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两个Z~0.5星系团的宽视场巡天:确定观测到的螺旋星系向S0s转变的物理过程

A Wide-field Survey of Two Z~0.5 Galaxy Clusters: Identifying the Physical Processes Responsible for the Observed Transformation of Spirals into S0s

Sean M. Moran, Richard S. Ellis, Tommaso Treu, Graham P. Smith, R. Michael Rich, Ian Smail

摘要:

本文介绍了对两个大质量中等红移星系团Cl 0024 +17(z=0.39)和MS 0451 -03(z=0.54)的综合比较研究的新结果。我们确定和研究几个关键类的“过渡对象”的恒星星族或动态状态表明最近或正在进行的变化形态和恒星形成率。这是第一次,我们能够最终确定螺旋星系转变为S 0星系的过程。这是通过定位两个螺旋的恒星形成正在淬火,以及他们的最终继承者,最近创建的S 0。这两个集群之间的差异,在这两个转换过程的时间尺度和空间位置,使我们能够评估几个拟议的物理机制,可能是负责转换的相对重要性。结合其他诊断是敏感的ICM驱动的星系演化或星系-星系相互作用,我们描述了一个自洽的图片星系团的演化。我们发现,螺旋星系内的下降集团已经开始了一个缓慢的过程,主要是通过温和的星系-星系相互作用转换成S 0。螺旋到达星系团核心后的命运很大程度上取决于星系团ICM,在ICM密集的星系团中,所有剩余的螺旋通过冲压压力剥离迅速转化为S 0。在存在密度较低的ICM时,转换继续以较慢的速度进行,星系-星系相互作用继续发挥作用,同时ICM也造成“饥饿”。我们的结论是,通过改造的螺旋星系的本地S 0人口的积累是一个异质的过程,但在各种不同的环境中进行稳健。

英文摘要:

We present new results from our comprehensive comparative survey of two massive, intermediate redshift galaxy clusters, Cl0024+17 (z=0.39) and MS0451-03 (z=0.54). We identify and study several key classes of `transition objects' whose stellar populations or dynamical states indicate a recent or ongoing change in morphology and star formation rate. For the first time, we have been able to conclusively identify spiral galaxies in the process of transforming into S0 galaxies. This has been accomplished by locating both spirals whose star formation is being quenched as well as their eventual successors, the recently created S0s. Differences between the two clusters in both the timescales and spatial location of this conversion process allow us to evaluate the relative importance of several proposed physical mechanisms that could be responsible for the transformation. Combined with other diagnostics that are sensitive to either ICM-driven galaxy evolution or galaxy-galaxy interactions, we describe a self-consistent picture of galaxy evolution in clusters. We find that spiral galaxies within infalling groups have already begun a slow process of conversion into S0s primarily via gentle galaxy-galaxy interactions. The fates of spirals upon reaching the core of the cluster depend heavily on the cluster ICM, with rapid conversion of all remaining spirals into S0s via ram-pressure stripping in clusters where the ICM is dense. In the presence of a less-dense ICM, the conversion continues at a slower pace, with galaxy-galaxy interactions continuing to play a role along with `starvation' by the ICM. We conclude that the buildup of the local S0 population through the transformation of spiral galaxies is a heterogeneous process that nevertheless proceeds robustly across a variety of different environments.

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