Cold gas in group-dominant elliptical galaxies

E. O'Sullivan; F. Combes; S. Hamer; Philippe Salomé; A. Babul; S. Raychaudhury

doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201424835

Cold gas in group-dominant elliptical galaxies

E. O'Sullivan, F. Combes, S. Hamer, Philippe Salomé, A. Babul, S. Raychaudhury

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We present IRAM 30m telescope observations of the CO(1-0) and (2-1) lines in a sample of 11 group-dominant elliptical galaxies selected from the CLoGS nearby groups sample. Our observations confirm the presence of molecular gas in 4 of the 11 galaxies at >4 sigma significance, and combining these with data from the literature we find a detection rate of 43+-14%, comparable to the detection rate for nearby radio galaxies, suggesting that group-dominant ellipticals may be more likely to contain molecular gas than their non-central counterparts. Those group-dominant galaxies which are detected typically contain ~2x10^8 Msol of molecular gas, and although most have low star formation rates (

Original language	English
Article number	A111
Number of pages	9
Journal	Astronomy & Astrophysics
Volume	573
Early online date	7 Jan 2015
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424835
Publication status	Published - Jan 2015

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Cold gas in group-dominant elliptical galaxies

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