VALES V : a kinematic analysis of the molecular gas content in H-ATLAS galaxies at z ∼ 0.03-0.35 using ALMA

Molina, J; Ibar, Edo; Villanueva, V; Escala, A; Cheng, C; Baes, Maarten; Messias, H; Yang, C; Bauer, FE; van der Werf, .; Leiton, R; Aravena, M; Swinbank, AM; Michałowski, MJ; Muñoz-Arancibia, AM; Orellana, G; Hughes, TM; Farrah, D; De Zotti, G; Lara-López, MA; Eales, S; Dunne, L

VALES V : a kinematic analysis of the molecular gas content in H-ATLAS galaxies at z ∼ 0.03-0.35 using ALMA

J Molina, Edo Ibar, V Villanueva, A Escala, C Cheng, Maarten Baes (UGent) , H Messias, C Yang, FE Bauer, . van der Werf, et al.

(2019) MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY. 482(2). p.1499-1524

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J Molina, Edo Ibar, V Villanueva, A Escala, C Cheng, Maarten Baes (UGent) , H Messias, C Yang, FE Bauer, . van der Werf, R Leiton, M Aravena, AM Swinbank, MJ Michałowski, AM Muñoz-Arancibia, G Orellana, TM Hughes, D Farrah, G De Zotti, MA Lara-López, S Eales and L Dunne

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We present Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) resolved observations of molecular gas in galaxies up to z = 0.35 to characterize the role of global galactic dynamics on the global interstellar medium properties. These observations consist of a sub-sample of 39 galaxies taken from the Valpara ́ıso ALMA Line Emission Survey (VALES). From the CO(J = 1–0) emission line, we quantify the kinematic parameters by modelling the velocity fields. We find that the infrared (IR) luminosity increases with the rotational to dispersion velocity ratio (Vrot/σv, corrected for inclination). We find a dependence between Vrot/σv and the [C II]/IR ratio, suggesting that the so-called [C II] deficit is related to the dynamical state of the galaxies. We find that global pressure support is needed to reconcile the dynamical mass estimates with the stellar masses in our systems with low Vrot/σv values. The star formation rate (SFR) is weakly correlated with the molecular gas fraction (fH2 ) in our sample, suggesting that the release of gravitational energy from cold gas may not be the main energy source of the turbulent motions seen in the VALES galaxies. By defining a proxy of the ‘star formation efficiency’ (SFE) parameter as the SFR divided by the CO luminosity (SFE′ ≡SFR/L′CO), we find a constant SFE per crossing time (tcross). We suggest that tcross may be the controlling time-scale in which the star formation occurs in dusty z ∼ 0.03–0.35 galaxies.

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galaxies: evolution, galaxies: ISM, galaxies: kinematics and dynamics, galaxies: star formation, STAR-FORMING GALAXIES, C-II LINE, INTERSTELLAR-MEDIUM, NEARBY GALAXIES, METALLICITY GRADIENTS, STABILITY-CRITERION, PHYSICAL CONDITIONS, INFRARED-EMISSION, ANGULAR-MOMENTUM, SPIRAL GALAXIES

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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8607439

MLA: Molina, J., et al. “VALES V : A Kinematic Analysis of the Molecular Gas Content in H-ATLAS Galaxies at z ∼ 0.03-0.35 Using ALMA.” MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, vol. 482, no. 2, 2019, pp. 1499–524, doi:10.1093/mnras/sty2577.
APA: Molina, J., Ibar, E., Villanueva, V., Escala, A., Cheng, C., Baes, M., … Dunne, L. (2019). VALES V : a kinematic analysis of the molecular gas content in H-ATLAS galaxies at z ∼ 0.03-0.35 using ALMA. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, 482(2), 1499–1524. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty2577
Chicago author-date: Molina, J, Edo Ibar, V Villanueva, A Escala, C Cheng, Maarten Baes, H Messias, et al. 2019. “VALES V : A Kinematic Analysis of the Molecular Gas Content in H-ATLAS Galaxies at z ∼ 0.03-0.35 Using ALMA.” MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY 482 (2): 1499–1524. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty2577.
Chicago author-date (all authors): Molina, J, Edo Ibar, V Villanueva, A Escala, C Cheng, Maarten Baes, H Messias, C Yang, FE Bauer, . van der Werf, R Leiton, M Aravena, AM Swinbank, MJ Michałowski, AM Muñoz-Arancibia, G Orellana, TM Hughes, D Farrah, G De Zotti, MA Lara-López, S Eales, and L Dunne. 2019. “VALES V : A Kinematic Analysis of the Molecular Gas Content in H-ATLAS Galaxies at z ∼ 0.03-0.35 Using ALMA.” MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY 482 (2): 1499–1524. doi:10.1093/mnras/sty2577.
Vancouver: 1.
Molina J, Ibar E, Villanueva V, Escala A, Cheng C, Baes M, et al. VALES V : a kinematic analysis of the molecular gas content in H-ATLAS galaxies at z ∼ 0.03-0.35 using ALMA. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY. 2019;482(2):1499–524.
IEEE: [1]
J. Molina et al., “VALES V : a kinematic analysis of the molecular gas content in H-ATLAS galaxies at z ∼ 0.03-0.35 using ALMA,” MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, vol. 482, no. 2, pp. 1499–1524, 2019.

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