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Swinbank, AM, Sobral, D, Smail, I, Geach, JE, Best, PN, McCarthy, IG, Crain, RA and Theuns, T (2012) The properties of the star-forming interstellar medium at z=0.84-2.23 from HiZELS: mapping the internal dynamics and metallicity gradients in high-redshift disc galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 426 (2). pp. 935-950. ISSN 0035-8711
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Abstract
We present adaptive optics assisted, spatially resolved spectroscopy of a sample of nine H�-selected galaxies at z =0.84–2.23 drawn from the HiZELS narrow-band survey.
These galaxies have star-formation rates of 1–27M⊙ yr−1 and are therefore representative of the typical high-redshift star-forming population. Our �kpc-scale resolution
observations show that approximately half of the sample have dynamics suggesting that the ionised gas is in large, rotating disks. We model their velocity fields to infer
the inclination-corrected, asymptotic rotational velocities.We use the absolute B-band magnitudes and stellar masses to investigate the evolution of the B-band and stellar mass Tully-Fisher relationships. By combining our sample with a number of similar measurements from the literature, we show that, at fixed circular velocity, the stellar mass of star-forming galaxies has increased by a factor 2.5 between z =2 and z =0, whilst the rest-frame B-band luminosity has decreased by a factor �6 over the same
period. Together, these demonstrate a change in mass-to-light ratio in the B-band of �(M/ LB) / (M/ LB)z=0 �3.5 between z =1.5 and z =0, with most of the evolution occuring below z =1. We also use the spatial variation of [Nii] /H� to show that the metallicity of the ionised gas in these galaxies declines monotonically with galactocentric radius, with an average �log(O/H) /�R=−0.027±0.005 dex kpc−1. This gradient is consistent with predictions for high-redshift disk galaxies from cosmologically based hydrodynamic simulations.
Key words: galaxies: evolution – galaxies: formation – galaxies: high-redshift
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| Additional Information: | This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society following peer review. The version of record MNRAS (2012) 426(2), pp 935-950 is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21774.x |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | 0201 Astronomical And Space Sciences |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QB Astronomy |
| Divisions: | Astrophysics Research Institute |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
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| Date Deposited: | 11 Feb 2015 15:55 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Sep 2021 14:41 |
| DOI or ID number: | 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21774.x |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/449 |
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