TY - JOUR A1 - Wendt, Martin A1 - Bouche, Nicolas F. A1 - Zabl, Johannes A1 - Schroetter, Ilane A1 - Muzahid, Sowgat T1 - MusE GAs FLOw and Wind V. The dust/metallicity-anisotropy of the circum-galactic medium JF - Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society N2 - We investigate whether the dust content of the circum-galactic medium (CGM) depends on the location of the quasar sightline with respect to the galaxy major-axis using 13 galaxy-Mg II absorber pairs (9-81 kpc distance) from the MusE GAs FLOw and Wind (MEGAFLOW) survey at 0.4 < z < 1.4. The dust content of the CGM is obtained from [Zn/Fe] using ultraviolet and visual echelle spectrograph data. When a direct measurement of [Zn/Fe] is unavailable, we estimate the dust depletion from a method that consists in solving for the depletion from multiple singly ionized ions (e.g. Mn II, Cr II, and Zn II) since each ion depletes on dust grains at different rates. We find a positive correlation between the azimuthal angle and [Zn/Fe] with a Pearson's gamma = 0.70 +/- 0.14. The sightlines along the major axis show [Zn/Fe] < 0.5, whereas the [Zn/Fe] is > 0.8 along the minor axis. These results suggest that the CGM along the minor axis is on average more metal enriched (by approximate to 1 dex) than the gas located along the major axis of galaxies provided that dust depletion is a proxy for metallicity. This anisotropic distribution is consistent with recent results on outflow and accretion in hydro-dynamical simulations. KW - galaxies: evolution KW - galaxies: formation KW - intergalactic medium KW - quasars: KW - absorption lines Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab049 SN - 0035-8711 SN - 1365-2966 VL - 502 IS - 3 SP - 3733 EP - 3745 PB - Oxford Univ. Press CY - Oxford ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Marino, Raffaella Anna A1 - Cantalupo, Sebastiano A1 - Lilly, Simon J. A1 - Gallego, Sofia G. A1 - Straka, Lorrie A. A1 - Borisova, Elena A1 - Pezzulli, Gabriele A1 - Bacon, Roland A1 - Brinchmann, Jarle A1 - Carollo, C. Marcella A1 - Caruana, Joseph A1 - Conseil, Simon A1 - Contini, Thierry A1 - Diener, Catrina A1 - Finley, Hayley A1 - Inami, Hanae A1 - Leclercq, Floriane A1 - Muzahid, Sowgat A1 - Richard, Johan A1 - Schaye, Joop A1 - Wendt, Martin A1 - Wisotzki, Lutz T1 - Dark Galaxy Candidates at Redshift similar to 3.5 Detected with MUSE JF - The astrophysical journal : an international review of spectroscopy and astronomical physics N2 - Recent theoretical models suggest that the early phase of galaxy formation could involve an epoch when galaxies are gas rich but inefficient at forming stars: a "dark galaxy" phase. Here, we report the results of our Multi-Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) survey for dark galaxies fluorescently illuminated by quasars at z > 3. Compared to previous studies which are based on deep narrowband (NB) imaging, our integral field survey provides a nearly uniform sensitivity coverage over a large volume in redshift space around the quasars as well as full spectral information at each location. Thanks to these unique features, we are able to build control samples at large redshift distances from the quasars using the same data taken under the same conditions. By comparing the rest-frame equivalent width (EW0) distributions of the Ly alpha sources detected in proximity to the quasars and in control samples, we detect a clear correlation between the locations of high-EW0 objects and the quasars. This correlation is not seen in other properties, such as Ly alpha luminosities or volume overdensities, suggesting the possible fluorescent nature of at least some of these objects. Among these, we find six sources without continuum counterparts and EW0 limits larger than 240 angstrom that are the best candidates for dark galaxies in our survey at z > 3.5. The volume densities and properties, including inferred gas masses and star formation efficiencies, of these dark galaxy candidates are similar to those of previously detected candidates at z approximate to 2.4 in NB surveys. Moreover, if the most distant of these are fluorescently illuminated by the quasar, our results also provide a lower limit of t - 60 Myr on the quasar lifetime. KW - galaxies: formation KW - galaxies: high-redshift KW - galaxies: star formation KW - intergalactic medium KW - quasars: emission lines KW - quasars: general Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aab6aa SN - 0004-637X SN - 1538-4357 VL - 859 IS - 1 PB - IOP Publ. Ltd. CY - Bristol ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Johnson, Sean D. A1 - Chen, Hsiao-Wen A1 - Straka, Lorrie A1 - Schaye, Joop