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The spatially resolved relation between dust, gas, and metal abundance with the TYPHOON survey

Astrophysics of Galaxies 2024-10-04 v1

Abstract

We present the spatially resolved relationship between the dust-to-gas mass ratio (DGR) and gas-phase metallicity (Zgas or 12+log(O/H)) (i.e., DGR-Zgas relation) of 11 nearby galaxies with a large metallicity range (1.5 dex of 12+log(O/H)) at (sub-)kpc scales. We used the large field-of-view (> 3') optical pseudo-Integral Field Spectroscopy data taken by the TYPHOON/PrISM survey, covering the optical size of galaxies, combining them with multi-wavelength data (far-UV to far-IR, CO, and HI 21 cm radio). A large scatter of DGR in the intermediate metallicity galaxies (8.0 < 12+log(O/H) < 8.3) is found, which is in line with dust evolution models, where grain growth begins to dominate the mechanism of dust mass accumulation. In the lowest metallicity galaxy of our sample, Sextans A (12+log(O/H) < 7.6), the star-forming regions have significantly higher DGR values (by 0.5-2 dex) than the global estimates from literature at the same metallicity but aligns with the DGR values from metal depletion method from Damped Lyman Alpha systems and high hydrogen gas density regions of Sextans A. Using dust evolution models with a Bayesian MCMC approach suggests: 1) a high SN dust yield and 2) a negligible amount of photofragmentation by UV radiation, although we note that our sample in the low-metallicity regime is limited to Sextans A. On the other hand, it is also possible that while metallicity influences DGR, gas density also plays a role, indicating an early onset of dust grain growth in the dust mass build-up process despite its low metallicity.

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@article{arxiv.2410.02222,
  title  = {The spatially resolved relation between dust, gas, and metal abundance with the TYPHOON survey},
  author = {Hye-Jin Park and Andrew J. Battisti and Emily Wisnioski and Luca Cortese and Mark Seibert and Kathryn Grasha and Barry F. Madore and Brent Groves and Jeff A. Rich and Rachael L. Beaton and Qian-Hui Chen and Marcie Mun and Naomi M. McClure-Griffiths and W. J. G. de Blok and Lisa J. Kewley},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.02222},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

20 pages, 10 figures, 7 tables, accepted for publication in MNRAS