SDSS-IV MaNGA: Probing the Kinematic Morphology–Density Relation of Early-Type Galaxies with MaNGA

Authors

J. E. Greene, Princeton University
A. Leauthaud, University of California - Santa Cruz
E. Emsellem, European Southern Observatory, Germany
D. Goddard, University of Portsmouth, UK
J. Ge, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
B. H. Andrews, University of Pittsburgh
J. Brinkman, Apache Point Observator
J. R. Brownstein, University of Utah
J. Greco, Princeton University
D. Law, Space Telescope Science Institute
Y. -T. Lin, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
K. L. Masters, University of Portsmouth, UK
M. Merrifield, The University of Nottingham, UK
S. More, The University of Tokyo, Japan
N. Okabe, Hiroshima University, Japan
D. P. Schneider, The Pennsylvania State University
D. Thomas, University of Portsmouth, UK
D. A. Wake, The Open University, UK
Renbin Yan, University of KentuckyFollow
N. Drory, The University of Texas at Austin

Abstract

The "kinematic" morphology–density relation for early-type galaxies posits that those galaxies with low angular momentum are preferentially found in the highest-density regions of the universe. We use a large sample of galaxy groups with halo masses 10^12.5 < M_halo < 10^14.5 h^-1 M_⊙ observed with the Mapping Nearby Galaxies at APO (MaNGA) survey to examine whether there is a correlation between local environment and rotational support that is independent of stellar mass. We find no compelling evidence for a relationship between the angular momentum content of early-type galaxies and either local overdensity or radial position within the group at fixed stellar mass.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-13-2017

Notes/Citation Information

Published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, v. 851, no. 2, L33, p. 1-6.

© 2017. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.

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Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aa8ace

Funding Information

J.E.G. is partially supported by NSF AST-1411642.

Funding for the Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV has been provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science, and the Participating Institutions. SDSS-IV acknowledges support and resources from the Center for High-Performance Computing at the University of Utah.

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Repository Citation

Greene, J. E.; Leauthaud, A.; Emsellem, E.; Goddard, D.; Ge, J.; Andrews, B. H.; Brinkman, J.; Brownstein, J. R.; Greco, J.; Law, D.; Lin, Y. -T.; Masters, K. L.; Merrifield, M.; More, S.; Okabe, N.; Schneider, D. P.; Thomas, D.; Wake, D. A.; Yan, Renbin; and Drory, N., "SDSS-IV MaNGA: Probing the Kinematic Morphology–Density Relation of Early-Type Galaxies with MaNGA" (2017). Physics and Astronomy Faculty Publications. 483.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/physastron_facpub/483