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遥远星系团的结构-- III:z < 1.2时超过20,000个大规模星系团的合并历史

The Structures of Distant Galaxies - III: The Merger History of over 20,000 Massive Galaxies at z < 1.2

Christopher J. Conselice, Cui Yang, Asa F. L. Bluck

摘要:

利用哈勃空间望远镜的两次大视场星系巡天(EGS和COSMOS巡天)的深空图像,研究了21,902个M *>10^{10} M0且z<1.2的星系的结构特性,并推导了它们的合并历史。我们研究了这些星系的结构CAS参数,推导合并分数,在0.2<z<1.2,基于这些系统的不对称性和块状值。我们发现z=0.2和z=1.2之间的合并分数从大约fm =0.04+/-0.01增加到fm =0.13+/-0.01。我们探讨了几个拟合形式主义参数化的合并分数,并比较我们的结果与其他结构的研究和配对方法内的DEEP 2,VVDS,和COSMOS领域。我们还重新审视我们的方法,选择合并,和固有的错误预算和系统与识别合并使用结构。对于M_*>10^{10} M_0的星系,合并分数可以用f_m = f_0*(1+z)^m表示,其幂律斜率m=2.3+/-0.4。通过使用最佳可用的z = 0先验,斜率增加到m=3.8+/-0.2,表明局部合并性质的测量对于导出合并分数的演变是多么关键。此外,我们表明,合并分数通过结构是大约3-6倍高于对分数。基于最新的宇宙学模拟的合并,我们表明,这一比例的预测,这两种方法都可能跟踪合并的分数和速度正确。利用模拟的合并时间尺度和先前发表的合并分数,我们计算出M *>10^{10} M0的星系合并率在z = 0.7和z = 3之间线性增加,而一个典型的M *>10^{10} M0的星系在z<1.2时经历1-2次主要合并。

英文摘要:

Utilizing deep Hubble Space Telescope imaging from the two largest field galaxy surveys, the Extended Groth Strip (EGS) and the COSMOS survey, we examine the structural properties, and derive the merger history for 21,902 galaxies with M_*>10^{10} M_0 at z<1.2. We examine the structural CAS parameters of these galaxies, deriving merger fractions, at 0.2<z<1.2, based on the asymmetry and clumpiness values of these systems. We find that the merger fraction between z=0.2 and z=1.2 increases from roughly f_m=0.04+/-0.01 to f_m=0.13+/-0.01. We explore several fitting formalisms for parameterising the merger fraction, and compare our results to other structural studies and pair methods within the DEEP2, VVDS, and COSMOS fields. We also re-examine our method for selecting mergers, and the inherent error budget and systematics associated with identifying mergers using structure. For galaxies selected by M_*>10^{10} M_0, the merger fraction can be parameterised by f_m = f_0*(1+z)^m with the power-law slope m=2.3+/-0.4. By using the best available z = 0 prior the slope increases to m=3.8+/-0.2, showing how critical the measurement of local merger properties are for deriving the evolution of the merger fraction. We furthermore show that the merger fraction derived through structure is roughly a factor of 3-6 higher than pair fractions. Based on the latest cosmological simulations of mergers we show that this ratio is predicted, and that both methods are likely tracing the merger fraction and rate properly. We calculate, utilising merger time scales from simulations, and previously published merger fractions that the merger rate of galaxies with M_*>10^{10} M_0 increases linearly between z = 0.7 and z = 3, and that a typical M_*>10^{10} M_0 galaxy undergoes between 1-2 major mergers at z<1.2.

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