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We show that the stellar specific angular momentum j_*, mass M_*, and bulge fraction beta_* of normal galaxies of all morphological types are consistent with a simple model based on a linear superposition of independent disks and bulges. In…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-12-12 S. Michael Fall , Aaron J. Romanowsky

We present the relation between stellar specific angular momentum $j_*$, stellar mass $M_*$, and bulge-to-total light ratio $\beta$ for THINGS, CALIFA and Romanowsky \& Fall datasets, exploring the existence of a fundamental plane between…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-06-27 Sarah M. Sweet , David Fisher , Karl Glazebrook , Danail Obreschkow , Claudia Lagos , Liang Wang

We rederive the relation between the specific angular momentum j_* and the mass M_* of the stellar matter in galaxies of different morphological types. This is a revision of the j_*--M_* diagram presented in our recent comprehensive study…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 S. Michael Fall , Aaron J. Romanowsky

We investigate the angular momentum evolution of four disk galaxies residing in Milky Way-sized halos formed in cosmological zoom-in simulations with various sub-grid physics and merging histories. We decompose these galaxies kinematically…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-02-08 Aleksandra Sokolowska , Pedro R. Capelo , S. Michael Fall , Lucio Mayer , Sijing Shen , Silvia Bonoli

Measurements of the dependence of stellar specific angular momentum ($j_*$) on stellar mass ($M_*$) are presented for large samples of ALFALFA galaxies spanning the stellar mass range $\sim 10^8$-$10^{11}$ M$_{\odot}$. Accurate estimates of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-10-30 E. Elson

In a $\Lambda$CDM Universe, the specific stellar angular momentum ($j_\ast$) and stellar mass ($M_\ast$) of a galaxy are correlated as a consequence of the scaling existing for dark matter haloes ($j_{\rm h}\propto M_{\rm h}^{2/3}$). The…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-05-09 Lorenzo Posti , Filippo Fraternali , Enrico di Teodoro , Gabriele Pezzulli

We study the present-day connection between galaxy morphology and angular momentum using the {\sc Dark Sage} semi-analytic model of galaxy formation. For galaxies between $ 10^{11}-10^{12} \mathrm{M}_{\odot}$ in stellar mass, the model…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-11-21 Antonio J. Porras-Valverde , Kelly Holley-Bockelmann , Andreas A. Berlind , Adam R. H. Stevens

Galaxy formation in the current cosmological paradigm is a very complex process in which inflows, outflows, interactions and mergers are common events. These processes can redistribute the angular momentum content of baryons. Recent…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-08-31 Susana Pedrosa , Patricia Tissera

We use a state-of-the-art semi-analytic model to study the size and the specific angular momentum of galaxies. Our model includes a specific treatment for the angular momentum exchange between different galactic components. Disk scale radii…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-08-28 Anna Zoldan , Gabriella De Lucia , Lizhi Xie , Fabio Fontanot , Michaela Hirschmann

We study the relationship between the H{\sc i} specific angular momentum (j$_{\rm g}$) and the H{\sc i} mass (M$_{\rm g}$) for a sample of galaxies with well measured H{\sc i} rotation curves. We find that the relation is well described by…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-08-11 Sushma Kurapati , Jayaram N. Chengalur , Marc A. W. Verheijen

Motivated by new kinematic data in the outer parts of early-type galaxies (ETGs), we re-examine angular momentum (AM) in all galaxy types. We present methods for estimating the specific AM j, focusing on ETGs, to derive relations between…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Aaron J. Romanowsky , S. Michael Fall

Stellar mass and specific angular momentum are two properties of a galaxy that are directly related to its formation history, and hence morphology. In this work, the tight planar relationship between stellar specific angular momentum (j*),…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-09-13 E. Elson

[Abridged] We study the angular-momentum profiles of a statistical sample of halos drawn from a high-resolution N-body simulation of the LCDM cosmology. We find that the cumulative mass distribution of specific angular momentum, j, in a…

We present an analysis of the molecular specific angular momentum-mass ($j_{H_2}-M_{H_2}$) relation using a sample of 51 nearby disc galaxies from the PHANGS-ALMA survey with deep, high-resolution molecular gas rotation curves and surface…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-05-14 Nikki N. Geesink , Pavel E. Mancera Piña , Claudia del P. Lagos , Mariska Kriek

Utilizing a kinematic decomposition of simulated galaxies, we focus on galaxies with tiny kinematically inferred stellar halos, indicative of weak external influences. We investigate the intricate interplay between internal (natural) and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-06-12 Min Du , Hong-Chuan Ma , Wen-Yu Zhong , Luis C. Ho , Shihong Liao , Yingjie Peng

The relations between the specific angular momenta ($j$) and masses ($M$) of galaxies are often used as a benchmark in analytic models and hydrodynamical simulations as they are considered to be amongst the most fundamental scaling…

We use the EAGLE cosmological hydrodynamic simulation suite to study the specific angular momentum of galaxies, $j$, with the aims of (i) investigating the physical causes behind the wide range of $j$ at fixed mass and (ii) examining…

The IllustrisTNG simulations reproduce the observed scaling relation between stellar specific angular momentum (sAM) $j_{\rm s}$ and mass $M_{\rm s}$ of central galaxies. We show that the local $j_{\rm s}$-$M_{\rm s}$ relation ${\rm log}\…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-10-05 Min Du , Luis C. Ho , Hao-Ran Yu , Victor P. Debattista

The stellar disk size of a galaxy depends on the ratio of the disk stellar mass to the halo mass, $m_\star \equiv M_\star/M_{\rm dh}$, and the fraction of the dark halo angular momentum transferred to the stellar disk, $j_\star \equiv…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-02-21 Taku Okamura , Kazuhiro Shimasaku , Ryota Kawamata

The distribution of galaxies in the stellar specific angular momentum versus stellar mass plane ($j_{\star}$-$M_{\star}$) provides key insights into their formation mechanisms. In this paper, we determine the location in this plane of a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-02-12 Francesca Rizzo , Filippo Fraternali , Giuliano Iorio
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