TY - JOUR
T1 - Decoupling the rotation of stars and gas - II. The link between black hole activity and simulated IFU kinematics in IllustrisTNG
AU - Duckworth, Christopher
AU - Starkenburg, Tjitske K.
AU - Genel, Shy
AU - Davis, Timothy A.
AU - Habouzit, Mélanie
AU - Kraljic, Katarina
AU - Tojeiro, Rita
N1 - Funding: UK Science and Technology Funding Council ( STFC) via an PhD studentship (grant number ST/N504427/1) (CD).
PY - 2020/7
Y1 - 2020/7
N2 - We study the relationship between supermassive black hole (BH) feedback, BH luminosity and the kinematics of stars and gas for galaxies inIllustrisTNG. We use galaxies with mock MaNGA observations to identify kinematic misalignment at z = 0 (difference in rotation of stars and gas), for which we follow the evolutionary history of BH activity and gas properties over the last 8 Gyrs. Misaligned low mass galaxies (Mstel <1010.2M⊙) typically have boosted BH luminosity and BH growth, and have had more energy injected by BHs into the gas over the last 8 Gyr in comparison to low mass aligned galaxies. These properties likely lead to outflows and gas removal, in agreement with active low mass galaxies in observations. Splitting on BH luminosity at z = 0 produces consistent distributions of kinematic misalignment at z = 0, however, splitting on the maximum BH luminosity over the last 8 Gyrs produces statistically significant different distributions. While instantaneous correlation at z = 0 is difficult due to misalignment persisting on longer timescales, the relationship between BH activity and misalignment is clear. High mass quenched galaxies (Mstel > 1010.2M⊙) with misalignment typically have similar BH luminosities, show lower gas fractions, and have typically lower gas phase metallicity over the last 8 Gyrs in comparison to the high mass aligned.
AB - We study the relationship between supermassive black hole (BH) feedback, BH luminosity and the kinematics of stars and gas for galaxies inIllustrisTNG. We use galaxies with mock MaNGA observations to identify kinematic misalignment at z = 0 (difference in rotation of stars and gas), for which we follow the evolutionary history of BH activity and gas properties over the last 8 Gyrs. Misaligned low mass galaxies (Mstel <1010.2M⊙) typically have boosted BH luminosity and BH growth, and have had more energy injected by BHs into the gas over the last 8 Gyr in comparison to low mass aligned galaxies. These properties likely lead to outflows and gas removal, in agreement with active low mass galaxies in observations. Splitting on BH luminosity at z = 0 produces consistent distributions of kinematic misalignment at z = 0, however, splitting on the maximum BH luminosity over the last 8 Gyrs produces statistically significant different distributions. While instantaneous correlation at z = 0 is difficult due to misalignment persisting on longer timescales, the relationship between BH activity and misalignment is clear. High mass quenched galaxies (Mstel > 1010.2M⊙) with misalignment typically have similar BH luminosities, show lower gas fractions, and have typically lower gas phase metallicity over the last 8 Gyrs in comparison to the high mass aligned.
KW - Galaxies: active
KW - Galaxies: evolution
KW - Galaxies: kinematics and dynamics
U2 - 10.1093/mnras/staa1494
DO - 10.1093/mnras/staa1494
M3 - Article
SN - 0035-8711
VL - 495
SP - 4542
EP - 4547
JO - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
JF - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
IS - 4
ER -