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星系团中旋涡星系、S0星系和椭圆星系的演化

The evolution of spiral, S0 and elliptical galaxies in clusters

Bianca M. Poggianti, Giovanni Fasano, Daniela Bettoni, Antonio Cava, A. Dressler, E. Vanzella, Jesus Varela, Warrick J. Couch, Mauro D'Onofrio, Jacopo Fritz, Pe… 展开作者

Bianca M. Poggianti, Giovanni Fasano, Daniela Bettoni, Antonio Cava, A. Dressler, E. Vanzella, Jesus Varela, Warrick J. Couch, Mauro D'Onofrio, Jacopo Fritz, Per Kjaergaard, Mariano Moles, T. Valentinuzzi

摘要:

我们量化星系团的螺旋,S 0和椭圆分数的演化作为集群速度色散($σ$)和X射线光度($L_X$)的函数,使用一个新的数据库的72个附近的集群从宽场附近星系团调查(WINGS)结合文献数据在$z=0.5-1.2$。大多数WINGS集群的$σ$介于500和1100之间,$L_X$介于0.2和$5 \times 10^{44} \rm erg/s$之间。已知团簇中的S 0分数随着时间的推移而增加,代价是螺旋人口。我们发现,螺旋和S 0馏分已演变更强烈的较低的$σ$,质量较小的集群,而我们确认,椭圆的比例保持不变。我们的研究结果表明,形态演变,因为$z=1$不局限于大规模的集群,但实际上是更明显的低质量的集群,因此必须起源于长期(内在)的演变和/或从环境机制,优先在低质量的环境中,或在低质量和高质量的系统。我们还发现,螺旋分数的演化完美地反映了恒星形成星系的分数的演化。有趣的是,在低z下,螺旋分数ε与$L_X$相关。相反,未观察到与$σ$相关。鉴于$σ$和$L_X$都是星团质量的示踪剂,这些结果对目前星团形态演化的研究提出了挑战。

英文摘要:

We quantify the evolution of the spiral, S0 and elliptical fractions in galaxy clusters as a function of cluster velocity dispersion ($σ$) and X-ray luminosity ($L_X$) using a new database of 72 nearby clusters from the WIde-Field Nearby Galaxy-cluster Survey (WINGS) combined with literature data at $z=0.5-1.2$. Most WINGS clusters have $σ$ between 500 and 1100 $\rm km s^{-1}$, and $L_X$ between 0.2 and $5 \times 10^{44} \rm erg/s$. The S0 fraction in clusters is known to increase with time at the expense of the spiral population. We find that the spiral and S0 fractions have evolved more strongly in lower $σ$, less massive clusters, while we confirm that the proportion of ellipticals has remained unchanged. Our results demonstrate that morphological evolution since $z=1$ is not confined to massive clusters, but is actually more pronounced in low mass clusters, and therefore must originate either from secular (intrinsic) evolution and/or from environmental mechanisms that act preferentially in low-mass environments, or both in low- and high-mass systems. We also find that the evolution of the spiral fraction perfectly mirrors the evolution of the fraction of star-forming galaxies. Interestingly, at low-z the spiral fraction anticorrelates with $L_X$. Conversely, no correlation is observed with $σ$. Given that both $σ$ and $L_X$ are tracers of the cluster mass, these results pose a challenge for current scenarios of morphological evolution in clusters.

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