The Morphology-Density relationship in 1<z<2 clusters
Elizaveta Sazonova, Katherine Alatalo, Jennifer Lotz, Kate Rowlands, Gregory F. Snyder, Kyle Boone, Mark Brodwin, Brian Hayden, Lauranne Lanz, Saul Perlmutter, … 展开作者
Elizaveta Sazonova, Katherine Alatalo, Jennifer Lotz, Kate Rowlands, Gregory F. Snyder, Kyle Boone, Mark Brodwin, Brian Hayden, Lauranne Lanz, Saul Perlmutter, Vicente Rodriguez-Gomez
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27 pages, 14 figures, Accepted for publication in ApJ
The morphology-density relationship states that dense cosmic environments such as galaxy clusters have an overabundance of quiescent elliptical galaxies, but it is unclear at which redshift this relationship is first established. We study the morphology of 4 clusters with $1.2<z<1.8$ using HST imaging and the morphology computation code statmorph. By comparing median morphology of cluster galaxies to CANDELS field galaxies using Monte Carlo analysis, we find that 2 out of 4 clusters (at z=1.19 and z=1.75) have an established morphology-density relationship with more than $3σ$ significance. $\sim$50% of galaxies in these clusters are bulge-dominated compared to $\sim$30% in the field, and they are significantly more compact. This result is more significant for low-mass galaxies with $\log M/M_\odot \lessapprox 10.5$, showing that low-mass galaxies are affected the most in clusters. We also find an intriguing system of two z $\approx$ 1.45 clusters at a unusually small separation 2D separation of $3'$ and 3D separation of $\approx73$ Mpc that exhibit no morphology-density relationship but have enhanced merger signatures. We conclude that the environmental mechanism responsible for the morphology-density relationship is 1) already active as early as z=1.75, 2) forms compact, bulge-dominated galaxies and 3) affects primarily low-mass galaxies. However, there is a significant degree of intracluster variance that may depend on the larger cosmological environment in which the cluster is embedded.
We investigate the connection between the morphology and internal kinematics of the stellar component of central galaxies with mass $M_\star > {10}^{9.5} {\rm M}_\odot$ in the EAGLE simulations. We compare several kinematic diagnostics commonly used to describe simulated galaxies, and find good consistency between them. We model the structure of galaxies as ellipsoids and quantify their morphology via the ratios of their principal axes. We show that the differentiation of blue star-forming and red quiescent galaxies using morphological diagnostics can be achieved with similar efficacy to the u…
(Abridged) To understand if the morphology-density and passive-density relations are already established at z>1.5, we study galaxies in 16 confirmed clusters at $1.3<z<2.8$ from the CARLA survey. Our main finding is that the morphology-density and passive-density relations are already in place at $z\sim2$. The cluster at z = 2.8 shows a similar fraction of ETG as in the other clusters in its densest region. The cluster ETG and passive fractions depend on local environment and mildly on galaxy mass. They do not depend on global environment. At lower local densities, the CARLA clusters exhibit a…
We use a combination of data from the MaNGA survey and MaNGA-like observations in IllustrisTNG100 to determine the prevalence of misalignment between the rotational axes of stars and gas. This census paper outlines the typical characteristics of misaligned galaxies in both observations and simulations to determine their fundamental relationship with morphology and angular momentum. We present a sample of ~4500 galaxies from MaNGA with kinematic classifications which we use to demonstrate that the prevalence of misalignment is strongly dependent on morphology. The misaligned fraction sharply in…
Tidally disrupted globular cluster streams are usually observed, and therefore perceived, as narrow, linear and one-dimensional structures in the 6D phase-space. Here we show that the GD-1 stellar stream ($\approx$ 30 pc wide), which is the tidal debris of a disrupted globular cluster, possesses a secondary diffuse and extended stellar component ($\approx$ 100 pc wide) around it, detected at >5$σ$ confidence level. Similar morphological properties are seen in synthetic streams that are produced from star clusters that are formed within dark matter sub-halos and then accrete onto a massive host…
Galaxy morphology and its evolution over the cosmic epoch hold important clues for understanding the regulation of star formation (SF). However, studying the relationship between morphology and SF has been hindered by the availability of consistent data at different redshifts. Our sample, combining CANDELS (0.8 < z < 2.5) and the GALEX-SDSS-WISE Legacy Catalog (GSWLC; z ~ 0), has physical parameters derived using consistent SED fitting with flexible dust attenuation laws. We adopt visual classifications from Kartaltepe et al. 2015 and expand them to z ~ 0 using SDSS images matching the physica…
