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SDSS DR4中的Galaxy组:I.目录和基本属性

Galaxy Groups in the SDSS DR4: I. The Catalogue and Basic Properties

Xiaohu Yang, H. J. Mo, Frank C. van den Bosch, Anna Pasquali, Cheng Li, Marco Barden

摘要:

我们使用Yang等人开发的基于晕的星系群发现器的修改版本从斯隆数字巡天(SDSS DR 4)中选择星系群。在第一步中,两种方法的组合用于识别潜在群体的中心,并估计其特征光度。使用迭代方法,自适应组查找器然后使用从先前迭代获得的组的平均质光比来为每个组分配暂定质量。然后,这个质量被用来估计承载群的底层晕的大小和速度色散,这反过来又被用来确定红移空间中的群成员。最后,每一个单独的星系团被赋予两个不同的晕质量:一个基于它的特征光度,另一个基于它的特征恒星质量。应用组发现者的SDSS DR 4,我们得到301237组在广泛的动态范围内,包括孤立星系的系统。我们使用详细的模拟星系目录构建的SDSS DR4测试我们的组查找器的性能方面的完整性,真正的成员,污染的闯入者,和分配的质量的准确性。本文是系列文章的第一篇,重点介绍了星群发现者的选择过程、可靠性检验和星群星表的基本性质(如质光比、晕质量与恒星质量比等)。可在http://gax.shao.ac.cn/data/Group.html和http://www.astro.umass.edu/~xhyang/Group.html上获得包括小组成员在内的小组目录

英文摘要:

We use a modified version of the halo-based group finder developed by Yang et al. to select galaxy groups from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS DR4). In the first step, a combination of two methods is used to identify the centers of potential groups and to estimate their characteristic luminosity. Using an iterative approach, the adaptive group finder then uses the average mass-to-light ratios of groups, obtained from the previous iteration, to assign a tentative mass to each group. This mass is then used to estimate the size and velocity dispersion of the underlying halo that hosts the group, which in turn is used to determine group membership in redshift space. Finally, each individual group is assigned two different halo masses: one based on its characteristic luminosity, and the other based on its characteristic stellar mass. Applying the group finder to the SDSS DR4, we obtain 301237 groups in a broad dynamic range, including systems of isolated galaxies. We use detailed mock galaxy catalogues constructed for the SDSS DR4 to test the performance of our group finder in terms of completeness of true members, contamination by interlopers, and accuracy of the assigned masses. This paper is the first in a series and focuses on the selection procedure, tests of the reliability of the group finder, and the basic properties of the group catalogue (e.g. the mass-to-light ratios, the halo mass to stellar mass ratios, etc.). The group catalogues including the membership of the groups are available at http://gax.shao.ac.cn/data/Group.html and http://www.astro.umass.edu/~xhyang/Group.html

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