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光学和X射线选择星系团中最亮星系团的紫外光学色

The UV-optical colours of brightest cluster galaxies in optically and X-ray selected clusters

Jing Wang, Roderik Overzier, Guinevere Kauffmann, Anja von der Linden, Xu Kong

摘要:

在X射线选定的星系团中心,许多最亮的星系团(BCGs)显示出最近恒星形成的明确证据。然而,对光学选择星团中的BCGs的研究表明,与类似恒星质量的非BCGs对照样本相比,恒星形成并没有增强。在这里,我们分析了低红移(z<0.1),光学选择的集群,非BCGs的匹配对照样本,和一个较小的样本的BCGs在X射线选择的集群中的113个BCGs的样本。我们对BCG的SDSS图像进行卷积以匹配GALEX数据的分辨率,并测量其内部和外部区域的紫外光学颜色。我们发现,光学选择的BCGs表现出较小的散射光学颜色和红色的内部NUV-r颜色比控制星系,这表明他们是一个同质的人口很少正在进行的恒星形成。在X射线选择的集群样本中的BCG跨越类似的光学颜色范围,但具有更蓝的NUV-r颜色。在X射线选择的BCG中,位于中心冷却时间小于1 Gyr的星系团中的BCG比位于中心气体冷却时间较长的星系团中的BCG显着更蓝。我们的主要结论是,星系在其晕中心的位置不足以确定它目前是否正在形成恒星。人们还必须知道晕核中气体的热力学状态。

英文摘要:

Many brightest cluster galaxies (BCGs) at the centers of X-ray selected clusters exhibit clear evidence for recent star formation. However, studies of BCGs in optically-selected clusters show that star formation is not enhanced when compared to control samples of non-BCGs of similar stellar mass. Here we analyze a sample of 113 BCGs in low redshift (z<0.1), optically-selected clusters, a matched control sample of non-BCGs, and a smaller sample of BCGs in X-ray selected clusters. We convolve the SDSS images of the BCGs to match the resolution of the GALEX data and we measure UV-optical colours in their inner and outer regions. We find that optically-selected BCGs exhibit smaller scatter in optical colours and redder inner NUV-r colours than the control galaxies, indicating that they are a homogenous population with very little ongoing star formation. The BCGs in the X-ray selected cluster sample span a similar range in optical colours, but have bluer NUV-r colours. Among X-ray selected BCGs, those located in clusters with central cooling times of less than 1 Gyr are significantly bluer than those located in clusters where the central gas cooling times are long. Our main conclusion is that the location of a galaxy at the centre of its halo is not sufficient to determine whether or not it is currently forming stars. One must also have information about the thermodynamic state of the gas in the core of the halo.

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