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大质量星系的合并驱动演化

The merger-driven evolution of massive galaxies

Aday R. Robaina, Eric F. Bell, Arjen van der Wel, Rachel S. Somerville, Rosalind E. Skelton, Daniel H. McIntosh, Klaus Meisenheimer, Christian Wolf

摘要:

本文利用COSMOS和COMBO-17巡天中M > 5e 10 M太阳星系的小尺度两点关联函数的幅值,研究了星系合并的速率及其对大质量星系群的影响。使用从斯隆数字巡天获得的对分数作为低红移基准,中等红移的大测量区域使我们能够以前所未有的精度确定质量选择样本的近距离对分数的演变:我们发现,在3D空间中,质量大于5e10M_sun的成对星系的比例在小于30 kpc的距离内演化为F(z)=在z = 0和z = 1.2之间为(0.0130+/-0.0019)x(1+z)^1.21+/-0.25。假设合并时间尺度为0.5 Gyrs,推断的合并速率是这样的,质量超过1 e11 Msun的星系平均经历了0.5(0.7)次合并,涉及的祖星系都比5e 10 Msun更大,因为z = 0.6(1.2)。我们还研究了大质量红序星系的数密度演化,使用公布的光度函数和限制的M/L演化从基本平面。此外,我们还证明了大质量星系的实测合并率足以解释自z = 1以来在大质量红序列星系中观测到的数密度演化。

英文摘要:

We explore the rate and impact of galaxy mergers on the massive galaxy population using the amplitude of the two-point correlation function on small scales for M > 5e10 M_sun galaxies from the COSMOS and COMBO-17 surveys. Using a pair fraction derived from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey as a low-redshift benchmark, the large survey area at intermediate redshifts allows us to determine the evolution of the close pair fraction with unprecedented accuracy for a mass-selected sample: we find that the fraction of galaxies more massive than 5e10M_sun in pairs separated by less than 30 kpc in 3D space evolves as F(z) = (0.0130+/-0.0019)x(1+z)^1.21+/-0.25 between z = 0 and z = 1.2. Assuming a merger time scale of 0.5 Gyrs, the inferred merger rate is such that galaxies with mass in excess of 1e11 M_sun have undergone, on average, 0.5 (0.7) mergers involving progenitor galaxies both more massive than 5e10 M_sun since z = 0.6 (1.2). We also study the number density evolution of massive red sequence galaxies using published luminosity functions and constraints on the M/L evolution from the fundamental plane. Moreover, we demonstrate that the measured merger rate of massive galaxies is sufficient to explain this observed number density evolution in massive red sequence galaxies since z = 1.

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