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ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
卷 657, 期 1, 页码 232-240出版社
UNIV CHICAGO PRESS
DOI: 10.1086/510577
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galaxies : elliptical and lenticular, cD; galaxies : evolution; galaxies : ISM
We present preliminary results from a survey of CO emission from members of a volume-limited sample of noncluster elliptical galaxies. Our intent is to compare the gas properties of these ellipticals to a sample of lenticulars selected using similar criteria. The data, although still sparse, suggest that the cool gas in ellipticals shows the same puzzling upper mass cutoff found in the lenticular galaxies. We find, however, significantly lower detection rates and possibly much lower H-2/H I mass ratios in the ellipticals. The detection rate is higher among the lower mass galaxies, as has been found previously. This seems puzzling given that the deeper potential wells of the larger galaxies ought to make gas retention easier, but perhaps that effect is overwhelmed by feedback from the central supermassive black hole. As we have observed similar to 40% of our full sample, the conclusions are necessarily tentative at this time.
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