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干并合:对星系形成的一个重要考验

Dry Mergers: A Crucial Test for Galaxy Formation

S. Khochfar, J. Silk

摘要:

我们调查的作用,干合并中发挥的大规模星系内的冷暗物质范例的建设。实施一个经验的恒星形成的关闭质量尺度,我们发现一个几乎恒定的干合并率$ \sim 6 \times 10^{-5}$ Mpc $^{-3}$陀螺$^{-1}$在$z \leq 1$和一个陡峭的下降在较大的z。在这些合并中,只有不到一半的合并发生在两个在形态上被归类为早期类型的星系之间,另一半则主要发生在早期类型和晚期类型的星系之间。后者是红椭圆星系潮汐特征起源的主要候选者。恒星形成的过渡质量尺度的引入对星系的演化有很大的影响,使它们能够通过合并而成长到$M_{*,c} \sim 6.3 \times 10^{10}$ M $_{\odot}$以上的特征质量尺度。作为这种转变的结果,我们发现,周围的$M_{*,c}$,1:1合并的比例是增强相对于不平等的质量主要合并。这表明,有可能通过测量等质量合并对不等质量合并的相对贡献作为星系质量的函数来检测过渡质量尺度的存在。高质量端的光度函数的演化主要是由低z下的干合并驱动的。然而,我们发现,只有$10% -20%$的星系更大的质量比$M_{*,c}$经验干主要合并在其最后的Gyr在任何给定的红移$z \le 1$。

英文摘要:

We investigate the role that dry mergers play in the build-up of massive galaxies within the cold dark matter paradigm. Implementing an empirical shut-off mass scale for star formation, we find a nearly constant dry merger rate of $ \sim 6 \times 10^{-5}$ Mpc$^{-3}$ Gyr$^{-1}$ at $z \leq 1$ and a steep decline at larger z. Less than half of these mergers are between two galaxies that are morphologically classified as early-types, and the other half is mostly between an early-type and late-type galaxy. Latter are prime candidates for the origin of tidal features around red elliptical galaxies. The introduction of a transition mass scale for star formation has a strong impact on the evolution of galaxies, allowing them to grow above a characteristic mass scale of $M_{*,c} \sim 6.3 \times 10^{10}$ M$_{\odot}$ by mergers only. As a consequence of this transition, we find that around $M_{*,c}$, the fraction of 1:1 mergers is enhanced with respect to unequal mass major mergers. This suggest that it is possible to detect the existence of a transition mass scale by measuring the relative contribution of equal mass mergers to unequal mass mergers as a function of galaxy mass. The evolution of the high-mass end of the luminosity function is mainly driven by dry mergers at low z. We however find that only $10% -20%$ of galaxies more massive than $M_{*,c}$ experience dry major mergers within their last Gyr at any given redshift $z \le 1$.

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