Cold-mode Accretion: Driving the Fundamental Mass-metallicity Relation at z ∼ 2
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Article Title | Cold-mode Accretion: Driving the Fundamental Mass-metallicity Relation at z ∼ 2 |
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ERA Journal ID | 45091 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Kacprzak, Glenn G., van de Voort, Freeke, Glazebrook, Karl, Tran, Kim-Vy H., Yuan, Tiantian, Nanayakkara, Themiya, Allen, Rebecca J., Alcorn, Leo, Cowley, Michael, Labbé, Ivo, Spitler, Lee, Straatman, Caroline and Tomczak, Adam |
Journal Title | The Astrophysical Journal Letters |
Journal Citation | 826 (1), pp. 1-6 |
Article Number | L11 |
Number of Pages | 6 |
Year | 2016 |
Publisher | IOP Publishing |
Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
ISSN | 2041-8205 |
2041-8213 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8205/826/1/L11 |
Web Address (URL) | https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8205/826/1/L11 |
Abstract | We investigate the star formation rate (SFR) dependence on the stellar mass and gas-phase metallicity relation at z = 2 with MOSFIRE/Keck as part of the ZFIRE survey. We have identified 117 galaxies (1.98 ≤ z ≤ 2.56), with 8.9 ≤ log(M/M o) ≤ 11.0, for which we can measure gas-phase metallicities. For the first time, we show a discernible difference between the mass-metallicity relation, using individual galaxies, when dividing the sample by low (<10 M o yr-1) and high (>10 M o yr-1) SFRs. At fixed mass, low star-forming galaxies tend to have higher metallicity than high star-forming galaxies. Using a few basic assumptions, we further show that the gas masses and metallicities required to produce the fundamental mass-metallicity relation and its intrinsic scatter are consistent with cold-mode accretion predictions obtained from the OWLS hydrodynamical simulations. Our results from both simulations and observations are suggestive that cold-mode accretion is responsible for the fundamental mass-metallicity relation at z = 2 and it demonstrates the direct relationship between cosmological accretion and the fundamental properties of galaxies. |
Keywords | cosmology: observations; galaxies: abundances; galaxies: evolution; galaxies: fundamental parameters; galaxies: high-redshift; intergalactic medium |
Contains Sensitive Content | Does not contain sensitive content |
Public Notes | For access to this article, please click on the URL link provided. |
Funder | National Science Foundation |
Byline Affiliations | Swinburne University of Technology |
University of California, United States | |
Academia Sinica, Taiwan | |
Texas A&M University, United States | |
Australian National University | |
Australian Astronomical Observatory, Australia | |
Macquarie University | |
Leiden University, Netherlands |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/w45xv/cold-mode-accretion-driving-the-fundamental-mass-metallicity-relation-at-z-2
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