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第一次中红外观测邻近星系群的恒星形成特性

The First Mid-IR View of the Star-forming Properties of Nearby Galaxy Groups

Lei Bai, Jesper Rasmussen, John S. Mulchaey, Ali Dariush, Somak Raychaudhury, Trevor J. Ponman

摘要:

我们提出了第一个中红外研究星系群在附近的宇宙的基础上斯皮策MIPS观测的样本的9个红移选定的集团从XMM-IMACS(XI)项目,在z=0.06。我们发现,平均而言,恒星形成(SF)的星系分数的集团是约30%,低于该领域的价值和30%,高于集群。SF分数没有表现出任何系统的依赖于群速度色散,总恒星质量,或存在的X射线发射群内介质,但弱的反相关之间的SF分数和投影星系密度。然而,即使在密集区,在集团的SF分数仍然高于在集群外围,这表明在集团环境中的星系预处理是不足以解释低得多的SF分数的集群。SF星系群中典型的比恒星形成率(SFR/M*)在很大的恒星质量范围内(M*>10^9.6 msun)与该领域的结果相似,这有利于抑制恒星形成的快速作用机制,以解释SF星系群中总体较小的比例。如果星系间的相互作用是原因,那么极低的星暴星系比例(<1%)意味着任何合并引起的星暴阶段的时间尺度都很短(~0.1 Gyr)。与两个富星系团的比较表明,星系团中包含大量的大质量SF星系,它们的SFR非常低(占所有M*>10^10 Msun的星系的14%),这可能是由于冲压压力剥离在从更大质量的星系中去除气体时效率较低的结果。

英文摘要:

We present the first mid-IR study of galaxy groups in the nearby Universe based on Spitzer MIPS observations of a sample of nine redshift-selected groups from the XMM-IMACS (XI) project, at z=0.06. We find that on average the star-forming (SF) galaxy fraction in the groups is about 30% lower than the value in the field and 30% higher than in clusters. The SF fractions do not show any systematic dependence on group velocity dispersion, total stellar mass, or the presence of an X-ray emitting intragroup medium, but a weak anti-correlation is seen between SF fraction and projected galaxy density. However, even in the densest regions, the SF fraction in groups is still higher than that in cluster outskirts, suggesting that preprocessing of galaxies in group environments is not sufficient to explain the much lower SF fraction in clusters. The typical specific star formation rates (SFR/M*) of SF galaxies in groups are similar to those in the field across a wide range of stellar mass (M*>10^9.6 msun), favoring a quickly acting mechanism that suppresses star formation to explain the overall smaller fraction of SF galaxies in groups. If galaxy-galaxy interactions are responsible, then the extremely low starburst galaxy fraction (<1%) implies a short timescale (~0.1 Gyr) for any merger-induced starburst stage. Comparison to two rich clusters shows that clusters contain a population of massive SF galaxies with very low SFR (14% of all the galaxies with M*>10^10 Msun), possibly as a consequence of ram pressure stripping being less efficient in removing gas from more massive galaxies.

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