Abstract
We study radial profiles in Ha equivalent width and specific star formation rate (sSFR) derived from spatially resolved SDSS-IV MaNGA spectroscopy to gain insight on the physical mechanisms that suppress star formation and determine a galaxy's location in the SFR-M* diagram. Even within the star-forming 'main sequence', the measured sSFR decreases with stellar mass, in both an integrated and spatially resolved sense. Flat sSFR radial profiles are observed for log(M*/M⊙) < 10.5, while star-forming galaxies of higher mass show a significant decrease in sSFR in the central regions, a likely consequence of both larger bulges and an inside-out growth history. Our primary focus is the green valley, constituted by galaxies lying below the star formation main sequence, but not fully passive. In the green valley we find sSFR profiles that are suppressed with respect to star-forming galaxies of the same mass at all galactocentric distances out to 2 effective radii. The responsible quenching mechanism therefore appears to affect the entire galaxy, not simply an expanding central region. The majority of green valley galaxies of log(M*/M⊙) > 10.0 are classified spectroscopically as central low-ionization emission-line regions (cLIERs). Despite displaying a higher central stellar mass concentration, the sSFR suppression observed in cLIER galaxies is not simply due to the larger mass of the bulge. Drawing a comparison sample of star-forming galaxies with the sameM* and Σ1 kpc (the mass surface density within 1 kpc), we show that a high Σ1 kpc is not a sufficient condition for determining central quiescence.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3014-3029 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Journal | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |
| Volume | 477 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 1 2018 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2018 The Author(s) Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society.
Funding
We thank the anonymous referee for a very supportive and thought-provoking report. F.B. thanks Alvio Renzini for his suggestion to further quantify the role of central LIER galaxies on the star formation main sequence. F.B. also thanks the organizers and participants of the Lorentz Workshop ‘The physics of quenching massive galaxies at high redshift’ for the many fruitful discussions. F.B. and R.M. acknowledge funding from the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC). R.M. acknowledges funding from the European Research Council (ERC), Advanced Grant 695671 ‘QUENCH’. M.B. acknowledges funding from NSF/AST-1517006. This work makes use of data from SDSS-IV. Funding for SDSS has been provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and Participating Institutions. Additional funding towards SDSS-IV has been provided by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science. SDSS-IV acknowledges support and resources from the Centre for High-Performance Computing at the University of Utah. The SDSS web site is www.sdss.org. This research made use of Marvin, a core PYTHON package and web framework for MaNGA data, developed by Brian Cherinka, José Sánchez-Gallego, and Brett Andrews (Cherinka et al. 2017). SDSS-IV is managed by the Astrophysical Research Consortium for the Participating Institutions of the SDSS Collaboration including the Brazilian Participation Group, the Carnegie Institution for Science, Carnegie Mellon University, the Chilean Participation Group, the French Participation Group, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, The Johns Hopkins University, Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (IPMU)/University of Tokyo, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Leibniz Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (AIP), Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie (MPIA Heidelberg), Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik (MPA Garching), Max-Planck-Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik (MPE), National Astronomical Observatory of China, New Mexico State University, New York University, University of Notre Dame, Observatário Nacional/MCTI, The Ohio State University, Pennsylvania State University, Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, United Kingdom Participation Group, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, University of Arizona, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Oxford, University of Portsmouth, University of Utah, University of Virginia, University of Washington, University of Wisconsin, Vanderbilt University, and Yale University. We thank the anonymous referee for a very supportive and thoughtprovoking report. F.B. thanks Alvio Renzini for his suggestion to further quantify the role of central LIER galaxies on the star formation main sequence. F.B. also thanks the organizers and participants of the Lorentz Workshop 'The physics of quenching massive galaxies at high redshift' for the many fruitful discussions. F.B. and R.M. acknowledge funding from the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC). R.M. acknowledges funding from the European Research Council (ERC), Advanced Grant 695671 'QUENCH'. M.B. acknowledges funding from NSF/AST-1517006. This work makes use of data from SDSS-IV. Funding for SDSS has been provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and Participating Institutions. Additional funding towards SDSS-IV has been provided by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science. SDSS-IV acknowledges support and resources from the Centre for High-Performance Computing at the University of Utah. The SDSS web site is www.sdss.org. This research made use of Marvin, a core PYTHON package and web framework for MaNGA data, developed by Brian Cherinka, Jos? S?nchez-Gallego, and Brett Andrews (Cherinka et al. 2017). SDSS-IV is managed by the Astrophysical Research Consortium for the Participating Institutions of the SDSS Collaboration including the Brazilian Participation