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Galaxies Probing Galaxies at High Resolution: Co-Rotating Gas Associated with a Milky Way Analog at z=0.4 | | Aleksandar M. Diamond-Stanic
; Alison L. Coil
; John Moustakas
; Christy A. Tremonti
; Paul H. Sell
; Alexander J. Mendez
; Ryan C. Hickox
; Greg H. Rudnick
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7 Jul 2015 | | Abstract: | We present results on gas flows in the halo of a Milky Way-like galaxy at
z=0.413 based on high-resolution spectroscopy of a background galaxy. This is
the first study of circumgalactic gas at high spectral resolution towards an
extended background source (i.e., a galaxy rather than a quasar). Using
longslit spectroscopy of the foreground galaxy, we observe spatially extended H
alpha emission with circular rotation velocity v=270 km/s. Using echelle
spectroscopy of the background galaxy, we detect Mg II and Fe II absorption
lines at impact parameter rho=27 kpc that are blueshifted from systemic in the
sense of the foreground galaxy’s rotation. The strongest absorber EW(2796) =
0.90 A has an estimated column density (N_H>10^19 cm-2) and line-of-sight
velocity dispersion (sigma=17 km/s) that are consistent with the observed
properties of extended H I disks in the local universe. Our analysis of the
rotation curve also suggests that this r=30 kpc gaseous disk is warped with
respect to the stellar disk. In addition, we detect two weak Mg II absorbers in
the halo with small velocity dispersions (sigma<10 km/s). While the exact
geometry is unclear, one component is consistent with an extraplanar gas cloud
near the disk-halo interface that is co-rotating with the disk, and the other
is consistent with a tidal feature similar to the Magellanic Stream. We can
place lower limits on the cloud sizes (l>0.4 kpc) for these absorbers given the
extended nature of the background source. We discuss the implications of these
results for models of the geometry and kinematics of gas in the circumgalactic
medium. | | Source: | arXiv, 1507.1945 | | Services: | Forum | Review | PDF | Favorites | |
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