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自$z=0.5$以来BCGs的密偶分数:主要合并控制了最近的BCG恒星质量增长

The close pair fraction of BCGs since $z=0.5$: major mergers dominate recent BCG stellar mass growth

Danièl N. Groenewald, Rosalind E. Skelton, David G. Gilbank, S. Ilani Loubser

摘要:

利用基于Sloan数字巡天(SDSS)测光的redMaper星系团星表,研究了$0.08 \leq z \leq 0.50$之间最亮星系团(BCGs)的主要合并在恒星质量积累中的重要性.我们使用SDSS光谱,辅以光谱观测从南部非洲大望远镜在较高的红移,以确定哪些BCGs和附近的同伴是潜在的主要合并候选人。我们使用的对分数作为合并分数的代理,以确定有多少恒星质量增长的BCGs经历了由于重大合并。我们观察到一个微弱的趋势,BCG对分数随着红移的减少而增加,这表明,主要的合并可能会变得更加重要,对今天。主要的合并被发现,平均而言,$24 \pm 14 $ $(29 \pm 17)$ %对恒星质量的一个目前的BCG自$z=0.32$(0.45),假设一半的同伴的恒星质量是吸积到BCG。此外,使用我们的合并结果结合预测,从最近的两个半分析模型,以及从文献中的观测测量,我们发现,主要的合并有足够的恒星材料来解释恒星质量增长之间的簇内光$z=0.3$和$z=0$。

英文摘要:

Using the redMaPPer cluster catalogue based on the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) photometry, we investigate the importance of major mergers in the stellar mass build-up of brightest cluster galaxies (BCGs) between $0.08 \leq z \leq 0.50$. We use the SDSS spectroscopy, supplemented with spectroscopic observations from the Southern African Large Telescope at higher redshifts, to identify which BCGs and nearby companions are potential major merger candidates. We use the pair fraction as a proxy for the merger fraction in order to determine how much stellar mass growth the BCGs have experienced due to major mergers. We observe a weak trend of the BCG pair fraction increasing with decreasing redshift, suggesting that major mergers may become more important towards the present day. Major mergers are found to contribute, on average, $24 \pm 14 $ $(29 \pm 17)$ per cent towards the stellar mass of a present day BCG since $z=0.32$ (0.45), assuming that half of the companion's stellar mass is accreted onto the BCG. Furthermore, using our merger results in conjunction with predictions from two recent semi-analytical models along with observational measurements from the literature, we find that major mergers have sufficient stellar material to account for the stellar mass growth of the intracluster light between $z=0.3$ and $z=0$.

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