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  Origin of the galaxy H i size–mass relation

Stevens, A. R. H., Diemer, B., Lagos, C. d. P., Nelson, D., Obreschkow, D., Wang, J., et al. (2019). Origin of the galaxy H i size–mass relation. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 490(1), 96-113. doi:10.1093/mnras/stz2513.

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Stevens, Adam R. H., Author
Diemer, Benedikt, Author
Lagos, Claudia del P., Author
Nelson, Dylan1, Author           
Obreschkow, Danail, Author
Wang, Jing, Author
Marinacci, Federico, Author
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1Galaxy Formation, MPI for Astrophysics, Max Planck Society, ou_2205643              

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 Abstract: We analytically derive the observed size–mass relation of galaxies’ atomic hydrogen (H i), including limits on its scatter, based on simple assumptions about the structure of H i discs. We trial three generic profiles for H i surface density as a function of radius. First, we assert that H i surface densities saturate at a variable threshold, and otherwise fall off exponentially with radius or, secondly, radius squared. Our third model assumes the total gas surface density is exponential, with the H i fraction at each radius depending on local pressure. These are tested against a compilation of 110 galaxies from the THINGS, LITTLE THINGS, LVHIS, and Bluedisk surveys, whose H i surface density profiles are well resolved. All models fit the observations well and predict consistent size–mass relations. Using an analytical argument, we explain why processes that cause gas disc truncation – such as ram-pressure stripping – scarcely affect the H i size–mass relation. This is tested with the IllustrisTNG(100) cosmological, hydrodynamic simulation and the Dark Sage semi-analytic model of galaxy formation, both of which capture radially resolved disc structure. For galaxies with msub>∗</sub> ≥10<sup>9</sup>M<sub>⊙</sub> and m<sub>HI</sub> ≥10<sup>8</sup>M<sub>⊙</sub>⁠, both simulations predict H i size–mass relations that align with observations, show no difference between central and satellite galaxies, and show only a minor, second-order dependence on host halo mass for satellites. Ultimately, the universally tight H i size–mass relation is mathematically inevitable and robust. Only by completely disrupting the structure of H i discs, e.g. through overly powerful feedback, could a simulation predict the relation poorly.

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 Dates: 2019-09-10
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 Identifiers: DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stz2513
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Title: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  Other : Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc.
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Publ. Info: Oxford : Oxford University Press
Pages: - Volume / Issue: 490 (1) Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 96 - 113 Identifier: ISSN: 1365-8711
CoNE: https://pure.mpg.de/cone/journals/resource/1000000000024150