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Groth Strip中z = 0.6时主要合并分数的稳健测定

Robust determination of the major merger fraction at z = 0.6 in Groth Strip

C. López-Sanjuan, M. Balcells, C. E. García-Dabó, M. Prieto, D. Cristóbal-Hornillos, M. C. Eliche-Moral, D. Abreu, P. Erwin, R. Guzmán

摘要:

通过研究星系像的不对称指数A,我们测量了在中等红移(0.35 <= z < 0.85)下发生盘-盘主合并的星系比例(fm)。提供了GOYA光度测量中Groth带B和KS波段绝对星等选定样本的结果。三个来源的系统误差仔细解决:(i)我们避免形态K-校正,(ii)我们测量的不对称性在人工红移z_d = 0.75星系导致的形态信息与红移的损失,和(iii)我们考虑到z和A的观测误差,往往高估合并分数,极大似然技术。我们发现:(i)我们的数据允许一个强大的合并分数提供一个单一的红移箱中心在z=0.6。(ii)合并分数较低:M_B <= -20的星系f_m = 0.045,M_Ks <= -23.5的星系f_m = 0.031。(iii)未能解决观测误差的影响,导致f_m被高估10%-60%。将我们的结果与文献中的结果相结合,并将合并分数的演化参数化为f_m(z)= f_m(0)(1+z)^m,得到m = 2.9 ± 0.8,f_m(0)= 0.012 ± 0.004$。假设KS波段的质光比不随光度变化,我们推断恒星质量M >= 3.5 × 10^10 M_Sun的星系的合并速率为R_m = 1.6 × 10 ^-4 Mpc^-3 Gyr^-1。当我们与以前的研究在类似的红移,我们发现,合并率降低时,质量增加。

英文摘要:

(Abridged) We measure the fraction of galaxies undergoing disk-disk major mergers (f_m) at intermediate redshifts (0.35 <= z < 0.85) by studying the asymmetry index A of galaxy images. Results are provided for B- and Ks-band absolute magnitude selected samples from the Groth strip in the GOYA photometric survey. Three sources of systematic error are carefully addressed: (i) we avoid morphological K-corrections, (ii) we measure asymmetries in artificially redshifted to z_d = 0.75 galaxies to lead with loss of morphological information with redshift, and (iii) we take into account the observational errors in z and A, that tend to overestimate the merger fraction, by maximum likelihood techniques. We find: (i) our data allow for a robust merger fraction to be provided for a single redshift bin centered at z=0.6. (ii) Merger fractions have low values: f_m = 0.045 for M_B <= -20 galaxies, and f_m = 0.031 for M_Ks <= -23.5 galaxies. And, (iii) failure to address the effects of the observational errors leads to overestimating f_m by factors of 10%-60%. Combining our results with those on literature, and parameterizing the merger fraction evolution as f_m(z) = f_m(0)(1+z)^m, we obtain that m = 2.9 +- 0.8, and f_m(0) = 0.012 +- 0.004$. Assuming a Ks-band mass-to-light ratio not varying with luminosity, we infer that the merger rate of galaxies with stellar mass M >= 3.5x10^10 M_Sun is R_m = 1.6x10^-4 Mpc^-3 Gyr^-1. When we compare with previous studies at similar redshifts, we find that the merger rate decreases when mass increases.

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