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Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/27957
Title: 1D Kinematics from Stars and Ionized Gas at z ∼ 0.8 from the LEGA-C Spectroscopic Survey of Massive Galaxies
Authors: Bezanson, Rachel
VAN DER WEL, ARJEN
Straatman, Caroline
Pacifici, Camilla
Wu, Po-Feng
Barišić, Ivana
Bell, Eric F.
Conroy, Charlie
D'Eugenio, Francesco
Franx, Marijn
GALLAZZI, Anna Rita 
van Houdt, Josha
Maseda, Michael V.
Muzzin, Adam
van de Sande, Jesse
Sobral, David
Spilker, Justin
Issue Date: 2018
Journal: THE ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS 
Number: 868
Issue: 2
First Page: L36
Abstract: We present a comparison of the observed, spatially integrated stellar and ionized gas velocity dispersions of ∼1000 massive ({log} {M}<SUB>\star </SUB>/{M}<SUB>☉ </SUB>≳ 10.3) galaxies in the Large Early Galaxy Astrophysics Census survey at 0.6 ≲ z ≲ 1.0. The high S/N ∼ 20 Å<SUP>-1</SUP> afforded by 20 hr Very Large Telescope/Visible Multi-Object Spectrograph spectra allows for joint modeling of the stellar continuum and emission lines in all galaxies, spanning the full range of galaxy colors and morphologies. These observed integrated velocity dispersions (denoted as {σ }<SUB>g,{int</SUB>}<SUP>{\prime</SUP> } and {σ }<SUB>\star ,{int</SUB>}<SUP>{\prime</SUP> }) are related to the intrinsic velocity dispersions of ionized gas or stars, but also include rotational motions through beam smearing and spectral extraction. We find good average agreement between observed velocity dispersions, with < {log}({σ }<SUB>g,{int</SUB>}<SUP>{\prime</SUP> }/{σ }<SUB>\star ,{int</SUB>}<SUP>{\prime</SUP> })> =-0.003. This result does not depend strongly on stellar population, structural properties, or alignment with respect to the slit. However, in all regimes we find significant scatter between {σ }<SUB>g,{int</SUB>}<SUP>{\prime</SUP> } and {σ }<SUB>\star ,{int</SUB>}<SUP>{\prime</SUP> }, with an overall scatter of 0.13 dex of which 0.05 dex is due to observational uncertainties. For an individual galaxy, the scatter between {σ }<SUB>g,{int</SUB>}<SUP>{\prime</SUP> } and {σ }<SUB>\star ,{int</SUB>}<SUP>{\prime</SUP> } translates to an additional uncertainty of ∼0.24 dex on dynamical mass derived from {σ }<SUB>g,{int</SUB>}<SUP>{\prime</SUP> }, on top of measurement errors and uncertainties from Virial constant or size estimates. We measure the z ∼ 0.8 stellar mass Faber-Jackson relation and demonstrate that emission line widths can be used to measure scaling relations. However, these relations will exhibit increased scatter and slopes that are artificially steepened by selecting on subsets of galaxies with progressively brighter emission lines.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/27957
URL: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/aaf16b
ISSN: 2041-8205
DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/aaf16b
Bibcode ADS: 2018ApJ...868L..36B
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