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The Evolution of Luminous Compact Blue Galaxies: Disks or Spheroids?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 December 2011

D. J. Pisano ,
K. Rabidoux ,
C. A. Garland ,
R. Guzmán ,
F. J. Castander  and
J. Pérez-Gallego
D. J. Pisano
Affiliation:
West Virginia University Dept. of Physics, P.O. Box 6315, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA email: djpisano@mail.wvu.edu, krabidou@mix.wvu.edu
K. Rabidoux
Affiliation:
West Virginia University Dept. of Physics, P.O. Box 6315, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA email: djpisano@mail.wvu.edu, krabidou@mix.wvu.edu
C. A. Garland
Affiliation:
Natural Sciences Department, Castleton State College, Castleton, VT 05735, USA email: catherine.garland@castleton.edu
R. Guzmán
Affiliation:
Dept. of Astronomy, University of Florida, 211 Bryant Space Science Center, P.O. Box 112055, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA email: guzman@astro.ufl.edu, jgallego@astro.ufl.edu
F. J. Castander
Affiliation:
Institut de Ciéncies de l'Espai (ICE/CSIC), Campus UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain email : fjc@ieec.fcr.es
J. Pérez-Gallego
Affiliation:
Dept. of Astronomy, University of Florida, 211 Bryant Space Science Center, P.O. Box 112055, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA email: guzman@astro.ufl.edu, jgallego@astro.ufl.edu
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Abstract

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Luminous compact blue galaxies (LCBGs) are a diverse class of galaxies characterized by high luminosity, blue color, and high surface brightness that sit at the critical juncture of galaxies evolving from the blue to the red sequence. As part of our multi-wavelength survey of local LCBGs, we have been studying the HI content of these galaxies using both single-dish telescopes and interferometers. Our goals are to determine if single-dish HI observations represent a true measure of the dynamical mass of LCBGs and to look for signatures of recent interactions that may be triggering star formation in LCBGs. Our data show that while some LCBGs are undergoing interactions, many appear isolated. While all LCBGs contain HI and show signatures of rotation, the population does not lie on the Tully-Fisher relation nor can it evolve onto it. Furthermore, the HI maps of many LCBGs show signatures of dynamically hot components, suggesting that we are seeing the formation of a thick disk or spheroid in at least some LCBGs. There is good agreement between the HI and Hα kinematics for LCBGs, and both are similar in appearance to the Hα kinematics of high redshift star-forming galaxies. Our combined data suggest that star formation in LCBGs is primarily quenched by virial heating, consistent with model predictions.

Keywords

galaxies: formation – galaxies: evolution – galaxies: ISM – galaxies: kinematics and dynamics – galaxies: interactions – galaxies: starburst
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 6 , Symposium S277: Tracing the Ancestry of Galaxies (on the land of our ancestors) , December 2010 , pp. 291 - 295
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2011

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