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COSMOS场中z < 1.2的亮(\geq L_V*)密近星系对的频率演化

Evolution of the Frequency of Luminous (\geq L_V*) Close Galaxy Pairs at z < 1.2 in the COSMOS Field

J. S. Kartaltepe, D. B. Sanders, N. Z. Scoville, D. Calzetti, P. Capak, A. Koekemoer, B. Mobasher, T. Murayama, M. Salvato, S. S. Sasaki, Y. Taniguchi

摘要:

我们测量的发光星系的比例在5-20千秒差距的投影分离到z=1.2的COSMOS领域使用ACS图像和光度红移来自一个广泛的多波长数据集。在红移0.1 < z < 1.2的范围内,对106,188个亮度大于M_V=-19.8(~ L_V*)的星系的完整样本进行分析,得到1,749个星系对。这些数据由斯隆数字巡天(SDSS)得出的星系对分数的局部z=0-0.1值补充。在统计校正COSMOS对样本的偶然视线叠加之后,对分数的演变由幂律\propto(1+z)^{n=3.1 \pm 0.1}拟合。如果这种强烈演化的星系对比例继续到更高的红移,那么在z ~ 2的所有发光星系中,约有50%是紧密成对的。这清楚地表明,星系合并是一个非常重要的,可能是主导机制的星系演化期间的星系形成在z=1至3。

英文摘要:

We measure the fraction of luminous galaxies in pairs at projected separations of 5-20 kpc out to z=1.2 in the COSMOS field using ACS images and photometric redshifts derived from an extensive multiwavelength dataset. Analysis of a complete sample of 106,188 galaxies more luminous than M_V=-19.8 (~ L_V*) in the redshift range 0.1 < z < 1.2 yields 1,749 galaxy pairs. These data are supplemented by a local z=0-0.1 value for the galaxy pair fraction derived from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). After statistically correcting the COSMOS pair sample for chance line-of-sight superpositions, the evolution in the pair fraction is fit by a power law \propto (1+z)^{n=3.1 \pm 0.1}. If this strongly evolving pair fraction continues out to higher redshift, ~ 50% of all luminous galaxies at z ~ 2 are in close pairs. This clearly signifies that galaxy mergers are a very significant and possibly dominant mechanism for galaxy evolution during the epoch of galaxy formation at z=1 to 3.

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