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zCOSMOS 10 k样本:直到z=1时星系恒星质量在色密度关系中的作用

The zCOSMOS 10k-sample: the role of galaxy stellar mass in the colour-density relation up to z=1

O. Cucciati, A. Iovino, K. Kovac, M. Scodeggio, S. J. Lilly, M. Bolzonella, S. Bardelli, D. Vergani, L. A. M. Tasca, E. Zucca, G. Zamorani, L. Pozzetti, C. Knob… 展开作者

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

摘要:

[摘要]利用前10000个通量受限的zCOSMOS样本(I<=22.5)的光谱,我们研究了自z=1.0以来环境对星系性质的影响的演变,并解开了星系颜色、恒星质量和局部密度(3D局部密度对比度“δ”,用第五近邻方法计算)之间的依赖关系。我们证实,在亮度有限的样本(M_B<=-20.5-z)中,红(U-B>=1)星系的比例f_red至少在z=1之前依赖于δ,红星系主要存在于高密度中。这种趋势随着z的增加而减弱,并且D4000 A断裂>=1.4的星系部分的行为反映了这一趋势。我们还发现,直到z=1,log(EW[OII])>=1.15的星系的比例是较高的较低的δ,而且这种依赖性减弱增加z。鉴于星系颜色、恒星质量和δ之间的三重依赖关系,在光度选定的样本中发现的颜色-δ关系可能是由于恒星质量的广泛范围。因此,我们固定的恒星质量,我们发现,在这种情况下,颜色三角洲的关系是平坦的z=1的星系与log(M/M_sun)>=10.7。这意味着对于这些质量,在亮度选择的样品中发现的颜色-δ关系是颜色-质量和质量-δ关系组合的结果。相反,我们发现,对于0.1<=z<=0.5和log(M/M_sun)<=10.7,即使在固定质量下,“f_red”也取决于δ。在这些质量和z范围内,环境也直接影响星系的颜色。我们建议的情况下,颜色主要取决于恒星的质量,但相对较低的质量星系的局部密度调制这种依赖。这些星系形成的时间更近,在一个进化结构已经存在的时代,它们较长的SFH允许环境驱动的物理过程在更长的时间内运行。

英文摘要:

[Abridged] With the first 10000 spectra of the flux limited zCOSMOS sample (I<=22.5) we study the evolution of environmental effects on galaxy properties since z=1.0, and disentangle the dependence among galaxy colour, stellar mass and local density (3D local density contrast `delta', computed with the 5th nearest neighbour approach). We confirm that within a luminosity-limited sample (M_B<=-20.5-z) the fraction of red (U-B>=1) galaxies 'f_red' depends on delta at least up to z=1, with red galaxies residing mainly in high densities. This trend weakens for increasing z, and it is mirrored by the behaviour of the fraction of galaxies with D4000A break >=1.4. We also find that up to z=1 the fraction of galaxies with log(EW[OII]) >=1.15 is higher for lower delta, and also this dependence weakens for increasing z. Given the triple dependence among galaxy colours, stellar mass and delta, the colour-delta relation found in the luminosity-selected sample can be due to the broad range of stellar masses. Thus, we fix the stellar mass and we find that in this case the colour-delta relation is flat up to z=1 for galaxies with log(M/M_sun)>=10.7. This means that for these masses the colour-delta relation found in a luminosity-selected sample is the result of the combined colour-mass and mass-delta relations. In contrast, we find that for 0.1<=z<=0.5 and log(M/M_sun)<=10.7 'f_red' depends on delta even at fixed mass. In these mass and z ranges, environment affects directly also galaxy colours. We suggest a scenario in which the colour depends primarily on stellar mass, but for relatively low mass galaxies the local density modulates this dependence. These galaxies formed more recently, in an epoch when evolved structures were already in place, and their longer SFH allowed environment-driven physical processes to operate during longer periods of time.

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