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红序的演化路径:z~0时过渡星系的恒星形成和HI性质

Evolutionary paths to and from the red sequence: Star formation and HI properties of transition galaxies at z~0

L. Cortese, T. M. Hughes

摘要:

我们研究了蓝色和红色序列之间星系的性质(即,过渡区)相结合的紫外和近红外成像HI线观测附近星系的体积有限的样本。我们确认存在一个紧密的颜色和HI分数之间的关系,在所有的颜色范围内,虽然外面的蓝色云这种趋势逐渐变弱。过渡星系根据其氢原子含量分为两个不同的家族。缺乏HI的星系是我们样本中过渡星系的大多数。它们在高密度环境中被发现,它们的所有性质都与通过气体剥离的恒星形成的淬火相一致。然而,虽然从蓝色云的迁移相对较快(即,<=1 Gyr),似乎需要更长的时间(至少几Gyr)才能完全抑制恒星形成并达到红色序列。在所有质量下,迁移的缺乏HI的星系主要是盘,这意味着负责今天的集群迁移的机制不能在高红移的红色序列的创建中发挥重要作用。相反,HI-正常过渡星系是一个更加异质的群体。这些对象的一小部分显示吸积/小合并事件的证据表明,至少有一部分HI水库有外部起源。这些系统的详细演化仍不清楚,但我们的分析表明,一些星系可能在吸积事件后从红色序列中迁移回来。我们的研究清楚地显示了导致过渡区的各种演化路径,并表明过渡星系可能并不总是与从蓝色序列快速迁移到红色序列的系统相关联。

英文摘要:

(Abridged) We investigate the properties of galaxies between the blue and the red sequence (i.e., the transition region) by combining UV and NIR imaging to HI line observations for a volume-limited sample of nearby galaxies. We confirm the existence of a tight relation between colour and HI-fraction across all the range of colours, although outside the blue cloud this trend becomes gradually weaker. Transition galaxies are divided into two different families, according to their atomic hydrogen content. HI-deficient galaxies are the majority of transition galaxies in our sample. They are found in high density environments and all their properties are consistent with a quenching of the star formation via gas stripping. However, while the migration from the blue cloud is relatively quick (i.e., <=1 Gyr), a longer amount of time (a few Gyr at least) seems required to completely suppress the star formation and reach the red sequence. At all masses, migrating HI-deficient galaxies are mainly disks, implying that the mechanism responsible for today's migration in clusters cannot have played a significant role in the creation of the red sequence at high-redshift. Conversely, HI-normal transition galaxies are a more heterogeneous population. A fraction of these objects show evidence for accretion/minor-merging events suggesting that at least part of the HI reservoir has an external origin. The detailed evolution of such systems is still unclear, but our analysis suggests that some galaxies might have migrated back from the red sequence after accretion events. Our study clearly shows the variety of evolutionary paths leading to the transition region and suggests that the transition galaxies may not be always associated with systems quickly migrating from the blue to the red sequence.

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