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Michael Kretschmer, Avishai Dekel, Romain Teyssier
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Annagrazia Puglisi, Ugne Dudzeviciute, Mark Swinbank, Steven Gillman, Alfred L. Tiley, Richard G. Bower, Michele Cirasuolo, Luca Cortese, Karl Glazebrook, Chris Harrison, Edo Ibar, Juan Molina, Danail Obreschkow, Kyle A. Oman, Matthieu Schaller, Francesco Shankar, Ray M. Sharples
Summary: We present the first results from the KMOS Ultra-deep Rotation Velocity Survey (KURVS), which examines the outer rotation curves and dark matter content of 22 star-forming galaxies at z similar to 1.5. Using Hα emission, we analyze individual rotation curves to a radius of 4 times the effective radius, finding that most curves are flat or rising between three and six disc scale radii. Our measurements suggest a declining dark matter fraction with increasing stellar mass and stellar mass surface density. The tension with high stellar mass surface density observations indicates a need to reassess baryonic processes in the most massive galaxies.
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(2023)
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G. C. Jones, D. Vergani, M. Romano, M. Ginolfi, Y. Fudamoto, M. Bethermin, S. Fujimoto, B. C. Lemaux, L. Morselli, P. Capak, P. Cassata, A. Faisst, O. Le Fevre, D. Schaerer, J. D. Silverman, Lin Yan, M. Boquien, A. Cimatti, M. Dessauges-Zavadsky, E. Ibar, R. Maiolino, F. Rizzo, M. Talia, G. Zamorani
Summary: The study investigated high-redshift (z > 4) galaxies using the ALPINE survey, with a focus on kinematic types. Through quantitative analysis, 29 high-mass galaxies were classified into a subset of the star-forming main-sequence, including rotators, mergers, and dispersion-dominated systems. The comparison of rotation curves and dynamical mass profiles revealed high rotational velocities and a variety of rotation curve shapes among the ALPINE rotators.
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(2021)
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Ankit Kumar, Soumavo Ghosh, Sandeep Kumar Kataria, Mousumi Das, Victor P. Debattista
Summary: It is now clear that stars in the Solar neighbourhood and Milky Way-like galaxies display large-scale coherent vertical breathing motions, which may be related to tidal interactions. By constructing models, scientists have found that tidal-induced spirals play a major role in driving the breathing motions, and the dynamical role of tidal interactions is indirect.
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Astronomy & Astrophysics
J. A. Sellwood, R. G. Carlberg
Summary: This paper continues to explore different aspects of disc galaxy simulations that support spiral instabilities. The study finds a correlation between the growth rate of the mode and its limiting amplitude, and identifies the role of non-linear orbit deflections and available time in the saturation and decay of the spiral instabilities.
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Enrico M. Di Teodoro, Lorenzo Posti, Patrick M. Ogle, S. Michael Fall, Thomas Jarrett
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Avishai Dekel, Nir Mandelker, Frederic Bournaud, Daniel Ceverino, Yicheng Guo, Joel Primack
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Astronomy & Astrophysics
Michael Kretschmer, Avishai Dekel, Jonathan Freundlich, Sharon Lapiner, Daniel Ceverino, Joel Primack
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Astronomy & Astrophysics
Fernanda Roman-Oliveira, Filippo Fraternali, Francesca Rizzo
Summary: The discovery of galaxies with regularly rotating discs at redshifts > 4 challenges existing galaxy formation models, which predict chaotic gas kinematics in the early Universe due to gas accretion, mergers, and efficient feedback. Studies of five highly resolved galaxies at z similar to 4.5 using ALMA observations of the [ C II ] 158 μm emission line reveal that four of them are rotating discs, indicating that early disc formation with dominant rotation is present across different galaxy types.
