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红色星系序列的环境依赖性

The environmental dependence of the red galaxy sequence

Hector J. Martinez, Valeria Coenda, Hernan Muriel

摘要:

利用SDSS中的场星系、群星系和团星系研究了红星系序列与环境的关系。我们的工作集中在研究的平均颜色($μ_R$)和散射($σ_R$)的RS作为一个函数的绝对幅度在不同的环境中,其特征在于无论是由质量的系统中的星系位于或由距离系统的中心。同样的分析也是用早期的红色星系进行的。对于一个给定的光度,场星系的$μ_R$更蓝,而$σ_R$比它们的星系团和星系团要大,而与星系的质量和位置无关。在星系系统中,高质量的星系团和星系团具有最红的$μ_R$和最小的$σ_R$。这些差异几乎消失时,红色早期型星系单独考虑。星系团核心和外围的星系团具有相似的$μ_R$,而星系团中的星系对星系团中心距离有很强的依赖性。在星系团外围的红早型星系的$σ_R$值与场星系的一样大,而在星系团内部区域的星系的$σ_R$值较低。我们发现亮红色早型星系在所有环境中都达到了几乎相同的演化阶段。我们的研究结果表明,集群环境是没有必要填充RS。我们提出了一个方案,在大规模的系统中的RS是由两个不同的恒星形成历史的星系:红色早期类型的星系,形成了大部分的大规模的晕组装的早期阶段,他们的恒星和红色星系,通过他们的大部分生活居住在贫困群体或领域,并落入大规模的系统在较低的红移。

英文摘要:

The dependence of the sequence of red galaxies (RS) with the environment is investigated using field, group, and cluster galaxies drawn from the SDSS. Our work focuses in studying the mean colour ($μ_R$) and the scatter ($σ_R$) of the RS as a function absolute magnitude in different environments characterised either by the mass of the system in which the galaxies are located or by the distance to the system's centre. The same analysis is carried out using red early type galaxies. For a given luminosity, $μ_R$ of field galaxies is bluer and $σ_R$ is larger than their group and cluster counterparts irrespective of mass and position within the systems. Among systems of galaxies, high mass groups and clusters have the reddest $μ_R$ and the smallest $σ_R$. These differences almost disappear when red early type galaxies alone are considered. Galaxies in the core and in the outskirts of groups have similar $μ_R$, whereas galaxies in clusters show a strong dependence on cluster centric distance. Red early type galaxies in the outskirts of clusters have $σ_R$ values as large as field galaxies', while galaxies in the inner regions of clusters have lower values. We find that bright red early type galaxies have reached nearly the same evolutionary stage in all environments. Our results suggest that the cluster environment is not necessary to populate the RS. We propose a scenario in which the RS in massive systems is populated by two different star formation history galaxies: red early type galaxies that formed the bulk of their stars during the early stages of massive halo assembly, and red galaxies that passed most of their lives inhabiting poor groups or the field and fell into massive systems at lower redshifts.

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