MIGHTEE-HI: discovery of an H i-rich galaxy group at z = 0.044 with MeerKAT

Author:

Ranchod Shilpa12ORCID,Deane Roger P12,Ponomareva Anastasia A3ORCID,Blecher Tariq4,Frank Bradley S567,Jarvis Matt J38ORCID,Maddox Natasha9ORCID,Mulaudzi Wanga5,Glowacki Marcin810,Hess Kelley M1112,Tudorache Madalina3,Verdes-Montenegro Lourdes13,Adams Nathan J3ORCID,Bowler Rebecca A A3ORCID,Collier Jordan D714,Taylor Russ710

Affiliation:

1. Department of Physics, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Pretoria 0028, South Africa

2. Wits Centre for Astrophysics, School of Physics, University of the Witwatersrand, 1 Jan Smuts Avenue 2000, South Africa

3. Astrophysics, University of Oxford, Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK

4. Department of Physics and Electronics, Rhodes University, PO Box 94, Grahamstown 6140, Eastern Cape, South Africa

5. Department of Astronomy, University of Cape Town, Private Bag X3, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa

6. South African Radio Astronomy Observatory, 2 Fir Street, Observatory 7925, South Africa

7. The Inter-University Institute for Data Intensive Astronomy (IDIA), Department of Astronomy, University of Cape Town, Private Bag X3, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa

8. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of the Western Cape, Robert Sobukwe Road, Bellville 7535, South Africa

9. Faculty of Physics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Scheinerstr. 1, Munich D-81679, Germany

10. The Inter-University Institute for Data Intensive Astronomy (IDIA), Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of the Western Cape, Bellville 7535, South Africa

11. ASTRON, the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, Postbus 2, Dwingeloo NL-7990 AA, the Netherlands

12. Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, University of Groningen, PO Box 800, Groningen NL-9700 AV, the Netherlands

13. Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA-CSIC), Glorieta de la Astronomía, Granada E-18008, Spain

14. School of Science, Western Sydney University, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith NSW 2751, Australia

Abstract

ABSTRACT We present the serendipitous discovery of a galaxy group in the XMM-LSS field with MIGHTEE Early Science observations. 20 galaxies are detected in H i in this z ∼ 0.044 group, with a 3σ column density sensitivity of $N_{\rm H\, \small {I}} = 1.6\times 10^{20}\, \mathrm{cm}^{-2}$. This group has not been previously identified, despite residing in a well-studied extragalactic legacy field. We present spatially resolved H i total intensity and velocity maps for each of the objects which reveal environmental influence through disturbed morphologies. The group has a dynamical mass of $\log_{10} (M_{\rm dyn}/\mathrm{M}_\odot) = 12.32$, and is unusually gas-rich, with an H i-to-stellar mass ratio of $\log _{10}(f_{\rm H\, \small {I}}^\mathrm{*}) = -0.2$, which is 0.7 dex greater than expected. The group’s high H i content, spatial, velocity, and identified galaxy type distributions strongly suggest that it is in the early stages of its assembly. The discovery of this galaxy group is an example of the importance of mapping spatially resolved H i in a wide range of environments, including galaxy groups. This scientific goal has been dramatically enhanced by the high sensitivity, large field-of-view, and wide instantaneous bandwidth of the MeerKAT telescope.

Funder

National Science Foundation, United Arab Emirates

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Japan Science and Technology Agency

NAOJ

KEK

Princeton University

Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung

Science and Technology Facilities Council

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Space and Planetary Science,Astronomy and Astrophysics

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