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星系团的轨道演化和内部演化

On the orbital and internal evolution of cluster galaxies

Francesca Iannuzzi, Klaus Dolag

摘要:

居住在星系团环境中的星系团在其轨道运动中经历了显着的演变,这是伴随着各向异性参数的变化,测量径向和切向运动的相对重要性,为给定的一类物体。随着轨道的变化,星系团中的星系在其热/冷气体含量和恒星形成特性方面都会发生严重的变化。了解星系内部性质的变化与其轨道运动之间的联系对于研究星系演化至关重要,因为它可以揭示其环境依赖性的主要机制。内部性质的变化是否与轨道运动的变化同时发生?或者,是轨道的特点,在时间的下降,是什么决定了命运的成员星系?或者:星系在某一特定时间的性质是与同时代的轨道各向异性有关,还是与坠落时的各向异性有更好的关系?为了回答这些问题,我们研究了Guo et al.(2011)应用于千年模拟的半解析模型中不同星系群的轨道演化。对于每一类物体,其特征在于不同的内部属性(如年龄,恒星形成率和颜色),我们研究了红移为零的各向异性剖面及其演变,通过追溯祖先的时间。我们的结论是,轨道属性强烈影响随后的演变的星系的内部特征和星系人口的整体各向异性往往会随着时间的推移而增加。

英文摘要:

Galaxies inhabiting a cluster environment experience significant evolution in their orbital motions throughout time; this is accompanied by changes in the anisotropy parameter, measuring the relative importance of radial and tangential motions for a given class of objects. Along with orbital changes, galaxies in clusters are well known to undergo severe alteration in their hot/cold gas content and star formation properties. Understanding the link between the changes in the internal properties of galaxies and their orbital motion is of crucial importance in the study of galaxy evolution, as it could unveil the primary mechanism responsible for its environmental dependence. Do the changes in the internal properties happen in parallel with those in the orbital motion? Or are the orbital features at the time of infall what determines the fate of the member galaxies? Alternatively: are the properties of galaxies at a given time related to the coeval orbital anisotropy or are they better related to the anisotropy at infall? In order to answer these questions, we studied the orbital evolution of different galaxy populations in the semi-analytic models of Guo et al. (2011) applied on to the Millennium Simulation. For each class of objects, characterised by different internal properties (such as age, star formation rate and colour), we studied the anisotropy profile at redshift zero and its evolution by tracing the progenitors back in time. We conclude that the orbital properties at infall strongly influence the subsequent evolution of the internal features of galaxies and that the overall anisotropy of the galaxy population tends to increase with time.

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