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An Indication of Gas Inflow in Clumpy Star-Forming Galaxies near \\(z1\\): Lower Gas-Phase Metallicities in Clumpy Galaxies Compared to Non-Clumpy Galaxies
2024
Overview
Despite the ubiquity of clumpy star-forming galaxies at high-redshift, the origin of clumps are still largely unconstrained due to the limited observations that can validate the mechanisms for clump formation. We postulate that if clumps form due to the accretion of metal-poor gas that leads to violent disk instability, clumpy galaxies should have lower gas-phase metallicities compared to non-clumpy galaxies. In this work, we obtain the near-infrared spectrum for 42 clumpy and non-clumpy star-forming galaxies of similar masses, SFRs, and colors at \\(z0.7\\) using the Gemini Near-Infrared Spectrograph (GNIRS) and infer their gas-phase metallicity from the and line ratio. We find that clumpy galaxies have lower metallicities compared to non-clumpy galaxies, with an offset in the weighted average metallicity of \\(0.070.02\\) dex. We also find an offset of \\(0.060.02\\) dex between clumpy and non-clumpy galaxies in a comparable sample of 23 star-forming galaxies at \\(z1.5\\) using existing data from the FMOS-COSMOS survey. Similarly, lower / ratio are typically found in galaxies that have more of their \\(UV_rest\\) luminosity originating from clumps, suggesting that clumpier galaxies are more metal poor. We also derive the intrinsic velocity dispersion and line-of-sight rotational velocity for galaxies from the GNIRS sample. The majority of galaxies have \\(_0/v_c 0.2\\), with no significant difference between clumpy and non-clumpy galaxies. Our result indicates that clump formation may be related to the inflow of metal-poor gas; however, the process that forms them does not necessarily require significant, long-term kinematic instability in the disk.
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Cornell University Library, arXiv.org
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