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GOODS场中的红蓝星系群:红矮星过剩的证据

The red and blue galaxy populations in the GOODS field: evidence for an excess of red dwarfs

S. Salimbeni, E. Giallongo, N. Menci, M. Castellano, A. Fontana, A. Grazian, L. Pentericci, D. Trevese, S. Cristiani, M. Nonino, E. Vanzella

摘要:

我们研究的星系人口的演变z \sim 3作为其颜色属性的函数。特别是,光度函数和光度密度已被推导为红移的蓝/晚和红/早人口的函数。我们使用来自GOODS-MUSIC目录的数据,对于大多数样本,这些数据具有典型的震级限制z<26和Ks<23.5。大约8%的星系有光谱红移;其余的星系有很好的校准光度红移,来自14个波段(从U波段到斯皮策8 μm波段)的极宽的多波长覆盖范围。我们导出了一个完整的静止坐标系B带星系表,它根据静止坐标系U-V色(或导出的比恒星形成率,SSFR)性质分为两个子样本。我们确认了双峰的U-V颜色和SSFR的星系样本z \sim 3。该双峰用于计算蓝色/晚期和红色/早期子样本的LF。蓝/晚和总样品的LF很好地代表了陡峭的Schechter函数的光度随着红移的增加而变化。红色/早期人口的LF的体积密度随着红移的增加而减小。红/早期LF的形状显示出相对于平坦谢克特函数的外推,有过量的微弱红矮星,可以用两个谢克特函数的和来表示。我们的模型星系形成的层次聚类的情况下,其中还包括外部反馈,由于弥漫的紫外线背景,显示出一般广泛的协议与两个人口的LF,较大的差异是目前在暗端的红色人口。根据它们的恒星质量和空间分布,给出了关于红矮星种群性质的提示。

英文摘要:

We study the evolution of the galaxy population up to z\sim3 as a function of its colour properties. In particular, luminosity functions and luminosity densities have been derived as a function of redshift for the blue/late and red/early populations. We use data from the GOODS-MUSIC catalogue which have typical magnitude limits z<26 and Ks<23.5 for most of the sample. About 8% of the galaxies have spectroscopic redshifts; the remaining have well calibrated photometric redshifts derived from the extremely wide multi-wavelength coverage in 14 bands (from the U band to the Spitzer 8 μm band). We have derived a catalogue of galaxies complete in rest-frame B-band, which has been divided in two subsamples according to their rest-frame U-V colour (or derived specific star formation rate, SSFR) properties. We confirm a bimodality in the U-V colour and SSFR of the galaxy sample up to z\sim 3. This bimodality is used to compute the LFs of the blue/late and red/early subsamples. The LFs of the blue/late and total samples are well represented by steep Schechter functions evolving in luminosity with increasing redshifts. The volume density of the LFs of the red/early populations decreases with increasing redshift. The shape of the red/early LFs shows an excess of faint red dwarfs with respect to the extrapolation of a flat Schechter function and can be represented by the sum of two Schechter functions. Our model for galaxy formation in the hierarchical clustering scenario, which also includes external feedback due to a diffuse UV background, shows a general broad agreement with the LFs of both populations, the larger discrepancies being present at the faint end for the red population. Hints on the nature of the red dwarf population are given on the basis of their stellar mass and spatial distributions.

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