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DEEP2星系红移巡天:星系环境在宇宙恒星形成历史中的作用

The DEEP2 Galaxy Redshift Survey: The Role of Galaxy Environment in the Cosmic Star-Formation History

Michael C. Cooper, Jeffrey A. Newman, Benjamin J. Weiner, Renbin Yan, Christopher N. A. Willmer, Kevin Bundy, Alison L. Coil, Christopher J. Conselice, Marc Dav… 展开作者

Michael C. Cooper, Jeffrey A. Newman, Benjamin J. Weiner, Renbin Yan, Christopher N. A. Willmer, Kevin Bundy, Alison L. Coil, Christopher J. Conselice, Marc Davis, S. M. Faber, Brian F. Gerke, Puragra Guhathakurta, David C. Koo, Kai G. Noeske

摘要:

使用斯隆数字巡天和DEEP 2星系红移巡天中获取的星系样本,我们研究了z ~ 0.1和z ~ 1处恒星形成与环境之间的关系。我们估计的总恒星形成率(SFR)和特定的恒星形成率(sSFR)为每个星系根据测得的[O II]星云线光度,校正使用经验校准,以匹配更强大的SFR指标。与以前的结果相呼应,我们发现,在本地宇宙中,恒星的形成取决于环境,使得在高密度区域的星系,平均而言,有较低的恒星形成率和较长的恒星形成时间尺度比在低密度区域的同行。在z ~ 1处,我们表明特定SFR与环境之间的关系反映了局部发现的关系。然而,我们发现,总SFR和在z ~ 1处的过密度之间的关系是相反的局部关系。这种观测到的SFR-密度关系的演化部分是由z ~ 1处稠密环境中的明亮蓝色星系群驱动的。这个在z ~ 0处缺少对应物的种群被认为是从z ~ 1到z ~ 0演化成红色序列的成员。最后,我们得出结论,在z < 1的宇宙恒星形成历史中,环境并不起主导作用:在恒定红移下,平均星系SFR对局部星系密度的依赖性与过去7 Gyr的全球SFR空间密度的下降相比很小。

英文摘要:

Using galaxy samples drawn from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and the DEEP2 Galaxy Redshift Survey, we study the relationship between star formation and environment at z ~ 0.1 and z ~ 1. We estimate the total star-formation rate (SFR) and specific star-formation rate (sSFR) for each galaxy according to the measured [O II] nebular line luminosity, corrected using empirical calibrations to match more robust SFR indicators. Echoing previous results, we find that in the local Universe star formation depends on environment such that galaxies in regions of higher overdensity, on average, have lower star-formation rates and longer star-formation timescales than their counterparts in lower-density regions. At z ~ 1, we show that the relationship between specific SFR and environment mirrors that found locally. However, we discover that the relationship between total SFR and overdensity at z ~ 1 is inverted relative to the local relation. This observed evolution in the SFR-density relation is driven, in part, by a population of bright, blue galaxies in dense environments at z ~ 1. This population, which lacks a counterpart at z ~ 0, is thought to evolve into members of the red sequence from z ~ 1 to z ~ 0. Finally, we conclude that environment does not play a dominant role in the cosmic star-formation history at z < 1: the dependence of the mean galaxy SFR on local galaxy density at constant redshift is small compared to the decline in the global SFR space density over the last 7 Gyr.

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