The SAMI galaxy survey: Rules of behaviour for spin-ellipticity radial tracks in galaxies

Alexander Rawlings; Caroline Foster; Jesse van de Sande; Dan S. Taranu; Scott M. Croom; Joss Bland-Hawthorn; Sarah Brough; Julia J. Bryant; Matthew Colless; Claudia P. Del Lagos; Iraklis S. Konstantopoulos; Jon S. Lawrence; Ángel R. López-Sánchez; Nuria P.F. Lorente; Anne M. Medling; Sree Oh; Matt S. Owers; Samuel N. Richards; Nicholas Scott; Sarah M. Sweet; Sukyoung K. Yi

doi:10.1093/mnras/stz2797

The SAMI galaxy survey: Rules of behaviour for spin-ellipticity radial tracks in galaxies

Alexander Rawlings, Caroline Foster, Jesse van de Sande, Dan S. Taranu, Scott M. Croom, Joss Bland-Hawthorn, Sarah Brough, Julia J. Bryant, Matthew Colless, Claudia P. Del Lagos, Iraklis S. Konstantopoulos, Jon S. Lawrence, Ángel R. López-Sánchez, Nuria P.F. Lorente, Anne M. Medling, Sree Oh, Matt S. Owers, Samuel N. Richards, Nicholas Scott, Sarah M. SweetSukyoung K. Yi

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We study the behaviour of the spin-ellipticity radial tracks for 507 galaxies from the Sydney AAO Multiobject Integral Field (SAMI) Galaxy Survey with stellar kinematics out to ≥1.5R_e. We advocate for a morpho-dynamical classification of galaxies, relying on spatially resolved photometric and kinematic data. We find the use of spin-ellipticity radial tracks is valuable in identifying substructures within a galaxy, including embedded and counter-rotating discs, that are easily missed in unilateral studies of the photometry alone. Conversely, bars are rarely apparent in the stellar kinematics but are readily identified on images. Consequently, we distinguish the spin-ellipticity radial tracks of seven morpho-dynamical types: elliptical, lenticular, early spiral, late spiral, barred spiral, embedded disc, and 2σ galaxies. The importance of probing beyond the inner radii of galaxies is highlighted by the characteristics of galactic features in the spin-ellipticity radial tracks present at larger radii. The density of information presented through spin-ellipticity radial tracks emphasizes a clear advantage to representing galaxies as a track, rather than a single point, in spin-ellipticity parameter space.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	324-343
Number of pages	20
Journal	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volume	491
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz2797
Publication status	Published - 2020 Jan 1

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Funding Information:
This research was conducted by the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for All Sky Astrophysics in 3 Dimensions (ASTRO 3D), through project number CE170100013. The SAMI Galaxy Survey is based on observations made at the Anglo-Australian Telescope. The Sydney-AAO Multi-object Integral field spectrograph (SAMI) was developed jointly by the University of Sydney and the Australian Astronomical Observatory. The SAMI input catalogue is based on data taken from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, the GAMA Survey and the VST ATLAS Survey. The SAMI Galaxy Survey is supported by the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for All Sky Astrophysics in 3 Dimensions (ASTRO 3D), through project number CE170100013, the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics (CAASTRO), through project number CE110001020, and other participating institutions. The SAMI Galaxy Survey website is http://sami-survey.org/.

Funding Information:
We would like to thank A. Graham for initial discussions that were the catalyst for using spin-ellipticity radial tracks. We also offer our thanks to A. Robotham for help with the PROFOUND software tool. This research was conducted by the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for All Sky Astrophysics in 3 Dimensions (ASTRO 3D), through project number CE170100013. The SAMI Galaxy Survey is based on observations made at the Anglo-Australian Telescope. The Sydney-AAO Multi-object Integral field spectrograph (SAMI) was developed jointly by the University of Sydney and the Australian Astronomical Observatory. The SAMI input catalogue is based on data taken from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, the GAMA Survey and the VST ATLAS Survey. The SAMI Galaxy Survey is supported by the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for All Sky Astrophysics in 3 Dimensions (ASTRO 3D), through project number CE170100013, the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics (CAASTRO), through project number CE110001020, and other participating institutions. The SAMI Galaxy Survey website is http://sami-survey.org/. JJB acknowledges support of an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship (FT180100231). JBH is supported by an ARC Laureate Fellowship that funds Jesse van de Sande and an ARC Federation Fellowship that funded the SAMI prototype. SKY acknowledges support from the Korean National Research Foundation (2017R1A2A1A05001116). MSO acknowledges the funding support from the Australian Research Council through a Future Fellowship (FT140100255). SB acknowledges the funding support from the Australian Research Council through a Future Fellowship (FT140101166). Support for AMM is provided by NASA through Hubble Fellowship grant #HST-HF2-51377 awarded by the Space Telescope Science Institute, which is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc., for NASA, under contract NAS5-26555.

Funding Information:
JJB acknowledges support of an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship (FT180100231). JBH is supported by an ARC Laureate Fellowship that funds Jesse van de Sande and an ARC Federation Fellowship that funded the SAMI prototype. SKY acknowledges support from the Korean National Research Foundation (2017R1A2A1A05001116). MSO acknowledges the funding support from the Australian Research Council through a Future Fellowship (FT140100255). SB acknowledges the funding support from the Australian Research Council through a Future Fellowship (FT140101166). Support for AMM is provided by NASA through Hubble Fellowship grant #HST-HF2-51377 awarded by the Space Telescope Science Institute, which is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc., for NASA, under contract NAS5-26555.

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Rawlings, A., Foster, C., van de Sande, J., Taranu, D. S., Croom, S. M., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Brough, S., Bryant, J. J., Colless, M., Del Lagos, C. P., Konstantopoulos, I. S., Lawrence, J. S., López-Sánchez, Á. R., Lorente, N. P. F., Medling, A. M., Oh, S., Owers, M. S., Richards, S. N., Scott, N., ... Yi, S. K. (2020). The SAMI galaxy survey: Rules of behaviour for spin-ellipticity radial tracks in galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 491(1), 324-343. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz2797

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