A1 - Cantalupo, Sebastiano A1 - Wendt, Martin A1 - Muzahid, Sowgat A1 - Bouché, Nicolas A1 - Herenz, Edmund Christian A1 - Kollatschny, Wolfram A1 - Mulchaey, John S. A1 - Marino, Raffaella A. A1 - Maseda, Michael A1 - Wisotzki, Lutz T1 - Galaxy and quasar fueling caught in the act from the intragroup to the interstellar medium JF - The astrophysical journal : Part 2, Letters N2 - We report the discovery of six spatially extended (10-100 kpc) line-emitting nebulae in the z approximate to 0.57 galaxy group hosting PKS 0405-123, one of the most luminous quasars at z < 1. The discovery is enabled by the Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer and provides tantalizing evidence connecting large-scale gas streams with nuclear activity on scales of <10 proper kpc (pkpc). One of the nebulae exhibits a narrow, filamentary morphology extending over 50 pkpc toward the quasar with narrow internal velocity dispersion (50 km s(-1)) and is not associated with any detected galaxies, consistent with a cool intragroup medium filament. Two of the nebulae are 10 pkpc north and south of the quasar with tidal-arm-like morphologies. These two nebulae, along with a continuum-emitting arm extending 60 pkpc from the quasar, are signatures of interactions that are expected to redistribute angular momentum in the host interstellar medium (ISM) to facilitate star formation and quasar fueling in the nucleus. The three remaining nebulae are among the largest and most luminous [O III] emitting "blobs" known (1400-2400 pkpc(2)) and correspond both kinematically and morphologically to interacting galaxy pairs in the quasar host group, consistent with arising from stripped ISM rather than large-scale quasar outflows. The presence of these large- and small-scale nebulae in the vicinity of a luminous quasar bears significantly on the effect of large-scale environment on galaxy and black hole fueling, providing a natural explanation for the previously known correlation between quasar luminosity and cool circumgalactic medium. KW - galaxies: interactions KW - intergalactic medium KW - quasars: general KW - quasars: individual (PKS 0405-123) Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aaf1cf SN - 2041-8205 SN - 2041-8213 VL - 869 IS - 1 PB - IOP Publishing Ltd. (Bristol) CY - Bristol ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Chen, Hsiao-Wen A1 - Johnson, Sean D. A1 - Straka, Lorrie A. A1 - Zahedy, Fakhri S. A1 - Schaye, Joop A1 - Muzahid, Sowgat A1 - Bouche, Nicolas A1 - Cantalupo, Sebastiano A1 - Marino, Raffaella Anna A1 - Wendt, Martin T1 - Characterizing circumgalactic gas around massive ellipticals at z approximate to 0.4-III. BT - the galactic environment of a chemically pristine Lyman limit absorber JF - Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society N2 - This paper presents a study of the galactic environment of a chemically pristine (<0.6 per cent solar metallicity) Lyman Limit system (LLS) discovered along the sightline towards QSO SDSSJ 135726.27+043541.4 (Z(QSO) = 1.233) at projected distance d = 126 physical kpc (pkpc) from a luminous red galaxy (LRG) at z = 0.33. Combining deep Hubble Space Telescope images, MUSE integral field spectroscopic data, and wide-field redshift survey data has enabled an unprecedented, ultradeep view of the environment around this LRG-LLS pair. A total of 12 galaxies, including the LRG, are found at d less than or similar to 400 pkpc and line-of-sight velocity Delta v < 600 km S-1 of the LLS, with intrinsic luminosity ranging from 0.001 L-* to 2 L-* and a corresponding stellar mass range of M-star approximate to 10(7-11) M-circle dot. All 12 galaxies contribute to a total mass of M-star = 1.6 x 10(11) M-circle dot with approximate to 80 per cent contained in the LRG. The line-of-sight velocity dispersion of these galaxies is found to be sigma (group) = 230 km s(-1) with the centre of mass at d(group) = 118 pkpc and line-of-sight velocity offset of Delta v(group) = 181 km s(-1) from the LLS. Three of these are located at d less than or similar to 100 pkpc from the LLS, and they are all faint with intrinsic luminosity less than or similar to 0.02 L-* and gas-phase metallicity of approximate to 10 per cent solar in their interstellar medium. The disparity in the chemical enrichment level between the LLS and the group members suggests that the LLS originates in infalling intergalactic medium and that parts of the intergalactic gas near old and massive galaxies can still remain chemically pristine through the not too distant past. KW - galaxies: elliptical and lenticular, cD KW - galaxies: formation KW - intergalactic medium KW - quasars: