CLASSY XI: Tracing Neutral Gas Properties using UV Absorption Lines and 21-cm Observations
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| author | Parker, Kaelee S. Berg, Danielle A. Gazagnes, Simon Chisholm, John James, Bethan L. Hayes, Matthew Heckman, Timothy Henry, Alaina Berg, Michelle A. Arellano-Cordova, Karla Z. Xu, Xinfeng Erb, Dawn K. Martin, Crystal L. Hu, Weida Skillman, Evan D. McQuinn, Kristen B. W. Chen, Zuyi Stark, Dan P. |
| author_facet | Parker, Kaelee S. Berg, Danielle A. Gazagnes, Simon Chisholm, John James, Bethan L. Hayes, Matthew Heckman, Timothy Henry, Alaina Berg, Michelle A. Arellano-Cordova, Karla Z. Xu, Xinfeng Erb, Dawn K. Martin, Crystal L. Hu, Weida Skillman, Evan D. McQuinn, Kristen B. W. Chen, Zuyi Stark, Dan P. |
| contents | Rest-frame far-ultraviolet (FUV) observations from JWST are revolutionizing our understanding of the high-z galaxies that drove reionization and the mechanisms by which they accomplished it. To fully interpret these observations, we must be able to diagnose how properties of the interstellar medium (ISM; e.g., column density, covering fraction, outflow velocity) directly relate to the absorption features produced. Using the high-S/N and high-resolution FUV spectra of 45 nearby star-forming galaxies from CLASSY, we present the largest uniform, simultaneous characterization of neutral and low-ionization state (LIS) interstellar UV absorption lines (OI, SiII, SII, CII, AlII) across a wide range of galaxy properties. We also present 21-cm HI observations for 35 galaxies, multiple of which are gas-poor or non-detected, possibly indicating the onset of a post-starburst phase. We find that our simultaneous 1-component Voigt profile fits are capable of accurately modeling the LIS absorption for ~75% of galaxies, mitigating challenges associated with saturation, infilling, and degeneracies. While the most massive galaxies require additional components, our 1-component fits return average properties of the absorbing gas and follow the scaling relations described by a single gas cloud. We explore connections between LIS absorption and direct tracers of the neutral ISM (OI, Ly-alpha, HI 21-cm), finding that CII most closely traces the neutral gas trends while other ions exhibit weaker correlations. Given the challenges with directly observing HI at higher-z, we demonstrate that LIS absorption can be a powerful means to study the neutral ISM and present empirical relationships for predicting neutral gas properties. |
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| spellingShingle | CLASSY XI: Tracing Neutral Gas Properties using UV Absorption Lines and 21-cm Observations Parker, Kaelee S. Berg, Danielle A. Gazagnes, Simon Chisholm, John James, Bethan L. Hayes, Matthew Heckman, Timothy Henry, Alaina Berg, Michelle A. Arellano-Cordova, Karla Z. Xu, Xinfeng Erb, Dawn K. Martin, Crystal L. Hu, Weida Skillman, Evan D. McQuinn, Kristen B. W. Chen, Zuyi Stark, Dan P. Astrophysics of Galaxies Rest-frame far-ultraviolet (FUV) observations from JWST are revolutionizing our understanding of the high-z galaxies that drove reionization and the mechanisms by which they accomplished it. To fully interpret these observations, we must be able to diagnose how properties of the interstellar medium (ISM; e.g., column density, covering fraction, outflow velocity) directly relate to the absorption features produced. Using the high-S/N and high-resolution FUV spectra of 45 nearby star-forming galaxies from CLASSY, we present the largest uniform, simultaneous characterization of neutral and low-ionization state (LIS) interstellar UV absorption lines (OI, SiII, SII, CII, AlII) across a wide range of galaxy properties. We also present 21-cm HI observations for 35 galaxies, multiple of which are gas-poor or non-detected, possibly indicating the onset of a post-starburst phase. We find that our simultaneous 1-component Voigt profile fits are capable of accurately modeling the LIS absorption for ~75% of galaxies, mitigating challenges associated with saturation, infilling, and degeneracies. While the most massive galaxies require additional components, our 1-component fits return average properties of the absorbing gas and follow the scaling relations described by a single gas cloud. We explore connections between LIS absorption and direct tracers of the neutral ISM (OI, Ly-alpha, HI 21-cm), finding that CII most closely traces the neutral gas trends while other ions exhibit weaker correlations. Given the challenges with directly observing HI at higher-z, we demonstrate that LIS absorption can be a powerful means to study the neutral ISM and present empirical relationships for predicting neutral gas properties. |
| title | CLASSY XI: Tracing Neutral Gas Properties using UV Absorption Lines and 21-cm Observations |
| topic | Astrophysics of Galaxies |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.00236 |