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SDSS-IV MaNGA: Probing the Kinematic Morphology-Density Relation of Early-type Galaxies with MaNGA

  • J. E. Greene
  • , A. Leauthaud
  • , E. Emsellem
  • , D. Goddard
  • , J. Ge
  • , B. H. Andrews
  • , J. Brinkman
  • , J. R. Brownstein
  • , J. Greco
  • , D. Law
  • , Y. T. Lin
  • , K. L. Masters
  • , M. Merrifield
  • , S. More
  • , N. Okabe
  • , D. P. Schneider
  • , D. Thomas
  • , D. A. Wake
  • , R. Yan
  • , N. Drory

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Abstract

The kinematic morphologydensity relation for early-type galaxies posits that those galaxies with low angular momentum are preferentially found in the highest-density regions of the universe. We use a large sample of galaxy groups with halo masses 1012.5 <Mhalo <10 14.5 h-1 M⊙ observed with the Mapping Nearby Galaxies at APO (MaNGA) survey to examine whether there is a correlation between local environment and rotational support that is independent of stellar mass. We find no compelling evidence for a relationship between the angular momentum content of early-type galaxies and either local overdensity or radial position within the group at fixed stellar mass.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article numberL33
JournalAstrophysical Journal Letters
Volume851
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 20 2017

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Space and Planetary Science

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