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z~0.1时星系、盘和球体的恒星质量函数

Stellar mass functions of galaxies, disks and spheroids at z~0.1

Karun Thanjavur, Luc Simard, Asa F. L. Bluck, Trevor Mendel

摘要:

本文利用SDSS-DR 7光谱样本中60多万个星系的球状体+盘分解和相应的恒星质量,给出了8.9 <= log(M/M_solar)<= 12范围内星系的恒星质量函数(SMF)和质量密度,以及它们在局部(z~0.1)宇宙中的球状体和盘分量。星系SMF可以用一个单一的谢克特函数很好地表示(M* = 11.116+/-0.011,alpha = -1.145+/-0.008),尽管有一个更陡的暗端斜率。相应的星系、球状体和圆盘的恒星质量密度分别为(2.670+/-0.110)、(1.687+/-0.063)和(0.910+/-0.029 x10 ^8 M_solar Mpc^-3)。我们确定了一个log(M/M_solar)= 10.3+/-0.030的交叉恒星质量,在这个质量上,椭球和盘的SMF相等。四个不同的球状体/磁盘为主的子群体的整体星系SMF的相对贡献。平均盘球比在低质量端表现出5倍盘优势,随着球比例的增加而单调减小,直到在一个星系恒星质量log(M/M_solar)=10.479+/-0.013时两者相等,然后球的优势随着恒星质量的增加而增加。复合盘和球状体占主导地位的星系的相对数量在其分布中显示出峰值,这可能表明了一个首选的星系质量。我们的低红移星系人口的特性提供了严格的限制,数值模拟再现。

英文摘要:

We present the stellar mass functions (SMF) and mass densities of galaxies, and their spheroid and disk components in the local (z~0.1) universe over the range 8.9 <= log(M/M_solar) <= 12 from spheroid+disk decompositions and corresponding stellar masses of a sample of over 600,000 galaxies in the SDSS-DR7 spectroscopic sample. The galaxy SMF is well represented by a single Schechter function (M* = 11.116+/-0.011, alpha = -1.145+/-0.008), though with a hint of a steeper faint end slope. The corresponding stellar mass densities are (2.670+/-0.110), (1.687+/-0.063) and (0.910+/-0.029)x10^8 M_solar Mpc^-3 for galaxies, spheroids and disks respectively. We identify a crossover stellar mass of log(M/M_solar) = 10.3+/-0.030 at which the spheroid and disk SMFs are equal. Relative contributions of four distinct spheroid/disk dominated sub-populations to the overall galaxy SMF are also presented. The mean disk-to-spheroid stellar mass ratio shows a five fold disk dominance at the low mass end, decreasing monotonically with a corresponding increase in the spheroidal fraction till the two are equal at a galaxy stellar mass, log(M/M_solar)=10.479+/-0.013, the dominance of spheroids then grows with increasing stellar mass. The relative numbers of composite disk and spheroid dominated galaxies show peaks in their distributions, perhaps indicative of a preferred galaxy mass. Our characterization of the low redshift galaxy population provides stringent constraints for numerical simulations to reproduce.

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