The EDGE-CALIFA Survey: Central molecular gas depletion in AGN host galaxies – a smoking gun for quenching?. Ellison, S. L., Wong, T., Sanchez, S. F., Colombo, D., Bolatto, A., Barrera-Ballesteros, J., Garcia-Benito, R., Kalinova, V., Luo, Y., Rubio, M., & Vogel, S. N. arXiv e-prints, 2105:arXiv:2105.02916, May, 2021.
Paper abstract bibtex Feedback from an active galactic nucleus (AGN) is often implicated as a mechanism that leads to the quenching of galactic star formation. However, AGN-driven quenching is challenging to reconcile with observations that AGN hosts tend to harbour equal (or even excess) amounts of gas compared with inactive galaxies of similar stellar mass. In this paper, we investigate whether AGN feedback happens on sub-galactic (kpc) scales, an effect that might be difficult to detect with global gas measurements. Using kpc-scale measurements of molecular gas (Sigma_H2) and stellar mass (Sigma_*) surface densities taken from the EDGE-CALIFA survey, we show that the gas fractions of central AGN regions are typically a factor of \textasciitilde2 lower than in star-forming regions. Based on four galaxies with the best spaxel statistics, the difference between AGN and star-forming gas fractions is seen even within a given galaxy, indicating that AGN feedback is able to deplete the molecular gas reservoir in the central few kpc.
@article{ellison_edge-califa_2021,
title = {The {EDGE}-{CALIFA} {Survey}: {Central} molecular gas depletion in {AGN} host galaxies -- a smoking gun for quenching?},
volume = {2105},
shorttitle = {The {EDGE}-{CALIFA} {Survey}},
url = {http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021arXiv210502916E},
abstract = {Feedback from an active galactic nucleus (AGN) is often implicated as a
mechanism that leads to the quenching of galactic star formation.
However, AGN-driven quenching is challenging to reconcile with
observations that AGN hosts tend to harbour equal (or even excess)
amounts of gas compared with inactive galaxies of similar stellar mass.
In this paper, we investigate whether AGN feedback happens on
sub-galactic (kpc) scales, an effect that might be difficult to detect
with global gas measurements. Using kpc-scale measurements of molecular
gas (Sigma\_H2) and stellar mass (Sigma\_*) surface densities taken from
the EDGE-CALIFA survey, we show that the gas fractions of central AGN
regions are typically a factor of {\textasciitilde}2 lower than in star-forming regions.
Based on four galaxies with the best spaxel statistics, the difference
between AGN and star-forming gas fractions is seen even within a given
galaxy, indicating that AGN feedback is able to deplete the molecular
gas reservoir in the central few kpc.},
urldate = {2021-05-11},
journal = {arXiv e-prints},
author = {Ellison, Sara L. and Wong, Tony and Sanchez, Sebastian F. and Colombo, Dario and Bolatto, Alberto and Barrera-Ballesteros, Jorge and Garcia-Benito, Ruben and Kalinova, Veselina and Luo, Yufeng and Rubio, Monica and Vogel, Stuart N.},
month = may,
year = {2021},
keywords = {Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies},
pages = {arXiv:2105.02916},
}
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