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2021ApJ...914..145M - Astrophys. J., 914, 145-145 (2021/June-3)

A phase-space view of cold-gas properties of Virgo cluster galaxies: multiple quenching processes at work?

MOROKUMA-MATSUI K., KODAMA T., MOROKUMA T., NAKANISHI K., KOYAMA Y., YAMASHITA T., KOYAMA S. and OKAMOTO T.

Abstract (from CDS):

We investigate the cold-gas properties of massive Virgo galaxies (>109 M) at <3R200 (R200 is the radius where the mean interior density is 200 times the critical density) on the projected phase-space diagram with the largest archival data set to date to understand the environmental effects on galaxy evolution in the Virgo cluster. We find lower H I and H2 mass fractions and higher star formation efficiencies (SFEs) from H I and H2 in the Virgo galaxies than in the field galaxies for matched stellar masses; the Virgo galaxies generally follow the field relationships between the offset from the main sequence of the star-forming galaxies [Δ(MS)] and the gas fractions and SFEs, to the slight offset to lower gas fractions or higher SFEs compared to field galaxies at Δ(MS) < 0; lower gas fractions in galaxies with smaller clustocentric distance and velocity; and lower gas fractions in the galaxies in the W cloud, a substructure of the Virgo cluster. Our results suggest the cold-gas properties of some Virgo galaxies are affected by their environment at least at 3R200 maybe via strangulation and/or preprocesses, and H I and H2 in some galaxies are removed by ram pressure at <1.5R200. Our data cannot rule out the possibility of other processes such as strangulation and galaxy harassment accounting for gas reduction in some galaxies at <1.5R200. Future dedicated observations of a mass-limited complete sample are required for definitive conclusions.

Abstract Copyright: © 2021. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.

Journal keyword(s): Galaxy environments - Virgo Cluster - Molecular gas - Interstellar atomic gas

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