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高红移下Galerkin的形态和亮度变化的证据

Evidence for Morphology and Luminosity Transformation of Galaxies at High Redshifts

Ho Seong Hwang, Changbom Park

摘要:

利用大天文台起源深空巡天(GOODS)中的星系光谱样本,研究了星系的形态-光度-环境关系及其红移演化。在$0.4\leq z\leq1.0$的红移范围内,我们探测到相邻星系之间形态的一致性。一致性的领域被限制在与每个星系和暗物质晕系统相关的维里化区域内。当一个星系位于最近邻星系的维里半径内时,它的形态强烈地依赖于邻近星系的距离和形态:当一个星系接近早型星系时,它成为早型星系的概率($f_E$)会大大增加,但当它接近晚型星系时,它会趋于减少。我们发现,$f_E$在高密度区域比在低密度区域演化得快得多,并且在$z\approx 1$处形态-密度关系变得明显较弱。这可能是因为在高密度区域,星系与星系之间的相互作用速率更高,并且在星系生命过程中的一系列相互作用和合并最终将晚期类型转变为早期类型。我们发现越孤立的星系越明亮,这支持了通过合并在这些红移光度转换。我们的结果与来自邻近星系的结果一致,并表明星系-星系相互作用在很长一段时间内强烈影响着星系的演化。

英文摘要:

We study the galaxy morphology-luminosity-environmental relation and its redshift evolution using a spectroscopic sample of galaxies in the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey (GOODS). In the redshift range of $0.4\leq z\leq1.0$ we detect conformity in morphology between neighboring galaxies. The realm of conformity is confined within the virialized region associated with each galaxy plus dark matter halo system. When a galaxy is located within the virial radius of its nearest neighbor galaxy, its morphology strongly depends on the neighbor's distance and morphology: the probability for a galaxy to be an early type ($f_E$) strongly increases as it approaches an early-type neighbor, but tends to decrease as it approaches a late-type neighbor. We find that $f_E$ evolves much faster in high density regions than in low density regions, and that the morphology-density relation becomes significantly weaker at $z\approx 1$. This may be because the rate of galaxy-galaxy interactions is higher in high density regions, and a series of interactions and mergers over the course of galaxy life eventually transform late types into early types. We find more isolated galaxies are more luminous, which supports luminosity transformation through mergers at these redshifts. Our results are consistent with those from nearby galaxies, and demonstrate that galaxy-galaxy interactions have been strongly affecting the galaxy evolution over a long period of time.

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