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z~2处的主动和被动星系:基于WFC3的静止标架光学形貌

Active and passive galaxies at z~2: Rest-frame optical morphologies with WFC3

E. Cameron, C. M. Carollo, P. A. Oesch, R. J. Bouwens, G. D. Illingworth, M. Trenti, I. Labbe, D. Magee

摘要:

我们利用HST上WFC 3在近红外波段的高角分辨率来确定YHVz色-色选择标准,以识别和表征HUDF 09和ERS(GOODS-South)场中的1.5<z<3.5星系。WFC 3的近红外图像揭示了在这些红移的星系,在静止帧UV HUDF/GOODS图像中没有检测到,以及在静止帧UV光中被归类为高度不规则的星系中的真正中心和规则盘。在1.5<z<2.15的红移范围内,在WFC 3图像中,约25%的中等和高质量星系都出现了规则的盘,即,高于10^10 Msun。与此同时,星系在静止坐标系光学光中保持漫射和/或不规则的形态,即,还没有动态稳定下来-在这些时期,几乎完全限制在10^11兆太阳以下的质量。相比之下,在2.25 < z < 3.5时,这些弥散和/或不规则的结构在中等质量和高质量区域的形态混合中占压倒性优势,而在10^11 Msun以上,没有规则的盘,只有一小部分(25%)光滑的球状体是明显的。引人注目的是,在1.5 < z < 2.25时,大约每3个最大质量的星系中就有2个是球状体。在我们的小样本中,这些质量尺度的恒星形成星系的比例同时从~60%下降到~ 5%。如果得到证实,这表明z~2是恒星形成的形态转变和猝灭的时期,它们聚集了第一批大量的大质量椭圆星系。

英文摘要:

We use the high angular resolution in the near-infrared of the WFC3 on HST to determine YHVz color-color selection criteria to identify and characterize 1.5<z<3.5 galaxies in the HUDF09 and ERS (GOODS-South) fields. The WFC3 NIR images reveal galaxies at these redshifts that were undetected in the rest-frame UV HUDF/GOODS images, as well as true centers and regular disks in galaxies classified as highly irregular in rest-frame UV light. Across the 1.5<z<2.15 redshift range, regular disks are unveiled in the WFC3 images of ~25% of both intermediate and high mass galaxies, i.e., above 10^10 Msun. Meanwhile, galaxies maintaining diffuse and/or irregular morphologies in the rest-frame optical light---i.e., not yet dynamically settled---at these epochs are almost entirely restricted to masses below 10^11 Msun. In contrast at 2.25 < z < 3.5 these diffuse and/or irregular structures overwhelmingly dominate the morphological mix in both the intermediate and high mass regimes, while no regular disks, and only a small fraction (25%) of smooth spheroids, are evident above 10^11 Msun. Strikingly, by 1.5 < z < 2.25 roughly 2 out of every 3 galaxies at the highest masses are spheroids. In our small sample, the fraction of star-forming galaxies at these mass scales decreases concurrently from ~60% to ~5%. If confirmed, this indicates that z~2 is the epoch of both the morphological transformation and quenching of star-formation which assemble the first substantial population of massive ellipticals.

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