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zCOSMOS-Bright巡天:z~1以来早期和晚期星系形态类型的成簇

The zCOSMOS-Bright survey: the clustering of early and late galaxy morphological types since z~1

S. de la Torre, O. Le Fèvre, C. Porciani, L. Guzzo, B. Meneux, U. Abbas, L. Tasca, C. M. Carollo, T. Contini, J. -P. Kneib, S. J. Lilly, V. Mainieri, A. Renzini… 展开作者

S. de la Torre, O. Le Fèvre, C. Porciani, L. Guzzo, B. Meneux, U. Abbas, L. Tasca, C. M. Carollo, T. Contini, J. -P. Kneib, S. J. Lilly, V. Mainieri, A. Renzini, M. Scodeggio, G. Zamorani, S. Bardelli, M. Bolzonella, A. Bongiorno, K. Caputi, G. Coppa, O. Cucciati, L. de Ravel, P. Franzetti, B. Garilli, C. Halliday, A. Iovino, P. Kampczyk, C. Knobel, A. M. Koekemoer, K. Kovac, F. Lamareille, J. -F. Le Borgne, V. Le Brun, C. Maier, M. Mignoli, R. Pelló, Y. Peng, E. Perez-Montero, E. Ricciardelli, J. Silverman, M. Tanaka, L. Tresse, D. Vergani, E. Zucca, D. Bottini, A. Cappi, P. Cassata, A. Cimatti, A. Leauthaud, D. Maccagni, C. Marinoni, H. J. McCracken, P. Memeo, P. Oesch, L. Pozzetti, R. Scaramella

摘要:

我们测量星系的空间聚类作为其形态类型的函数在z~0.8,第一次在深红移调查与完整的形态信息。这是通过结合高分辨率的HST成像和VLT光谱学获得的,大约8,500个星系的I_AB=22.5,精确的光谱红移来自zCOSMOS-Bright红移巡天。在这个时代,早型星系已经显示出显着更强的集群比晚型星系在所有探测尺度。在z~0.1的SDSS的比较表明,早期和晚期形态类之间的相对聚类强度往往随着宇宙时间的增加,在小的分离,而在大尺度上,它没有表现出显着的演变,因为z~0.8。这表明大多数早期类型的星系在这个时期已经在中等和密集的环境中形成。我们的结果与星系在z~1和z~0之间不同形态类型的相对成簇反映了环境在星系形态转变中的演化作用以及星系整体质量驱动的演化相一致。

英文摘要:

We measure the spatial clustering of galaxies as a function of their morphological type at z~0.8, for the first time in a deep redshift survey with full morphological information. This is obtained by combining high-resolution HST imaging and VLT spectroscopy for about 8,500 galaxies to I_AB=22.5 with accurate spectroscopic redshifts from the zCOSMOS-Bright redshift survey. At this epoch, early-type galaxies already show a significantly stronger clustering than late-type galaxies on all probed scales. A comparison to the SDSS at z~0.1, shows that the relative clustering strength between early and late morphological classes tends to increase with cosmic time at small separations, while on large scales it shows no significant evolution since z~0.8. This suggests that most early-type galaxies had already formed in intermediate and dense environments at this epoch. Our results are consistent with a picture in which the relative clustering of different morphological types between z~1 and z~0, reflects the evolving role of environment in the morphological transformation of galaxies, on top of the global mass-driven evolution.

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