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Dark Matter Fraction in z~1 Star-Forming Galaxies

Astrophysics of Galaxies 2021-09-01 v2

Abstract

We present a observational study of the dark matter fraction in 225 rotation supported star-forming galaxies at z0.9z\approx 0.9 having stellar mass range: 9.0log(M M)11.0 9.0 \leq log(M_* \ \mathrm{M_\odot}) \leq 11.0 and star formation rate: 0.49log(SFR [M yr1])1.770.49 \leq log \left(SFR \ \mathrm{[M_{\odot}\ yr^{-1}]} \right) \leq 1.77. This is a sub sample of KMOS redshift one spectroscopic survey (KROSS) previously studied by \citet{GS20}. The stellar masses (MM_*) of these objects were previously estimated using mass-to-light ratios derived from fitting the spectral energy distribution of the galaxies. Star formation rates were derived from the Hα_\alpha luminosities. The total gas masses (MgasM_{gas}) are determined by scaling relations of molecular and atomic gas \citep[][respectively] {Tacconi2018, Lagos2011}. The dynamical masses (MdynM_{dyn}) are directly derived from the rotation curves (RCs) at different scale lengths (effective radius: ReR_e, 2 Re\sim 2 \ R_e and 3 Re\sim 3 \ R_e) and then the dark matter fractions (fDM=1Mbar/Mdynf_{ DM }=1-M_{bar}/M_{dyn}) at these radii are calculated. We report that at z1z\sim 1 only a small fraction (5%\sim 5\%) of our sample has a low (<20%< 20\%) DM fraction within \sim 2-3 ReR_e. The majority (>72%> 72\%) of SFGs in our sample have dark matter dominated outer disks (510\sim 5-10 kpc) in agreement with local SFGs. Moreover, we find a large scatter in the fraction of dark matter at a given stellar mass (or circular velocity) with respect to local SFGs, suggesting that galaxies at z1z \sim 1, a) span a wide range of stages in the formation of stellar disks, b) have diverse DM halo properties coupled with baryons.

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@article{arxiv.2105.13684,
  title  = {Dark Matter Fraction in z~1 Star-Forming Galaxies},
  author = {Gauri Sharma and Paolo Salucci and Glenn van de Ven},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2105.13684},
  year   = {2021}
}

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Accepted for publication in A&A (in press)