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z = 0.9以后星系团的颜色双峰

The Color Bimodality in Galaxy Clusters since z = 0.9

Y. -S. Loh, E. Ellingson, H. K. C. Yee, D. G. Gilbank, M. D. Gladders, L. F. Barrientos

摘要:

利用从红序星系团巡天(RCS)中选取的约1000个星系团的均匀样本,研究了z = 0.45 ~ z = 0.9的星系团的色星等分布的演化。星系的红色部分减少作为增加红移的函数,所有集群中心半径,符合屠夫-Oemler效应,并建议集群蓝色人口可能与新落入星系。我们还发现,在核心的红色部分有一个较浅的演变相比,在集群的外围。对蓝色星系颜色分布的详细研究表明,它们的颜色与正常的螺旋星系一致,并且可能会随着时间的推移而略微变红。星暴光谱类型的星系贡献不到5%的增加,在高红移的蓝色人口,这意味着所观察到的布彻-Oemler效应不是由一个清晰的星暴,但更符合正常的同时代的现场人口。

英文摘要:

We present the evolution of the color-magnitude distribution of galaxy clusters from z = 0.45 to z = 0.9 using a homogeneously selected sample of ~1000 clusters drawn from the Red-Sequence Cluster Survey (RCS). The red fraction of galaxies decreases as a function of increasing redshift for all cluster-centric radii, consistent with the Butcher-Oemler effect, and suggesting that the cluster blue population may be identified with newly infalling galaxies. We also find that the red fraction at the core has a shallower evolution compared with that at the cluster outskirts. Detailed examination of the color distribution of blue galaxies suggests that they have colors consistent with normal spirals and may redden slightly with time. Galaxies of starburst spectral type contribute less than 5% of the increase in the blue population at high redshift, implying that the observed Butcher-Oemler effect is not caused by a unobscured starbursts, but is more consistent with a normal coeval field population.

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