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dc.contributor.author | HUNT, Leslie Kipp | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | TORTORA, CRESCENZO | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Ginolfi, M. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Schneider, R. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-11-16T16:35:30Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2021-11-16T16:35:30Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0004-6361 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/31099 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Assessments of the cold-gas reservoir in galaxies are a cornerstone for understanding star-formation processes and the role of feedback and baryonic cycling in galaxy evolution. Here we exploit a sample of 392 galaxies (dubbed MAGMA, Metallicity and Gas for Mass Assembly), presented in a recent paper, to quantify molecular and atomic gas properties across a broad range in stellar mass, M<SUB>star</SUB>, from ∼10<SUP>7</SUP> - 10<SUP>11</SUP> M<SUB>☉</SUB>. First, we find the metallicity (Z) dependence of the conversion factor for CO luminosity to molecular H<SUB>2</SUB> mass α<SUB>CO</SUB> to be shallower than previous estimates, with α<SUB>CO</SUB> ∝ (Z/Z<SUB>☉</SUB>)<SUP>-1.55</SUP>. Second, molecular gas mass M<SUB>H2</SUB> is found to be strongly correlated with M<SUB>star</SUB> and star-formation rate (SFR), enabling predictions of M<SUB>H2</SUB> good to within ∼0.2 dex; analogous relations for atomic gas mass M<SUB>HI</SUB> and total gas mass M<SUB>gas</SUB> are less accurate, ∼0.4 dex and ∼0.3 dex, respectively. Indeed, the behavior of atomic gas mass M<SUB>HI</SUB> in MAGMA scaling relations suggests that it may be a third, independent variable that encapsulates information about the circumgalactic environment and gas accretion. If M<SUB>gas</SUB> is considered to depend on M<SUB>HI</SUB>, together with M<SUB>star</SUB> and SFR, we obtain a relation that predicts M<SUB>gas</SUB> to within ∼0.05 dex. Finally, the analysis of depletion times and the scaling of M<SUB>HI</SUB>/M<SUB>star</SUB> and M<SUB>H2</SUB>/M<SUB>star</SUB> over three different mass bins suggests that the partition of gas and the regulation of star formation through gas content depends on the mass regime. Dwarf galaxies (M<SUB>star</SUB> ≲ 3 × 10<SUP>9</SUP> M<SUB>☉</SUB>) tend to be overwhelmed by (H I) accretion, and despite short τ<SUB>H2</SUB> (and thus presumably high star-formation efficiency), star formation is unable to keep up with the gas supply. For galaxies in the intermediate M<SUB>star</SUB> "gas-equilibrium" bin (3 × 10<SUP>9</SUP> M<SUB>☉</SUB> ≲ M<SUB>star</SUB> ≲3 × 10<SUP>10</SUP> M<SUB>☉</SUB>), star formation proceeds apace with gas availability, and H I and H<SUB>2</SUB> are both proportional to SFR. In the most massive "gas-poor, bimodality" regime (M<SUB>star</SUB> ≳ 3 × 10<SUP>10</SUP> M<SUB>☉</SUB>), H I does not apparently participate in star formation, although it generally dominates in mass over H<SUB>2</SUB>. Our results confirm that atomic gas plays a key role in baryonic cycling, and is a fundamental ingredient for current and future star formation, especially in dwarf galaxies. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.title | Scaling relations and baryonic cycling in local star-forming galaxies. II. Gas content and star-formation efficiency | en_US |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1051/0004-6361/202039021 | en_US |
dc.identifier.url | https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/abs/2020/11/aa39021-20/aa39021-20.html | en_US |
dc.relation.medium | STAMPA | en_US |
dc.relation.volume | 643 | en_US |
dc.relation.firstpage | A180 | en_US |
dc.type.referee | REF_1 | en_US |
dc.description.numberofauthors | 5 | en_US |
dc.description.international | sì | en_US |
dc.contributor.country | ITA | en_US |
dc.relation.scientificsector | FIS/05 - ASTRONOMIA E ASTROFISICA | en_US |
dc.relation.journal | ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS | en_US |
dc.type.miur | 262 Articolo in rivista | - |
dc.identifier.adsbibcode | 2020A&A...643A.180H | en_US |
dc.relation.ercsector | ERC sectors::Physical Sciences and Engineering::PE9 Universe sciences: astro-physics/chemistry/biology; solar systems; stellar, galactic and extragalactic astronomy, planetary systems, cosmology, space science, instrumentation | en_US |
dc.description.apc | no | en_US |
dc.description.oa | 1 – prodotto con file in versione Open Access (allegare il file al passo 5-Carica) | en_US |
item.openairecristype | http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_18cf | - |
item.openairetype | Article | - |
item.languageiso639-1 | en | - |
item.cerifentitytype | Publications | - |
item.grantfulltext | open | - |
item.fulltext | With Fulltext | - |
crisitem.author.dept | O.A. Arcetri | - |
crisitem.author.dept | O.A. Capodimonte | - |
crisitem.author.orcid | 0000-0001-9162-2371 | - |
crisitem.author.orcid | 0000-0001-7958-6531 | - |
crisitem.journal.journalissn | 0004-6361 | - |
crisitem.journal.ance | E016240 | - |
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