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K-CLASH:星系团成员在0.3 < z < 0.6时的绞窄和冲压压力剥离

K-CLASH: Strangulation and Ram Pressure Stripping in Galaxy Cluster Members at 0.3 < z < 0.6

Sam P. Vaughan, Alfred L. Tiley, Roger L. Davies, Laura J. Prichard, Scott M. Croom, Martin Bureau, John P. Stott, Andrew Bunker, Michele Cappellari, Behzad Ans… 展开作者

Sam P. Vaughan, Alfred L. Tiley, Roger L. Davies, Laura J. Prichard, Scott M. Croom, Martin Bureau, John P. Stott, Andrew Bunker, Michele Cappellari, Behzad Ansarinejad, Matt J. Jarvis

摘要:

长久以来,理论上认为星系团会抑制其成员的恒星形成。本研究利用$K$波段多天体摄谱仪(KMOS)-星团透镜和超新星巡天与哈勃巡天(CLASH)(K-CLASH)的积分场单位观测,寻找大质量星系团在红移$0.3<z<0.6$处淬灭的证据。我们首先构造质量匹配的样品的专门恒星形成的星系团和场星系,然后调查的空间范围的H $α$发射和研究他们的星际介质条件使用发射线比。所有星系的H $α$半光半径与光学半光半径($r_{\rm{e},\rm{H}α}/r_{\rm{e},R_c}$)的平均比值为$1.14\pm0.06$,表明在这些红移下,恒星的形成发生在整个恒星盘中。然而,平均而言,团星系的$r_{\rm{e},\rm{H}α}/r_{\rm{e},R_c}$比场星系小:$\langle r_{\rm{e},\rm{H}α}/r_{\rm{e},R_c}\rangle = 0.96\pm0.09$比$1.22\pm0.08$小(在98%的可信度水平上更小)。这些值是未校正的H $α$发射和$R_c$波段恒星光之间的波长差,但实施这样的校正只加强我们的结果。我们还表明,虽然集群和现场样本遵循不可区分的质量金属丰度(MZ)的关系,周围的集群成员的MZ关系的残差与集群中心的距离相关;星系居住更接近集群中心往往有增强的金属丰度(在2.6 $σ$水平显着)。最后,与以前的研究相比,我们发现没有显着差异的电子数密度之间的集群和场星系。我们使用简单的化学演化模型得出结论,光盘绞窄和冲压压力剥离的影响可以定量地解释我们的观察。

英文摘要:

Galaxy clusters have long been theorised to quench the star-formation of their members. This study uses integral-field unit observations from the $K$-band Multi-Object Spectrograph (KMOS) - Cluster Lensing And Supernova survey with Hubble (CLASH) survey (K-CLASH) to search for evidence of quenching in massive galaxy clusters at redshifts $0.3<z<0.6$. We first construct mass-matched samples of exclusively star-forming cluster and field galaxies, then investigate the spatial extent of their H$α$ emission and study their interstellar medium conditions using emission line ratios. The average ratio of H$α$ half-light radius to optical half-light radius ($r_{\rm{e},\rm{H}α}/r_{\rm{e},R_c}$) for all galaxies is $1.14\pm0.06$, showing that star formation is taking place throughout stellar discs at these redshifts. However, on average, cluster galaxies have a smaller $r_{\rm{e},\rm{H}α}/r_{\rm{e},R_c}$ ratio than field galaxies: $\langle r_{\rm{e},\rm{H}α}/r_{\rm{e},R_c}\rangle = 0.96\pm0.09$ compared to $1.22\pm0.08$ (smaller at a 98\% credibility level). These values are uncorrected for the wavelength difference between H$α$ emission and $R_c$-band stellar light, but implementing such a correction only reinforces our results. We also show that whilst the cluster and field samples follow indistinguishable mass-metallicity (MZ) relations, the residuals around the MZ relation of cluster members correlate with cluster-centric distance; galaxies residing closer to the cluster centre tend to have enhanced metallicities (significant at the 2.6$σ$ level). Finally, in contrast to previous studies, we find no significant differences in electron number density between the cluster and field galaxies. We use simple chemical evolution models to conclude that the effects of disc strangulation and ram-pressure stripping can quantitatively explain our observations.

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