Measuring the gas reservoirs in 10^8< M_⋆<10^11 M_⊙ galaxies at 1≤ z≤3
arxiv(2023)
Abstract
Understanding the gas content in galaxies, its consumption and replenishment,
remains pivotal in our comprehension of the evolution of the Universe. Numerous
studies have addressed this, utilizing various observational tools and
analytical methods. These include examining low-transition ^12CO millimeter
rotational lines and exploring the far-infrared and the (sub-)millimeter
emission of galaxies. With the capabilities of present-day facilities, much of
this research has been centered on relatively bright galaxies. We aim at
exploring the gas reservoirs of a more general type of galaxy population at
1.0≤ z≤ 3.0. We stack ALMA 1.1 mm data to measure the gas content of a
mass-complete sample down to ∼10^8.6 M_⊙ at z=1 (∼10^9.2
M_⊙ at z=3), extracted from the HST/CANDELS sample in GOODS-S. The
sample is composed of 5,530 on average blue (∼0.12 mag,
∼0.81 mag), star-forming main sequence objects
(ΔMS∼-0.03). We report measurements at 10^10-11 M_⊙ and
upper limits for the gas fractions at 10^8-10 M_⊙. At 10^10-11
M_⊙, our f_gas, ranging from 0.32 to 0.48, agree well with
other studies based on mass-complete samples down to 10^10 M_⊙, and
are lower than expected according to other works more biased to individual
detections. At 10^9-10 M_⊙, we obtain 3σ upper limits for
f_gas ranging from 0.69 to 0.77. These upper limits are on the
level of the extrapolations of scaling relations based on mass-complete samples
down to 10^10 M_⊙. As such, it suggests that the gas content of
low-mass galaxies is at most what is extrapolated from literature scaling
relations. The comparison of our results with previous works reflects how the
inclusion of bluer, less obscured, and more MS-like objects progressively
pushes the gas level to lower values.
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