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Identifying Signatures of Inflow onto Face-on Galaxies Using the Balmer Decrement

  • Authors: Meghna Sitaram, Hui Li, Yong Zheng, Greg L. Bryan, Mary Putman, Aaron Smith, Rahul Kannan

Meghna Sitaram et al 2026 The Astrophysical Journal 1001 .

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Caption: Figure 9.

Top: Hα and Hβ spectra of a single sightline ∼3.1 kpc from the center of the galaxy in the earliest time step. Dotted lines are regions below the flux limit, which were left out of the analysis, while solid lines are areas above the flux limit. Center: the Balmer decrement across the spectrum, with dotted lines again representing areas excluded from remaining analysis. The dashed gray line indicates the intrinsic Balmer decrement assuming Case B recombination and no dust. Bottom: a 2D histogram of the positions and velocities of particles in the sightline, weighted by luminosity. The displayed velocities are relative to the observer (not relative to the galaxy), so the sign of the velocity matches the spectra above.

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