On the existence, rareness and uniqueness of quenched HI-rich galaxies in the local Universe

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Auteurs principaux: Li, Xiao, Li, Cheng, Mo, H. J., Hu, Jianhong, Wang, Jing, Xiao, Ting
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author Li, Xiao
Li, Cheng
Mo, H. J.
Hu, Jianhong
Wang, Jing
Xiao, Ting
author_facet Li, Xiao
Li, Cheng
Mo, H. J.
Hu, Jianhong
Wang, Jing
Xiao, Ting
contents Using data from ALFALFA, xGASS, HI-MaNGA and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), we identify a sample of 47 "red but HI-rich"(RR) galaxies with $NUV-r > 5$ and unusually high HI-to-stellar mass ratios. We compare the optical properties and local environments between the RR galaxies and a control sample of "red and HI-normal"(RN) galaxies that are matched in stellar mass and color. The two samples are similar in the optical properties typical of massive red (quenched) galaxies in the local Universe. The RR sample tends to be associated with slightly lower-density environments and has lower clustering amplitudes and smaller neighbor counts at scales from several kiloparsecs to a few Megaparsecs. The results are consistent with the RR galaxies preferentially being located at the center of low-mass halos, with a median halo mass $\sim 10^{12}h^{-1}M_{\odot}$ compared to $\sim 10^{12.5}h^{-1}M_{\odot}$ for the RN sample. This result is confirmed by the SDSS group catalog which reveals a central fraction of 89% for the RR sample, compared to $\sim 60\%$ for the RN sample. If assumed to follow the HI size-mass relation of normal galaxies, the RR galaxies have an average HI-to-optical radius ratio of $R_{HI}/R_{90}\sim 4$, four times the average ratio for the RN sample. We compare our RR sample with similar samples in previous studies, and quantify the population of RR galaxies using the SDSS complete sample. We conclude that the RR galaxies form a unique but rare population, accounting for only a small fraction of the massive quiescent galaxy population. We discuss the formation scenarios of the RR galaxies.
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spellingShingle On the existence, rareness and uniqueness of quenched HI-rich galaxies in the local Universe
Li, Xiao
Li, Cheng
Mo, H. J.
Hu, Jianhong
Wang, Jing
Xiao, Ting
Astrophysics of Galaxies
Using data from ALFALFA, xGASS, HI-MaNGA and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), we identify a sample of 47 "red but HI-rich"(RR) galaxies with $NUV-r > 5$ and unusually high HI-to-stellar mass ratios. We compare the optical properties and local environments between the RR galaxies and a control sample of "red and HI-normal"(RN) galaxies that are matched in stellar mass and color. The two samples are similar in the optical properties typical of massive red (quenched) galaxies in the local Universe. The RR sample tends to be associated with slightly lower-density environments and has lower clustering amplitudes and smaller neighbor counts at scales from several kiloparsecs to a few Megaparsecs. The results are consistent with the RR galaxies preferentially being located at the center of low-mass halos, with a median halo mass $\sim 10^{12}h^{-1}M_{\odot}$ compared to $\sim 10^{12.5}h^{-1}M_{\odot}$ for the RN sample. This result is confirmed by the SDSS group catalog which reveals a central fraction of 89% for the RR sample, compared to $\sim 60\%$ for the RN sample. If assumed to follow the HI size-mass relation of normal galaxies, the RR galaxies have an average HI-to-optical radius ratio of $R_{HI}/R_{90}\sim 4$, four times the average ratio for the RN sample. We compare our RR sample with similar samples in previous studies, and quantify the population of RR galaxies using the SDSS complete sample. We conclude that the RR galaxies form a unique but rare population, accounting for only a small fraction of the massive quiescent galaxy population. We discuss the formation scenarios of the RR galaxies.
title On the existence, rareness and uniqueness of quenched HI-rich galaxies in the local Universe
topic Astrophysics of Galaxies
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.03601