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Astronomy & Astrophysics
E. Parlanti, S. Carniani, A. Pallottini, M. Cignoni, G. Cresci, M. Kohandel, F. Mannucci, A. Marconi
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Astronomy & Astrophysics
Cameron W. Trapp, Dusan Keres, Tsang Keung Chan, Ivanna Escala, Cameron Hummels, Philip F. Hopkins, Claude-Andre Faucher-Giguere, Norman Murray, Eliot Quataert, Andrew Wetzel
Summary: This study analyzes gas accretion in the vicinity of galaxies using the FIRE-2 cosmological zoom-in simulations. It finds that gas approaches the disc with low radial velocities and similar angular momentum to the gaseous disc edge, piling up near the edge and settling into full rotational support for star formation. The gas moves predominantly parallel to the disc and joins largely in the outskirts, with a brief period of more vertical trajectories before joining the disc. Within the disc, gas motion is complex, dominated by spiral arm induced oscillations and feedback.
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Astronomy & Astrophysics
J. A. Sellwood, R. H. Sanders
Summary: Recent observations suggest that the ultradiffuse galaxy AGC 114905 has a rotating disc without the need for dark matter. This is surprising because a non-dark matter Newtonian disc would be expected to be unstable. N-body simulations confirm this expectation, raising questions about the galaxy's lack or scarcity of dark matter. It is also suggested that overestimating the inclination of the system could reconcile the observed rotation curve with the presence of a massive dark matter halo.
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Astronomy & Astrophysics
J. A. Sellwood, Victor P. Debattista
Summary: Any misalignment between the inner and outer disc of a galaxy will lead to the excitation of a bending wave in the outer disc, driven by torque from the inner disc. This bending wave grows in amplitude over several Gyr, aligning parts of the disc with the inner disc. The mild warps observed in simulations of disc galaxies can be excited by shot noise, particularly the quadrupole component, but larger amplitude bending waves are likely caused by perturbations from halo substructure and galaxy assembly in real galaxies.
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Astronomy & Astrophysics
J. A. Sellwood, R. G. Carlberg
Summary: This study explores the spiral responses in a stable disc galaxy model to evenly spaced perturbing masses. It reveals that the amplitudes of the responses are proportional to the masses of the perturbations, and higher mass rings can cause non-linear changes through scattering at major resonances. The net response from two rings orbiting at differing frequencies appears as a shearing spiral, demonstrating the effects of superposition on the evolution of simulations.
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K. Disseau, M. Puech, F. Hammer, H. Flores, Y. Yang, M. Rodrigues
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M. Rodrigues, F. Hammer, H. Flores, M. Puech, E. Athanassoula
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(2017)
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T. Sauvaget, F. Hammer, M. Puech, Y. B. Yang, H. Flores, M. Rodrigues
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F. Hammer, Y. B. Yang, J. L. Wang, R. Ibata, H. Flores, M. Puech
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Myriam Rodrigues, M. Puech, H. Flores, F. Hammer, N. Pirzkal
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Jianling Wang, Francois Hammer, Yanbin Yang, Vincenzo Ripepi, Maria-Rosa L. Cioni, Mathieu Puech, Hector Flores
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(2019)
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Astronomy & Astrophysics
M. Puech, H. Flores, M. Rodrigues, F. Hammer, Y. B. Yang
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(2019)
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J. Japelj, C. Laigle, M. Puech, C. Pichon, H. Rahmani, Y. Dubois, J. E. G. Devriendt, P. Petitjean, F. Hammer, E. Gendron, L. Kaper, S. Morris, N. Pirzkal, R. Sanchez-Janssen, A. Slyz, S. D. Vergani, Y. Yang
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Summary: This study presents the spectroscopic analysis of two AGNs in a galaxy cluster, revealing differences in their kinematic and morphological properties, as well as potential environmental effects on their evolution.
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P. Jagourel, E. Fitzsimons, F. Hammer, F. De Frondat Laadim, M. Puech, C. J. Evans, R. Sanchez-Janssen, I. Guinouard, F. Chemla, M. Frotin, Y. Yang, P. Parr-Burman, T. Morris, M. Dubbeldam, M. Close, K. Middleton, G. Rousset, E. Gendron, A. Kelz, A. Janssen, J. Pragt, R. Navarro, M. Larrieu, K. El Hadi, K. Dohlen, G. j Dalton, I. Lewis, M. Rodrigues, S. Morris, L. Kaper, B. Barbuy, J-G. Cuby, Olivier Le Fevre
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