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Lan, Ting-Wen; Mo, Houjun
The Astrophysical journal, 10/2018, Volume: 866, Issue: 1Journal Article
We study the distribution and kinematics of the cool circumgalactic medium (CGM) of emission line galaxies (ELGs) traced by metal absorption lines. Using about 200,000 ELGs from SDSS-IV eBOSS and half a million background quasars from SDSS, we measure the median absorption strength of Mg ii and Fe ii lines in quasar spectra for impact parameters ranging from 10 kpc to 1 Mpc. For comparison, we measure the same quantity around luminous red galaxies (LRGs). On scales greater than 100 kpc both ELGs and LRGs exhibit similar absorption profiles. However, metal absorption is 5-10 times stronger around ELGs on smaller scales. The metal absorption strength is anisotropic, with an excess along the minor axis of the galaxies, indicating an outflow origin of the absorbing gas. The ratio between the velocity dispersion of the cool CGM and that of its host dark matter halo is about one for ELGs but about half for LRGs. These results show that the dichotomy of galaxy types is reflected in both the density distribution and kinematics of the CGM traced by metal absorption lines. Our results provide strong evidence that the CGM of ELGs is enriched by gas outflows generated by star formation.
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