DYNAMO – II. Coupled stellar and ionized-gas kinematics in two low-redshift clumpy discs
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Abstract
We study the spatially resolved stellar kinematics of two star-forming galaxies at z ∼ 0.1 from the larger DYnamics of Newly Assembled Massive Objects (DYNAMO) sample. These galaxies, which have been characterized by high levels of star formation and large ionized-gas velocity dispersions, are considered possible analogues to high-redshift clumpy discs. They were observed using the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph instrument in integral field spectroscopy (IFS) mode at the Gemini Observatory with high spectral resolution (R ≃ 5400, equivalent to σ ≃ 24 km s−1 at the observed wavelengths) and ∼6 h exposure times in order to measure the resolved stellar kinematics via absorption lines. We also obtain higher quality emission-line kinematics than previous observations. The spatial resolution (1.2 kpc) is sufficient to show that the ionized gas in these galaxies (as traced by Hβ emission) is morphologically irregular, forming multiple giant clumps while stellar continuum light is smooth and well described by an exponential profile. Clumpy gas morphologies observed in IFS data are confirmed by complementary narrow-band Hα imaging from the Hubble Space Telescope. Morphological differences between the stars and ionized gas are not reflected dynamically as stellar kinematics are found to be closely coupled to the kinematics of the ionized gas: both components are smoothly rotating with large velocity dispersions (∼40 km s−1) suggesting that the high gas dispersions are not primarily driven by star formation feedback. In addition, the stellar population ages of these galaxies are estimated to be quite young (60–500 Myr). The large velocity dispersions measured for these young stars suggest that we are seeing the formation of thick discs and/or stellar bulges in support of recent models which produce these from clumpy galaxies at high redshift.
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Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
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| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
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Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
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