accretion from dwarf gas-rich satellites is more suitable.

This paper has not been read by Pith yet.

discussion (0)

Sign in with ORCID, Apple, or X to comment. Anyone can read and Pith papers without signing in.