Star-forming S0 Galaxies in SDSS-MaNGA: fading spirals or rejuvenated S0s?

Abstract

We investigate the origin of rare star-formation in an otherwise red-and-dead population of S0 galaxies using spatially resolved spectroscopy. Our sample consists of $120$ low redshift ($z<0.1$) star-forming S0 (SF-S0) galaxies from the SDSS-IV MaNGA DR15. We have selected this sample after a visual inspection of deep images from the DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys DR9 and the Subaru/HSC-SSP survey PDR3, to remove contamination from spiral galaxies. We also construct two control samples of star-forming spirals (SF-Sps) and quenched S0s (Q-S0s) to explore their evolutionary link with the star-forming S0s. To study star-formation at resolved scales, we use dust-corrected $H_{\alpha }$ luminosity and stellar density (${\Sigma }_{\star }$) maps to construct radial profiles of star-formation rate (SFR) surface density (${\Sigma }_{SFR}$) and specific SFR (sSFR). Examining these radial profiles, we find that star-formation in SF-S0s is centrally dominated as opposed to disc dominated star-formation in spirals. We also compared various global (size-mass relation, bulge-to-total luminosity ratio) and local (central stellar velocity dispersion) properties of SF-S0s to those of the control sample galaxies. We find that SF-S0s are structurally similar to the quenched S0s and are different from star-forming spirals. We infer that SF-S0s are unlikely to be fading spirals. Inspecting stellar and gas velocity maps, we find that more than $50\%$ of the SF-S0 sample shows signs of recent galaxy interactions such as kinematic misalignment, counter-rotation, and unsettled kinematics. Based on these results, we conclude that in our sample of SF-S0s, star-formation has been rejuvenated, with minor mergers likely to be a major driver.

17 pages, 13 figures, 4 tables, accepted to MNRAS

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