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Mstar > 5E 8 Msun星系恒星形成光谱观测中环境的缓慢演化作用

The slowly evolving role of environment in a spectroscopic survey of star formation in Mstar > 5E8 Msun galaxies since z=1

Chad R. Greene, David G. Gilbank, Michael L. Balogh, Karl Glazebrook, Richard G. Bower, Ivan K. Baldry, George K. T. Hau, I. H. Li, Pat McCarthy

摘要:

我们提出了一个深[OII]发射线调查暗弱星系(22.5<KAB<24)在钱德拉深场南和FIRES领域。利用这些数据,我们测量了恒星质量范围为8.85 < log(M*/Msun)< 9.5,0.62<z<0.885的星系中的恒星形成率(SFR),极限为SFR = 0.1Msun/yr。在FIRES场中存在一个大质量星系团(MS 1054 -03),在CDFS场中存在显著的大尺度结构,这使得我们能够研究低质量星系群中SFR的环境依赖性。比较我们的结果与更大质量的星系在这个时代,与我们以前的调查(ROLES)在较高的红移z=1,并与SDSS条纹82数据,我们发现没有显着的恒星质量函数的恒星形成星系之间的z=0和z=1的演变,没有证据表明,它的形状取决于环境。在z=0.75时,比恒星形成率(sSFR)与恒星质量之间的相关性为β =-0.2的幂律斜率,有证据表明在最低质量时的关系更陡峭。正如预期的那样,该相关性的归一化位于对应于z=1的相关性和当前相关性之间。全球SFR密度与(1+z)^2在0<z<1范围内的演化相一致,没有证据表明它依赖于恒星质量。这些恒星形成星系在z=0.75时的sSFR并不依赖于它们周围环境的密度。仅考虑高密度环境,我们的数据中sSFR-M* 关系的低质量端在z=0时比Stripe 82中的更陡,并且在z=1时比ROLES测量的更浅。低质量星系在稠密环境中的演化似乎比在一般领域中更快。

英文摘要:

We present a deep [OII] emission line survey of faint galaxies (22.5<KAB<24) in the Chandra Deep Field South and the FIRES field. With these data we measure the star formation rate (SFR) in galaxies in the stellar mass range 8.85 < log(M*/Msun) < 9.5 at 0.62<z<0.885, to a limit of SFR = 0.1Msun/yr. The presence of a massive cluster (MS1054-03) in the FIRES field, and of significant large scale structure in the CDFS field, allows us to study the environmental dependence of SFRs amongst this population of low-mass galaxies. Comparing our results with more massive galaxies at this epoch, with our previous survey (ROLES) at the higher redshift z=1, and with SDSS Stripe 82 data, we find no significant evolution of the stellar mass function of star-forming galaxies between z=0 and z=1, and no evidence that its shape depends on environment. The correlation between specific star formation rate (sSFR) and stellar mass at z=0.75 has a power-law slope of beta=-0.2, with evidence for a steeper relation at the lowest masses. The normalization of this correlation lies as expected between that corresponding to z=1 and the present day. The global SFR density is consistent with an evolution of the form (1+z)^2 over 0<z<1, with no evidence for a dependence on stellar mass. The sSFR of these star-forming galaxies at z=0.75 does not depend upon the density of their local environment. Considering just high-density environments, the low-mass end of the sSFR-M* relation in our data is steeper than that in Stripe 82 at z=0, and shallower than that measured by ROLES at z=1. Evolution of low-mass galaxies in dense environments appears to be more rapid than in the general field.

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