The large-scale structure supplies the formation of gas-star misaligned galaxies

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Hauptverfasser: Bao, Min, Chen, Yanmei, Gu, Qiusheng, Wang, Huiyuan, Shi, Yong, Wang, Peng
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author Bao, Min
Chen, Yanmei
Gu, Qiusheng
Wang, Huiyuan
Shi, Yong
Wang, Peng
author_facet Bao, Min
Chen, Yanmei
Gu, Qiusheng
Wang, Huiyuan
Shi, Yong
Wang, Peng
contents Using the integral field unit data from the Mapping Nearby Galaxies at Apache Point Observatory (MaNGA) survey, we build a sample of gas-star misaligned galaxies. The large-scale environment of misaligned galaxies is dominated by filaments and clusters, while is less dense relative to the gas-star aligned control galaxies. The direction of the large-scale structure (LSS) is defined by its minor axis ($\vec{e_{3}}$), which indicates the slowest collapsing direction. For the aligned controls, the gas and stellar spins are preferentially perpendicular to $\vec{e_{3}}$, since these galaxies reside in high-mass host haloes. For the misaligned galaxies, the gas spins also tend to be perpendicular to $\vec{e_{3}}$, suggesting that misaligned gas is recently accreted from the LSS. Meanwhile, there is no correlation between their stellar spins and $\vec{e_{3}}$. There are two possible explanations for this observational phenomenon: (1) the large-scale environments of misaligned galaxies evolve as they grow, with stellar angular momenta acquiring in different environments having different orientations; (2) the correlation between stellar spins and the LSS is smeared out since a relatively higher portion of misaligned galaxies in sheet environments are statistically analysed together with those in filament environments.
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spellingShingle The large-scale structure supplies the formation of gas-star misaligned galaxies
Bao, Min
Chen, Yanmei
Gu, Qiusheng
Wang, Huiyuan
Shi, Yong
Wang, Peng
Astrophysics of Galaxies
Using the integral field unit data from the Mapping Nearby Galaxies at Apache Point Observatory (MaNGA) survey, we build a sample of gas-star misaligned galaxies. The large-scale environment of misaligned galaxies is dominated by filaments and clusters, while is less dense relative to the gas-star aligned control galaxies. The direction of the large-scale structure (LSS) is defined by its minor axis ($\vec{e_{3}}$), which indicates the slowest collapsing direction. For the aligned controls, the gas and stellar spins are preferentially perpendicular to $\vec{e_{3}}$, since these galaxies reside in high-mass host haloes. For the misaligned galaxies, the gas spins also tend to be perpendicular to $\vec{e_{3}}$, suggesting that misaligned gas is recently accreted from the LSS. Meanwhile, there is no correlation between their stellar spins and $\vec{e_{3}}$. There are two possible explanations for this observational phenomenon: (1) the large-scale environments of misaligned galaxies evolve as they grow, with stellar angular momenta acquiring in different environments having different orientations; (2) the correlation between stellar spins and the LSS is smeared out since a relatively higher portion of misaligned galaxies in sheet environments are statistically analysed together with those in filament environments.
title The large-scale structure supplies the formation of gas-star misaligned galaxies
topic Astrophysics of Galaxies
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.02219