DUVET: Resolved direct metallicity measurements in the outflow of starburst galaxy NGC 1569
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| author | Hamel-Bravo, Magdalena J. Fisher, Deanne B. Berg, Danielle Björgvinsson, Bjarki Bolatto, Alberto D. Cameron, Alex J. Chisholm, John Fielding, Drummond B. Herrera-Camus, Rodrigo Kacprzak, Glenn G. Li, Miao Ciraulo, Barbara Mazzilli McLeod, Anna F. McPherson, Daniel K. Nielsen, Nikole M. Chu, Bronwyn Reichardt Vaught, Ryan J. Rickards Sandstrom, Karin |
| author_facet | Hamel-Bravo, Magdalena J. Fisher, Deanne B. Berg, Danielle Björgvinsson, Bjarki Bolatto, Alberto D. Cameron, Alex J. Chisholm, John Fielding, Drummond B. Herrera-Camus, Rodrigo Kacprzak, Glenn G. Li, Miao Ciraulo, Barbara Mazzilli McLeod, Anna F. McPherson, Daniel K. Nielsen, Nikole M. Chu, Bronwyn Reichardt Vaught, Ryan J. Rickards Sandstrom, Karin |
| contents | We present the results of direct-method metallicity measurements in the disk and outflow of the low-metallicity starburst galaxy NGC 1569. We use Keck Cosmic Web Imager observations to map the galaxy across 54$\arcsec$ (800 pc) along the major axis and 48$\arcsec$ (700 pc) along the minor axis with a spatial resolution of 1$\arcsec$ ($\sim$15 pc). We detect common strong emission lines ([\ion{O}{III}] $λ$5007, H$β$, [\ion{O}{II}] $λ$3727) and the fainter [\ion{O}{III}] $λ$4363 auroral line, which allows us to measure electron temperature ($T_e$) and metallicity. Theory suggests that outflows drive metals out of the disk driving observed trends between stellar mass and gas-phase metallicity. Our main result is that the metallicity in the outflow is similar to that of the disk, $Z_{\rm out} / Z_{\rm ISM} \approx 1$. This is consistent with previous absorption line studies in higher mass galaxies. Assumption of a mass-loading factor of $\dot{M}_{\rm out}/{\rm SFR}\sim3$ makes the metal-loading of NGC 1569 consistent with expectations derived from the mass-metallicity relationship. Our high spatial resolution metallicity maps reveal a region around a supermassive star cluster (SSC-B) with distinctly higher metallicity and higher electron density, compared to the disk. Given the known properties of SSC-B the higher metallicity and density of this region are likely the result of star formation-driven feedback acting on the local scale. Overall, our results are consistent with the picture in which metal-enriched winds pollute the circumgalactic medium surrounding galaxies, and thus connect the small-scale feedback processes to large-scale properties of galaxy halos. |
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| spellingShingle | DUVET: Resolved direct metallicity measurements in the outflow of starburst galaxy NGC 1569 Hamel-Bravo, Magdalena J. Fisher, Deanne B. Berg, Danielle Björgvinsson, Bjarki Bolatto, Alberto D. Cameron, Alex J. Chisholm, John Fielding, Drummond B. Herrera-Camus, Rodrigo Kacprzak, Glenn G. Li, Miao Ciraulo, Barbara Mazzilli McLeod, Anna F. McPherson, Daniel K. Nielsen, Nikole M. Chu, Bronwyn Reichardt Vaught, Ryan J. Rickards Sandstrom, Karin Astrophysics of Galaxies We present the results of direct-method metallicity measurements in the disk and outflow of the low-metallicity starburst galaxy NGC 1569. We use Keck Cosmic Web Imager observations to map the galaxy across 54$\arcsec$ (800 pc) along the major axis and 48$\arcsec$ (700 pc) along the minor axis with a spatial resolution of 1$\arcsec$ ($\sim$15 pc). We detect common strong emission lines ([\ion{O}{III}] $λ$5007, H$β$, [\ion{O}{II}] $λ$3727) and the fainter [\ion{O}{III}] $λ$4363 auroral line, which allows us to measure electron temperature ($T_e$) and metallicity. Theory suggests that outflows drive metals out of the disk driving observed trends between stellar mass and gas-phase metallicity. Our main result is that the metallicity in the outflow is similar to that of the disk, $Z_{\rm out} / Z_{\rm ISM} \approx 1$. This is consistent with previous absorption line studies in higher mass galaxies. Assumption of a mass-loading factor of $\dot{M}_{\rm out}/{\rm SFR}\sim3$ makes the metal-loading of NGC 1569 consistent with expectations derived from the mass-metallicity relationship. Our high spatial resolution metallicity maps reveal a region around a supermassive star cluster (SSC-B) with distinctly higher metallicity and higher electron density, compared to the disk. Given the known properties of SSC-B the higher metallicity and density of this region are likely the result of star formation-driven feedback acting on the local scale. Overall, our results are consistent with the picture in which metal-enriched winds pollute the circumgalactic medium surrounding galaxies, and thus connect the small-scale feedback processes to large-scale properties of galaxy halos. |
| title | DUVET: Resolved direct metallicity measurements in the outflow of starburst galaxy NGC 1569 |
| topic | Astrophysics of Galaxies |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.04600 |