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z>2时早型星系尺寸的快速演化和无耗散(干)合并的作用

Fast evolving size of early-type galaxies at z>2 and the role of dissipationless (dry) merging

A. Cimatti, C. Nipoti, P. Cassata

摘要:

我们提出了一个大样本的早型星系(ETG)在0<z<3的分析,旨在跟踪其大小的宇宙演化,并比较它与一个纯粹的无耗散(干)合并在LambdaCDM框架的模型。有效半径R_e取决于恒星质量M,公式为R_e(M)\propto M}^{alpha},在所有红移处,alpha约为0.5。质量或SDSS标准化尺寸的红移演化可以再现为\propto(1+z)^beta,其中beta ~-1,质量最大的ETG可能显示出最快的演化速率(beta ~ -1.4)。如果从样品中去除z>2处的ETG,则该尺寸演变显著减慢至β ~ -0.6,这表明z>2处的典型尺寸加速增加,特别是对于具有最大质量的ETG。纯干合并LambdaCDM模型与0<z<1.7时的平均尺寸演变略有一致,但预测后代对于z>2祖ETG来说过于紧凑。这就引出了一个关键问题,即什么物理机制可以解释z>2时的加速进化,或者是否有一个不清楚的观测偏差是造成这一现象的部分原因。

英文摘要:

We present the analysis of a large sample of early-type galaxies (ETGs) at 0<z<3 aimed at tracing the cosmic evolution of their size and compare it with a model of pure dissipationless (dry) merging in the LambdaCDM framework. The effective radius R_e depends on stellar mass M as R_e(M) \propto M}^{alpha} with alpha ~ 0.5 at all redshifts. The redshift evolution of the mass- or SDSS-normalized size can be reproduced as \propto (1+z)^beta with beta ~ -1, with the most massive ETGs possibly showing the fastest evolutionary rate (beta ~ -1.4). This size evolution slows down significantly to beta ~ -0.6 if the ETGs at z>2 are removed from the sample, suggesting an accelerated increase of the typical sizes at z>2, especially for the ETGs with the largest masses. A pure dry merging LambdaCDM model is marginally consistent with the average size evolution at 0<z<1.7, but predicts descendants too compact for z>2 progenitor ETGs. This opens the crucial question on what physical mechanism can explain the accelerated evolution at z>2, or whether an unclear observational bias is partly responsible for that.

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