Group, the Carnegie Institution for Science, Carnegie Mellon University, the Chilean Participation Group, the French Participation Group, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Instituto de Astrof?sica de Canarias, The Johns Hopkins University, Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (IPMU)/University of Tokyo, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Leibniz Institut f?r Astrophysik Potsdam (AIP), Max-Planck-Institut f?r Astronomie (MPIA Heidelberg), Max-Planck-Institut f?r Astrophysik (MPA Garching), Max-Planck-Institut f?r Extraterrestrische Physik (MPE), National Astronomical Observatory of China, New Mexico State University, New York University, University of Notre Dame, Observat?rio Nacional/MCTI, The Ohio State University, Pennsylvania State University, Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, United Kingdom Participation Group, Universidad Nacional Aut?noma de M?xico, University of Arizona, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Oxford, University of Portsmouth, University of Utah, University of Virginia, University of Washington, University of Wisconsin, Vanderbilt University, and Yale University. The MaNGA data used in this work are publicly available at http://www.sdss.org/dr13/manga/manga-data/ We thank the anonymous referee for a very supportive and thoughtprovoking report. F.B. thanks Alvio Renzini for his suggestion to further quantify the role of central LIER galaxies on the star formation main sequence. F.B. also thanks the organizers and participants of the Lorentz Workshop 'The physics of quenching massive galaxies at high redshift' for the many fruitful discussions. F.B. and R.M. acknowledge funding from the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC). R.M. acknowledges funding from the European Research Council (ERC), Advanced Grant 695671 'QUENCH'. M.B. acknowledges funding from NSF/AST-1517006. This work makes use of data from SDSS-IV. Funding for SDSS has been provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and Participating Institutions. Additional funding towards SDSS-IV has been provided by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science. SDSS-IV acknowledges support and resources from the Centre for High-Performance Computing at the University of Utah. The SDSS web site is www.sdss.org. This research made use of Marvin, a core PYTHON package and web framework for MaNGA data, developed by Brian Cherinka, José Sánchez-Gallego, and Brett Andrews (Cherinka et al. 2017). SDSS-IV is managed by the Astrophysical Research Consortium for the Participating Institutions of the SDSS Collaboration including the Brazilian Participation Group, the Carnegie Institution for Science, Carnegie Mellon University, the Chilean Participation Group, the French Participation Group, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, The Johns Hopkins University, Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (IPMU)/University of Tokyo, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Leibniz Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (AIP), Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie (MPIA Heidelberg), Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik (MPA Garching), Max-Planck-Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik (MPE), National Astronomical Observatory of China, New Mexico State University, New York University, University of Notre Dame, Observatário Nacional/MCTI, The Ohio State University, Pennsylvania State University, Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, United Kingdom Participation Group, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, University of Arizona, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Oxford, University of Portsmouth, University of Utah, University of Virginia, University of Washington, University of Wisconsin, Vanderbilt University, and Yale University. The MaNGA data used in this work are publicly available at http://www.sdss.org/dr13/manga/manga-data/
| Funders | Funder number |
|---|---|
| Centre for High-Performance Computing at the University of Utah | |
| F.B. | |
| NSF/AST | |
| New Mexico State University, New York University, University of Notre Dame | |
| SDSS-IV | |
| U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science Visiting Faculty Program | |
| Universidad Nacional Aut?noma de M?xico | |
| National Science Foundation Arctic Social Science Program | 1517006 |
| National Science Foundation Arctic Social Science Program | |
| Alfred P Sloan Foundation | |
| Yale University | |
| Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | |
| Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Yale School of Medicine | |
| Vanderbilt Digestive Diseases Research Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center | |
| Ohio Water Resources Center, Ohio State University | |
| Mellon College of Science, Carnegie Mellon University | |
| University of Colorado Boulder | |
| University of Utah Health | |
| The George Washington University | |
| The Johns Hopkins University | |
| University of Northern Arizona | |
| The Pennsylvania State University | |
| Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | |
| Savannah River Operations Office, U.S. Department of Energy | |
| University of Portsmouth | |
| Horizon 2020 Framework Programme | 695671 |
| Horizon 2020 Framework Programme | |
| National Council for Eurasian and East European Research | |
| Science and Technology Facilities Council | ST/M001172/1 |
| Science and Technology Facilities Council | |
| Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford | |
| H2020 European Research Council | |
| Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore | |
| University of Tokyo | |
| Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam | Heidelberg |
| Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam |
Keywords
- Galaxies: Evolution
- Galaxies: Fundamental parameters
- Galaxies: ISM
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Space and Planetary Science