absorption lines Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty3513 SN - 0035-8711 SN - 1365-2966 VL - 484 IS - 1 SP - 431 EP - 441 PB - Oxford Univ. Press CY - Oxford ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Zabl, Johannes A1 - Bouche, Nicolas F. A1 - Schroetter, Ilane A1 - Wendt, Martin A1 - Finley, Hayley A1 - Schaye, Joop A1 - Conseil, Simon A1 - Contini, Thierry A1 - Marino, Raffaella Anna A1 - Mitchell, Peter A1 - Muzahid, Sowgat A1 - Pezzulli, Gabriele A1 - Wisotzki, Lutz T1 - MusE GAs FLOw and Wind (MEGAFLOW) BT - II. A study of gas accretion around z approximate to 1 star-forming galaxies with background quasars JF - Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society N2 - We use the MusE GAs FLOw and Wind (MEGAFLOW) survey to study the kinematics of extended disc-like structures of cold gas around z approximate to 1 star-forming galaxies. The combination of VLT/MUSE and VLT/UVES observations allows us to connect the kinematics of the gas measured through MgII quasar absorption spectroscopy to the kinematics and orientation of the associated galaxies constrained through integral field spectroscopy. Confirming previous results, we find that the galaxy-absorber pairs of the MEGAFLOW survey follow a strong bimodal distribution, consistent with a picture of MgII absorption being predominantly present in outflow cones and extended disc-like structures. This allows us to select a bona-fide sample of galaxy-absorber pairs probing these discs for impact paramometers of 10-70 kpc. We test the hypothesis that the disc-like gas is co-rotating with the galaxy discs, and find that for seven out of nine pairs the absorption velocity shares the sign of the disc velocity, disfavouring random orbits. We further show that the data are roughly consistent with inflow velocities and angular momenta predicted by simulations, and that the corresponding mass accretion rates are sufficient to balance the star formation rates. KW - galaxies: evolution KW - galaxies: formation KW - galaxies: haloes KW - galaxies: kinematics and dynamics KW - quasars: absorption lines Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz392 SN - 0035-8711 SN - 1365-2966 VL - 485 IS - 2 SP - 1961 EP - 1980 PB - Oxford Univ. Press CY - Oxford ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schroetter, Ilane A1 - Bouche, Nicolas F. A1 - Zabl, Johannes A1 - Contini, Thierry A1 - Wendt, Martin A1 - Schaye, Joop A1 - Mitchell, Peter A1 - Muzahid, Sowgat A1 - Marino, Raffaella Anna A1 - Bacon, Roland A1 - Lilly, Simon J. A1 - Richard, Johan A1 - Wisotzki, Lutz T1 - MusE GAs FLOw andWind (MEGAFLOW) BT - III. Galactic wind properties using background quasars JF - Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society N2 - We present results from our on-going MusE GAs FLOw and Wind (MEGAFLOW) survey, which consists of 22 quasar lines of sight, each observed with the integral field unit MUSE and the UVES spectrograph at the ESO Very Large Telescopes (VLT). The goals of this survey are to study the properties of the circumgalactic medium around z similar to 1 star-forming galaxies. The absorption-line selected survey consists of 79 strong MgII absorbers (with rest-frame equivalent width greater than or similar to 0.3 angstrom) and, currently, 86 associated galaxies within 100 projected kpc of the quasar with stellar masses (M-star) from 109 to 1011 M-circle dot. We find that the cool halo gas traced by MgII is not isotropically distributed around these galaxies from the strong bi-modal distribution in the azimuthal angle of the apparent location of the quasar with respect to the galaxy major axis. This supports a scenario in which outflows are bi-conical in nature and co-exist with a co-planar gaseous structure extending at least up to 60-80 kpc. Assuming that absorbers near the minor axis probe outflows, the current MEGAFLOW sample allowed us to select 26 galaxy-quasar pairs suitable for studying winds. From this sample, using a simple geometrical model, we find that the outflow velocity only exceeds the escape velocity when M-star less than or similar to 4 x 10(9) M-circle dot, implying the cool material is likely to fall back except in the smallest haloes. Finally, we find that the mass loading factor., the ratio between the ejected mass rate and the star formation rate, appears to be roughly constant with respect to the galaxy mass. KW - galaxies: evolution KW - galaxies: formation KW - intergalactic medium KW - quasars: absorption lines Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz2822 SN - 0035-8711 SN - 1365-2966 VL - 490 IS - 3 SP - 4368 EP - 4381 PB - Oxford Univ. Press CY - Oxford ER -