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2015ApJ...812...83N - Astrophys. J., 812, 83 (2015/October-2)

MAGIICAT V. Orientation of outflows and accretion determine the kinematics and column densities of the circumgalactic medium.

NIELSEN N.M., CHURCHILL C.W., KACPRZAK G.G., MURPHY M.T. and EVANS J.L.

Abstract (from CDS):

We investigate the dependence of gas kinematics and column densities in the-absorbing circumgalactic medium on galaxy color, azimuthal angle, and inclination to trace baryon cycle processes. Our sample of 30 foreground isolated galaxies at imaged with the Hubble Space Telescope, is probed by background quasars within a projected distance of From the high-resolution ( km/s) quasar spectra, we quantify the extent of the absorber velocity structure with pixel-velocity two-point correlation functions. Absorbers with the largest velocity dispersions are associated with blue, face-on () galaxies probed along the projected minor axis (), while those with the smallest velocity dispersions belong to red, face-on galaxies along the minor axis. The velocity structure is similar for edge-on () galaxies regardless of galaxy color or azimuthal angle, for red galaxies with azimuthal angle, and for blue and red galaxies probed along the projected major axis (). The cloud column densities for face-on galaxies and red galaxies are smaller than for edge-on galaxies and blue galaxies, respectively. These results are consistent with biconical outflows along the minor axis for star-forming galaxies and accreting and/or rotating gas, which is most easily observed in edge-on galaxies probed along the major axis. Gas entrained in outflows may be fragmented with large velocity dispersions, while gas accreting onto or rotating around galaxies may be more coherent due to large path lengths and smaller velocity dispersions. Quiescent galaxies may exhibit little-to-no outflows along the minor axis, while accretion/rotation may exist along the major axis.

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Journal keyword(s): galaxies: evolution - galaxies: halos - quasars: absorption lines

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