COLD GASS, an IRAM legacy survey of molecular gas in massive galaxies - I. Relations between H-2, HI, stellar content and structural properties

	COLD GASS, an IRAM legacy survey of molecular gas in massive galaxies - I. Relations between H-2, HI, stellar content and structural properties
	Saintonge, Amelie 1,2; Kauffmann, Guinevere 1; Kramer, Carsten 3; Tacconi, Linda J.2; Buchbender, Christof 3; Catinella, Barbara 1; Fabello, Silvia 1; Gracia-Carpio, Javier 2; Wang, Jing 1,4; Cortese, Luca 5
刊名	MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
	2011-07-01
卷号	415 期号:1 页码:32-60
关键词	surveys galaxies: evolution galaxies: fundamental parameters galaxies: ISM radio lines: galaxies
英文摘要	We are conducting COLD GASS, a legacy survey for molecular gas in nearby galaxies. Using the IRAM 30-m telescope, we measure the CO(1-0) line in a sample of similar to 350 nearby (D-L similar or equal to 100-200 Mpc), massive galaxies (log(M-/M-circle dot) > 10.0). The sample is selected purely according to stellar mass, and therefore provides an unbiased view of molecular gas in these systems. By combining the IRAM data with Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) photometry and spectroscopy, GALEX imaging and high-quality Arecibo HI data, we investigate the partition of condensed baryons between stars, atomic gas and molecular gas in 0.1-10L galaxies. In this paper, we present CO luminosities and molecular hydrogen masses for the first 222 galaxies. The overall CO detection rate is 54 per cent, but our survey also uncovers the existence of sharp thresholds in galaxy structural parameters such as stellar mass surface density and concentration index, below which all galaxies have a measurable cold gas component but above which the detection rate of the CO line drops suddenly. The mean molecular gas fraction MH2/M* of the CO detections is 0.066 +/- 0.039, and this fraction does not depend on stellar mass, but is a strong function of (NUV - r) colour. Through stacking, we set a firm upper limit of MH2/M-* = 0.0016 +/- 0.0005 for red galaxies with NUV - r > 5.0. The average molecular-to-atomic hydrogen ratio in present-day galaxies is 0.3, with significant scatter from one galaxy to the next. The existence of strong detection thresholds in both the HI and CO lines suggests that 'quenching' processes have occurred in these systems. Intriguingly, atomic gas strongly dominates in the minority of galaxies with significant cold gas that lie above these thresholds. This suggests that some re-accretion of gas may still be possible following the quenching event.
WOS标题词	Science & Technology ; Physical Sciences
类目[WOS]	Astronomy & Astrophysics
研究领域[WOS]	Astronomy & Astrophysics
关键词[WOS]	DIGITAL SKY SURVEY ; NEARBY SPIRAL GALAXIES ; STAR-FORMING GALAXIES ; INFRARED-LUMINOUS GALAXIES ; ARECIBO SDSS SURVEY ; GAMMA-RAY EMISSION ; INTERSTELLAR-MEDIUM ; EXTERNAL GALAXIES ; CARBON-MONOXIDE ; LOCAL UNIVERSE
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000293755000022
公开日期	2015-02-02
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://119.78.226.72//handle/331011/15496]
专题	上海天文台_星系宇宙学重点实验室
作者单位	1.Max Planck Inst Astrophys, D-85741 Garching, Germany 2.Max Planck Inst Extraterr Phys, D-85741 Garching, Germany 3.Inst Radioastron Millimetr, Granada 18012, Spain 4.Univ Sci & Technol China, Ctr Astrophys, Hefei 230026, Peoples R China 5.European So Observ, D-85748 Garching, Germany 6.Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Res Galaxies & Cosmol, Shanghai Astron Observ, Shanghai 200030, Peoples R China 7.Cornell Univ, Ctr Radiophys & Space Res, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA 8.Chinese Acad Sci, Natl Astron Observ, Beijing 100012, Peoples R China 9.Univ Durham, Dept Phys, Inst Computat Cosmol, Durham DH1 3LE, England 10.Johns Hopkins Univ, Baltimore, MD 21218 USA
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Saintonge, Amelie,Kauffmann, Guinevere,Kramer, Carsten,et al. COLD GASS, an IRAM legacy survey of molecular gas in massive galaxies - I. Relations between H-2, HI, stellar content and structural properties[J]. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY,2011,415(1):32-60.
APA	Saintonge, Amelie.,Kauffmann, Guinevere.,Kramer, Carsten.,Tacconi, Linda J..,Buchbender, Christof.,...&Sievers, Albrecht.(2011).COLD GASS, an IRAM legacy survey of molecular gas in massive galaxies - I. Relations between H-2, HI, stellar content and structural properties.MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY,415(1),32-60.
MLA	Saintonge, Amelie,et al."COLD GASS, an IRAM legacy survey of molecular gas in massive galaxies - I. Relations between H-2, HI, stellar content and structural properties".MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY 415.1(2011):32-60.