SDSS IV MaNGA – spatially resolved diagnostic diagrams: a proof that many galaxies are LIERs

We study the spatially resolved excitation properties of the ionized gas in a sample of 646 galaxies using integral field spectroscopy data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV Mapping Nearby Galaxies at Apache Point Observatory (MaNGA) programme. Making use of Baldwin–Philips–Terlevich diagnostic d...

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Published in:	Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2016-09, Vol.461 (3), p.3111-3134
Main Authors:	Belfiore, Francesco, Maiolino, Roberto, Maraston, Claudia, Emsellem, Eric, Bershady, Matthew A, Masters, Karen L, Yan, Renbin, Bizyaev, Dmitry, Boquien, Médéric, Brownstein, Joel R, Bundy, Kevin, Drory, Niv, Heckman, Timothy M, Law, David R, Roman-Lopes, Alexandre, Pan, Kaike, Stanghellini, Letizia, Thomas, Daniel, Weijmans, Anne-Marie, Westfall, Kyle B
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Astronomy Astrophysics Diagnostic systems Emission Galaxies Integral field spectroscopy Ionization Sciences of the Universe Sky surveys (astronomy) Star & galaxy formation Star formation Stellar populations
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Summary:	We study the spatially resolved excitation properties of the ionized gas in a sample of 646 galaxies using integral field spectroscopy data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV Mapping Nearby Galaxies at Apache Point Observatory (MaNGA) programme. Making use of Baldwin–Philips–Terlevich diagnostic diagrams we demonstrate the ubiquitous presence of extended (kpc scale) low-ionization emission-line regions (LIERs) in both star-forming and quiescent galaxies. In star-forming galaxies LIER emission can be associated with diffuse ionized gas, most evident as extraplanar emission in edge-on systems. In addition, we identify two main classes of galaxies displaying LIER emission: ‘central LIER’ (cLIER) galaxies, where central LIER emission is spatially extended, but accompanied by star formation at larger galactocentric distances, and ‘extended LIER’ (eLIER) galaxies, where LIER emission is extended throughout the whole galaxy. In eLIER and cLIER galaxies, LIER emission is associated with radially flat, low H α equivalent width of line emission (
ISSN:	0035-8711 1365-2966