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zCOSMOS -10 k亮度光谱样品。星系-恒星质量函数的双峰性:用红移探讨其演化

zCOSMOS - 10k-bright spectroscopic sample. The bimodality in the Galaxy Stellar Mass Function: exploring its evolution with redshift

L. Pozzetti, M. Bolzonella, E. Zucca, G. Zamorani, S. Lilly, A. Renzini, M. Moresco, M. Mignoli, P. Cassata, L. Tasca, F. Lamareille, C. Maier, B. Meneux, C. Ha… 展开作者

L. Pozzetti, M. Bolzonella, E. Zucca, G. Zamorani, S. Lilly, A. Renzini, M. Moresco, M. Mignoli, P. Cassata, L. Tasca, F. Lamareille, C. Maier, B. Meneux, C. Halliday, P. Oesch, D. Vergani, K. Caputi, K. Kovac, A. Cimatti, O. Cucciati, A. Iovino, Y. Peng, M. Carollo, T. Contini, J. P. Kneib, O. Le F'evre, V. Mainieri, M. Scodeggio, S. Bardelli, A. Bongiorno, G. Coppa, S. de la Torre, L. de Ravel, P. Franzetti, B. Garilli, P. Kampczyk, C. Knobel, J. F. Le Borgne, V. Le Brun, R. Pell`o, E. Perez Montero, E. Ricciardelli, J. D. Silverman, M. Tanaka, L. Tresse, U. Abbas, D. Bottini, A. Cappi, L. Guzzo, A. M. Koekemoer, A. Leauthaud, D. Maccagni, C. Marinoni, H. J. McCracken, P. Memeo, C. Porciani, R. Scaramella, C. Scarlata, N. Scoville

摘要:

我们从zCOSMOS明亮的10 k光谱样本中给出了z~1范围内的星系恒星质量函数(MF)。我们调查的总MF和ETGs和LTGs的贡献,定义不同的标准(SED,形态或恒星形成)。我们揭示了一个星系双峰的全球MF,更好地表示由ETGs和LTGs,分别占主导地位的2 Schechter函数。对于全球人口,我们确认,低质量星系数密度增加晚,快于大质量星系。我们发现,在中低M星(logM<10.6)的MF演化主要是由平稳减少的恒星形成活动驱动的恒星质量增长来解释的。低残留演化与每个星系每个Gyr约0.16合并一致(其中小于0.1是主要的)。我们发现,ETGs的数量密度增加宇宙时间更快地减少Mstar,与中位数“建筑红移”增加质量,与层次模型。对于LTG,我们发现蓝星系或旋涡星系的数密度从z~1开始几乎保持不变。相反,最极端的活跃恒星形成星系的数量密度正在迅速下降。我们认为,从蓝色的中间质量的主动螺旋转化为蓝色的静态和连续(1-2 Gyr后)到红色被动型。完整的形态转变成红色球体,需要更长的时间尺度或遵循后1-2 Gyr。蓝色星系的不断替换预计是由低质量的活跃螺旋在恒星质量的增长。我们估计,当logM<11时,平均每Gyr约有25%的蓝色星系转化为红色星系。我们的结论是,星系和ETG的建立遵循相同的缩小趋势与质量形成的恒星,目前SAM预测的趋势相反。我们预计全球星系重子MF的演变可以忽略不计。

英文摘要:

We present the Galaxy Stellar Mass Function (MF) up to z~1 from the zCOSMOS-bright 10k spectroscopic sample. We investigate the total MF and the contribution of ETGs and LTGs, defined by different criteria (SED, morphology or star formation). We unveil a galaxy bimodality in the global MF, better represented by 2 Schechter functions dominated by ETGs and LTGs, respectively. For the global population we confirm that low-mass galaxies number density increases later and faster than for massive galaxies. We find that the MF evolution at intermediate-low values of Mstar (logM<10.6) is mostly explained by the growth in stellar mass driven by smoothly decreasing star formation activities. The low residual evolution is consistent with ~0.16 merger per galaxy per Gyr (of which fewer than 0.1 are major). We find that ETGs increase in number density with cosmic time faster for decreasing Mstar, with a median "building redshift" increasing with mass, in contrast with hierarchical models. For LTGs we find that the number density of blue or spiral galaxies remains almost constant from z~1. Instead, the most extreme population of active star forming galaxies is rapidly decreasing in number density. We suggest a transformation from blue active spirals of intermediate mass into blue quiescent and successively (1-2 Gyr after) into red passive types. The complete morphological transformation into red spheroidals, required longer time-scales or follows after 1-2 Gyr. A continuous replacement of blue galaxies is expected by low-mass active spirals growing in stellar mass. We estimate that on average ~25% of blue galaxies is transforming into red per Gyr for logM<11. We conclude that the build-up of galaxies and ETGs follows the same downsizing trend with mass as the formation of their stars, converse to the trend predicted by current SAMs. We expect a negligible evolution of the global Galaxy Baryonic MF.

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