Table · dataset · 2020
LARS XI. Turbulence Driven Lyman Alpha Escape
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We study the global dust and (molecular) gas content in the Lyman Alpha Reference Sample (LARS), i.e. 14 local star-forming galaxies.
Description
We characterize their interstellar medium and relate newly derived properties to quantities relevant for Ly{alpha} escape. We observed LARS galaxies with Herschel/PACS, SOFIA/FIFI-LS, the IRAM 30m telescope and APEX, targeting far-infrared (FIR) continuum and emission lines of [CII]158um, [OI]63um, [OIII]88um and low-J CO lines.
Using Bayesian methods we derive dust model parameters and estimate total gas masses for all LARS galaxies, taking into account a metallicity-dependent gas-to-dust ratio. Star formation rates were estimated from FIR, [CII]158um and [OI]63um luminosities. LARS covers a wide dynamic range in the derived properties, with FIR-based star formation rates from ~0.5-100M_{sun}/yr, gas fractions between ~15-80% and gas depletion times ranging from a few hundred Myr up to more than 10Gyr.
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The distribution of LARS galaxies in the {SIGMA}_gas_ vs. {SIGMA}_SFR_ (Kennicutt-Schmidt plane) is thus quite heterogeneous. However, we find that LARS galaxies with the longest gas depletion times, i.e. relatively high gas surface densities ({SIGMA}_gas_) and low star formation rate densities ({SIGMA}_SFR_ have by far the highest Ly{alpha} escape fraction. A strong [Math Processing Error]linear relation is found between Ly{alpha} escape fraction and the total gas (HI+H_2_) depletion time.
We argue that the Ly{alpha} escape in those galaxies is driven by turbulence in the star-forming gas that shifts the Ly{alpha} photons out of resonance close to the places where they originate. We further report on an extreme [CII]158um excess in LARS 5, corresponding to ~14+/-3% of the FIR luminosity, i.e. the most extreme [CII]-to-FIR ratio observed in a non-AGN galaxy to date.
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Where it is published
- Reference page cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/A+A/644/A10 ↗
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Documentation and papers
- ADS 2020A&A...644A..10P ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020A%26A...644A..10P ↗
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Catalogue records · 2
- VOResource record dc.g-vo.org/oai.xml?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=ivo_vor&identifier=ivo%3… ↗
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- Registry record (GAVO) dc.g-vo.org/I/cds.vizier/j/a%2Ba/644/a10 ↗
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Topics
- Stated by source
- Infrared · Millimeter
- From keywords
- Astronomy & Astrophysics
Provenance · 1 source records, 9 field assertions
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| IVOA Registry (Virtual Observatory) | ivo://cds.vizier/j/a+a/644/a10 | 13 d ago | JSON v1 |
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| concepts[field].local:field:astronomy | mapping · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[modality].ivoa_waveband:infrared | source · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[modality].ivoa_waveband:millimeter | source · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 | rr.resource.res_description |
| license_text | source · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 | |
| publication_date | source · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 | |
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