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过去7 Gyr星系合并和相互作用的频率和影响

Frequency and Impact of Galaxy Mergers and Interactions over the last 7 Gyr

S. Jogee, S. Miller, K. Penner, E. F. Bell, C. Conselice, R. E. Skelton, R. Somerville, H-W. Rix, F. D. Barazza, M. Barden, A. Borch, S. V. Beckwith, J. A. Cald… 展开作者

S. Jogee, S. Miller, K. Penner, E. F. Bell, C. Conselice, R. E. Skelton, R. Somerville, H-W. Rix, F. D. Barazza, M. Barden, A. Borch, S. V. Beckwith, J. A. Caldwell, B. Haussler, C. Heymans, K. Jahnke, D. McIntosh, K. Meisenheimer, C. Papovich, C. Peng, A. Robaina, S. Sanchez, L. Wisotzki, C. Wolf

摘要:

我们探索的历史和影响的星系合并和相互作用的z~0.24至0.80,基于HST ACS,组合-17和斯皮策24亩的数据~4500星系的GEMS调查。使用视觉和定量参数,我们确定与正常星系(E/S0,Sa,Sb-Sc,Sd/Irr)的最近强相互作用和合并指示强烈扭曲的星系。我们的结果是:(1)在z~0.24~0.80范围内,在每个Gyr仓中,观测到的高质量(M ≥ 2.5E~(10)Msun)星系中强扰动系统的F值约为9%~12%.相应的合并速率是10 ^-4星系Gyr-1 Mpc-3的数倍。分数F显示出与由几个基于LCDM的模拟预测的质量比>= 1:10的合并分数的公平协议。(2)对于M>= 1E9 Msun系统,强扰动系统的平均恒星形成率(SFR)相对于正常星系仅略有增加,与最近的模拟一致。事实上,在z~0.24至0.80范围内,强扰动系统仅占总SFR密度的一小部分(<~30%)。这表明,在过去70亿年中,宇宙SFR密度的行为主要是由正常星系形成的。

英文摘要:

We explore the history and impact of galaxy mergers and interactions over z~0.24 to 0.80, based on HST ACS, Combo-17, and Spitzer 24 mu data of ~4500 galaxies in the GEMS survey. Using visual and quantitative parameters,we identify galaxies with strong distortions indicative of recent strong interactions and mergers versus normal galaxies (E/S0, Sa, Sb-Sc, Sd/Irr). Our results are: (1) The observed fraction F of strongly disturbed systems among high mass (M>=2.5E10 Msun) galaxies is ~9% to 12% in every Gyr bin over z~0.24 to 0.80. The corresponding merger rate is a few times 10^-4 galaxies Gyr-1 Mpc-3. The fraction F shows fair agreement with the merger fraction of mass ratio >=1:10 predicted by several LCDM-based simulations. (2) For M>=1E9 Msun systems, the average star formation rate (SFR) of strongly disturbed systems is only modestly enhanced with respect to normal galaxies, in agreement with recent simulations. In fact, over z~0.24 to 0.80, strongly disturbed systems only account for a small fraction (<~30%) of the total SFR density. This suggests that the behaviour of the cosmic SFR density over the last seven billion years is predominantly shaped by normal galaxies.

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