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Disk selection. The ratio of the disk-averaged rotational velocity to the disk-averaged radial velocity dispersion, ⟨Vrot⟩/⟨σr⟩, is plotted against the ratio of the disk radius to the disk height, Rd/Hd, for all 1098 snapshots belonging to 34 VELA galaxies with the round blue points. Of these, 425 snapshots satisfy the conditions Rd/Hd > 3 and Vrot/σr > 1 at all r, the distance from the galactic center in cylindrical coordinates, and they are selected as rotation-supported disks (highlighted by the red stars). Here, Vrot and σr are the average rotational velocity and the radial velocity dispersion of cold gas as a function of r, respectively. The gray dashed vertical and horizontal lines indicate Rd/Hd = 3 and ⟨Vrot⟩/⟨σr⟩ = 1, respectively. Some of the blue points with Rd/Hd > 3 and ⟨Vrot⟩/⟨σr⟩> 1 do not satisfy the condition Vrot/σr > 1 at all r. As such, they are not in the disk galaxy sample.
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