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银河系主并合对z~1的影响

The Galaxy Major Merger Fraction to z ~ 1

C. López-Sanjuan, M. Balcells, P. G. Pérez-González, G. Barro, C. E. García-Dabó, J. Gallego, J. Zamorano

摘要:

目的:我们研究了在GOODS-S场的SPITZER/IRAC选择的星表中,对于光度和质量受限的样品,直到z~1的主要合并部分。研究方法:我们基于形态不对称性选择盘-盘合并残留物,并解决系统误差的三个主要来源:(i)我们明确地应用形态学K-修正,(ii)我们测量了人工红移到z_d = 1.0的星系的不对称性,以处理红移造成的形态学信息的损失,(iii)我们考虑了z和A的观测误差,虽然使用了极大似然技术,但其倾向于高估合并分数。结果:在z~1范围内,形态学合并分数(fm)小于0.06.将合并分数随红移的演化参数化为f_m(z)= f_m(0)(1 + z)^m,发现M_B <=-20星系的合并分数为m = 1.8 +/-0.5,而M_star>= 10^10 M_Sun星系的合并分数为m = 5.4 +/-0.4。当我们将合并分数转化为合并率(R_m)时,它们的演化(参数为R_m(z)= R_m(0)(1 + z)^n)在两种情况下非常相似:分别为n = 3.3 +/-0.8和n = 3.5 +/-0.4。结论:我们的结果意味着,在今天的M_star>= 10^10 M_Sun星系中,只有约8%的星系自z~1以来经历了盘-盘主合并。此外,在z~1的这个质量的星系中,约有21%的星系自z~1.5以来经历了一次这样的合并。这表明,盘-盘主合并不是M_星>= 10^10 M_日星系自z~1以来演化的主导过程,但在z> 1时可能是一个重要过程。

英文摘要:

Aims: We study the major merger fraction in a SPITZER/IRAC-selected catalogue in the GOODS-S field up to z ~ 1 for luminosity- and mass-limited samples. Methods: We select disc-disc merger remnants on the basis of morphological asymmetries, and address three main sources of systematic errors: (i) we explicitly apply morphological K-corrections, (ii) we measure asymmetries in galaxies artificially redshifted to z_d = 1.0 to deal with loss of morphological information with redshift, and (iii) we take into account the observational errors in z and A, which tend to overestimate the merger fraction, though use of maximum likelihood techniques. Results: We obtain morphological merger fractions (f_m) below 0.06 up to z ~ 1. Parameterizing the merger fraction evolution with redshift as f_m(z) = f_m(0) (1+z)^m, we find that m = 1.8 +/- 0.5 for M_B <= -20 galaxies, while m = 5.4 +/- 0.4 for M_star >= 10^10 M_Sun galaxies. When we translate our merger fractions to merger rates (R_m), their evolution, parameterized as R_m(z) = R_m(0) (1+z)^n, is quite similar in both cases: n = 3.3 +/- 0.8 and n = 3.5 +/- 0.4, respectively. Conclusions: Our results imply that only ~8% of today's M_star >= 10^10 M_Sun galaxies have undergone a disc-disc major merger since z ~ 1. In addition, ~21% of this mass galaxies at z ~ 1 have undergone one of these mergers since z ~ 1.5. This suggests that disc-disc major mergers are not the dominant process in the evolution of M_star >= 10^10 M_Sun galaxies since z ~ 1, but may be an important process at z > 1.

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