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团星系色-星等关系的亮端

The bright end of the colour-magnitude relation of cluster galaxies

Noelia Jiménez, Sofía A. Cora, Lilia P. Bassino, Tomás E. Tecce, Analía V. Smith Castelli

摘要:

利用星系形成的半解析模型研究了团星系红序的发展。结果表明,在早型星系中,模拟的RS的总趋势与观测的关系之间有很好的一致性。然而,最明亮的星系($M_V \lesssim -20$)偏离了观测数据的线性拟合,显示出几乎恒定的颜色。我们分析了不同过程(即,静止恒星形成、盘不稳定性和合并),发现自$z\approx 2$以来,亮端的演化主要由次要和主要干合并驱动。由于最明亮的星系年龄分布很窄($1.0\times 10^{10}$ yr $<t<1.2\times 10^{10}$ yr),它们的金属丰度是影响它们颜色的主要因素。由于星系内恒星形成和合并卫星吸积所提供的恒星和金属质量的竞争,亮端的Galerkin达到金属丰度的上限。大质量星系(M_ \star \gtrsim 10^{10} M_{\odot} $) contribute with stellar components of high metallicity, but this fraction of stellar mass is negligible. Mergers contribute with a larger fraction of stellar mass ($ \approx 10-20 $ per cent), but the metallicity of the accreted satellites is lower by $ \approx)中的恒星形成活动比它们合并的星系的平均金属丰度高0.2$ dex。干合并的效果是增加亮端星系的质量,而不会显著改变它们的金属丰度,因此,它们的颜色,引起RS的断裂。这些结果被发现与不同的维里质量的集群,支持与观测结果一致的CMR的普遍性的想法。

英文摘要:

We investigate the development of the red sequence (RS) of cluster galaxies by using a semi-analytic model of galaxy formation. Results show good agreement between the general trend of the simulated RS and the observed relation in early-type galaxies. However, the most luminous galaxies ($M_V \lesssim -20$) depart from the linear fit to observed data, displaying almost constant colours. We analyze the dependence with redshift of the fraction of stellar mass contributed to each galaxy by different processes (i.e., quiescent star formation, disc instability and mergers), finding that the evolution of the bright end, since $z\approx 2$, is mainly driven by minor and major dry mergers. Since the most luminous galaxies have a narrow spread in ages ($1.0\times 10^{10}$ yr $<t<1.2\times 10^{10}$ yr), their metallicities are the main factor that affects their colours. Galaxies in the bright end reach an upper limit in metallicity as a result of the competition of the mass of stars and metals provided by the star formation within the galaxies and by the accretion of merging satellites. Star formation activity in massive galaxies (M_\star \gtrsim 10^{10} M_{\odot}$) contribute with stellar components of high metallicity, but this fraction of stellar mass is negligible. Mergers contribute with a larger fraction of stellar mass ($\approx 10-20$ per cent), but the metallicity of the accreted satellites is lower by $\approx 0.2$ dex than the mean metallicity of galaxies they merge with. The effect of dry mergers is to increase the mass of galaxies in the bright end, without significantly altering their metallicities, and hence,their colours, giving rise to the break in the RS. These results are found for clusters with different virial masses, supporting the idea of the universality of the CMR in agreement with observational results.

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