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z $\sim$ 0.6以下年轻低质量星系的快速猝灭:环境主导作用的新焦点

On the fast quenching of young low-mass galaxies up to z $\sim$ 0.6: new spotlight on the lead role of environment

Thibaud Moutard, Marcin Sawicki, Stéphane Arnouts, Anneya Golob, Nicola Malavasi, Christophe Adami, Jean Coupon, Olivier Ilbert

摘要:

我们研究了环境与星系在静止框架NUVrK色图中倾向于遵循的不同猝灭通道之间的联系,如Moutard等人(2016 b)所确定的那样。即,$young$低质量星系的快速猝灭通道和$old$高质量星系的缓慢猝灭通道。我们利用VIPERS多λ调查所覆盖的>22度PDMATHAMO(VIPERS-MLS)在$z < 0.65$选择一个完整的星系样本,直到$M_* > 10^{9.4} M_\odot$的恒星质量($M_* > 10^{8.8} M_\odot$在$z < 0.5$),包括33,500(43,000)个在$0.2 < z < 0.65$适当选择的静止星系,同时以我们用来测量星系局部密度的可靠光度红移($σ_{δz/(1+z)} \leq 0.04$)为特征。我们发现:(1)低质量[ $M_* \leq 10^{9.7} M_\odot$ ]星系的静止需要局域密度的强烈增加,这证实了环境在其快速猝灭中所起的主导作用,从而证实了在静止星系的恒星质量函数中所观察到的低质量上升是由于$environmental$ $quenching$。我们还观察到(2)位于非常密集区域(易于环境淬灭)的低质量恒星形成星系的储存库在$z \sim 0.6$和$ z \sim 0.4$之间增长,而低质量静止星系(预计将被环境淬灭)的份额可能同时增加,这将为$environmental$ $quenching$与$mass$ $quenching$相比,随着宇宙时间的增加而增加的重要性辩护。最后,我们讨论了这种环境淬火的低质量星系的合成图片,特别是,这张照片可能是一致的$delayed$ - $then$ - $rapid$淬火的情况。

英文摘要:

We investigate the connection between environment and the different quenching channels that galaxies are prone to follow in the rest-frame NUVrK colour diagram, as identified by Moutard et al. (2016b). Namely, the fast quenching channel followed by $young$ low-mass galaxies and the slow quenching channel followed by $old$ high-mass ones. We make use of the >22 deg$^2$ covered the VIPERS Multi-Lambda Survey (VIPERS-MLS) to select a galaxy sample complete down to stellar masses of $M_* > 10^{9.4} M_\odot$ at $z < 0.65$ ($M_* > 10^{8.8} M_\odot$ at $z < 0.5$) and including 33,500 (43,000) quiescent galaxies properly selected at $0.2 < z < 0.65$, while being characterized by reliable photometric redshifts ($σ_{δz/(1+z)} \leq 0.04$) that we use to measure galaxy local densities. We find that (1) the quiescence of low-mass [$M_* \leq 10^{9.7} M_\odot$] galaxies requires a strong increase of the local density, which confirms the lead role played by environment in their fast quenching and, therefore, confirms that the low-mass upturn observed in the stellar mass function of quiescent galaxies is due to $environmental$ $quenching$. We also observe that (2) the reservoir of low-mass star-forming galaxies located in very dense regions (prone to environmental quenching) has grown between $z \sim 0.6$ and $ z \sim 0.4$ whilst the share of low-mass quiescent galaxies (expected to being environmentally quenched) may have simultaneously increased, which would plead for a rising importance of $environmental$ $quenching$ with cosmic time, compared to $mass$ $quenching$. We finally discuss the composite picture of such environmental quenching of low-mass galaxies and, in particular, how this picture may be consistent with a $delayed$-$then$-$rapid$ quenching scenario.

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