Cluster vs Field: Clear Evidence for a Morphology-Density Relation in All Environments at $z\sim1.6$
York University（约克大学）；Cosmic Dawn Center (DAWN)（宇宙黎明中心（DAWN））；Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen（哥本哈根大学尼尔斯·玻尔研究所）；University of California Merced（加州大学默塞德分校）；Universidad Andrés Bello（安德烈斯·贝略大学）；University of California, Davis（加州大学戴维斯分校）；Arizona State University（亚利桑那州立大学）；McGill University（麦吉尔大学）
The observed properties of galaxies are strongly dependent on both their total stellar mass and their morphology. Furthermore, the environment is known to play a strong role in shaping them. The galaxy population in the local universe that is located in virialized clusters is found to be red, poorly star-forming, and mostly composed of early morphological types. Towards a holistic understanding of the mechanisms that drive galaxy evolution, we exploit the spectrophotometric data from the WINGS and OmegaWINGS local galaxy cluster surveys, and study the role of both the local and the large-scale…
We identify members of 65 open clusters in the solar neighborhood using the machine-learning algorithm StarGO based on Gaia EDR3 data. After adding members of twenty clusters from previous studies (Pang et al. 2021a,b; Li et al. 2021) we obtain 85 clusters, and study their morphology and kinematics. We classify the substructures outside the tidal radius into four categories: filamentary (f1) and fractal (f2) for clusters $<100$ Myr, and halo (h) and tidal-tail (t) for clusters $>100$ Myr. The kinematical substructures of f1-type clusters are elongated; these resemble the disrupted cluster Grou…
We explore unsupervised machine learning for galaxy morphology analyses using a combination of feature extraction with a vector-quantised variational autoencoder (VQ-VAE) and hierarchical clustering (HC). We propose a new methodology that includes: (1) consideration of the clustering performance simultaneously when learning features from images; (2) allowing for various distance thresholds within the HC algorithm; (3) using the galaxy orientation to determine the number of clusters. This setup provides 27 clusters created with this unsupervised learning which we show are well separated based o…
We present a study of barred galaxies in the cluster environment, exploiting a sample of galaxies drawn from the extended WIde-field Nearby Galaxy-cluster Survey (OmegaWINGS) that covers up to the outer regions of 32 local X-ray selected clusters. Barred galaxies are identified through a semi-automatic analysis of ellipticity and position angle profiles. We find, in agreement with previous studies, a strong co-dependence of the bar fraction with the galaxy stellar mass and morphological type, being maximum for massive late-type galaxies. The fraction of barred galaxies decreases with increasin…
Magnetic fields in the intracluster medium (ICM) affect the structure and the evolution of galaxy clusters. However, their properties are largely unknown, and measuring magnetic fields in galaxy clusters is challenging, especially on large-scales outside of individual radio sources. In this work, we probe the plane-of-the-sky orientation of magnetic fields in clusters using the intensity gradients. The technique is a branch of the Gradient Technique (GT) that employs emission intensity maps from turbulent gas. We utilize the Chandra X-ray images of the Perseus, M 87, Coma, and A2597 galaxy clu…
The Grism lens-amplified survey from space (GLASS). VII. The diversity of the distribution of star formation in cluster and field galaxies at 0.3<z<0.7
利用作为空间棱镜透镜放大巡天（GLASS）的一部分的无狭缝光谱，我们对10个星系团中76个星系在0.3< z <0.7的恒星形成空间分布进行了扩展分析。我们使用85个前景和背景星系在相同的红移范围作为现场样本。这些样本在恒星质量（10^8-10^11 M_sun）和恒星形成速率（0.5-50 M_sun/年）方面匹配良好。我们直观地分类星系的宽带形态，Halpha形态和可能的物理过程作用于星系。大多数的H α发射体都有螺旋形态（星系团中41+/-8%，视场中51+/-8%），其次是合并/相互作用（分别为28+/-8%，31+/-7%）和早期型星系（星系团中29+/-8%，视场中15+/-6%）。检测到的Halpha形态的多样性，表明物理过程的多样性。在星系团中，30+/-8%的星系呈现出规则的形态，大多数与均匀分布在恒星星族中的恒星形成相一致（大多数在圆盘部分，当存在时）。第二种最常见的形态（28+/-8%）是不对称/水母状，在18+/-8%的情况下与冲压压力剥离或其他非重力过程一致。冲压压力剥离在油田中明显不太突出（2+/-2%），其中最常见的形态/机制似乎与少量富气合并或团块增生一致。这项工作表明，虽然环境特定的机制影响星系的演化在这个红移，他们是不同的，他们的影响微妙。要充分理解这种复杂性，需要更大的样本和详细的空间分辨物理模型。
Robustness Analysis of USmorph: II. Optimizing Feature Extraction, Dimensionality Reduction, and Clustering for Unsupervised Galaxy Morphology Classification
Anqing Normal University（安庆师范大学）；Zhengzhou University（郑州大学）；University of Science and Technology of China（中国科学技术大学）
Evolution of the brightest cluster galaxies: the influence of morphology, stellar mass and environment
利用von der Linden et al.（2007）的425个附近的布里渊星系团星系（BCGs）样本，我们研究了它们的内部性质（恒星质量、结构参数和形态）与环境之间的关系。更大质量的BCGs倾向于居住在更密集的区域和更大质量的星系团，而不是质量较低的BCGs。此外，CD，这是特别扩展的信封BCGs，似乎更喜欢稍微密集的地区，往往是由更大规模的晕比椭圆BCGs托管。cD型和椭圆型BCGs的恒星质量与环境密度呈平行正相关。然而，在一个固定的环境密度下，cDs的质量平均要高出40%。我们的研究结果，以及以前的研究结果，表明椭圆形和cD BCGs之间的进化联系。我们认为，大多数现今的CD开始他们的生活椭圆，随后在恒星质量和大小的增长，由于合并。在这个过程中，cD信封发展。恒星质量和cDs大小的大分散反映了它们不同的合并历史。BCGs在质量和大小上的增长似乎与它们所居住的结构的等级增长有关：随着群体和集群变得更加密集和庞大，它们中心的BCGs也在增长。这一过程已接近完成，因为本宇宙中的大多数（约60%）BCGs具有cD形态。然而，中间形态类（椭圆和CD之间）的星系的存在表明，一些BCGs的增长和形态转变仍在进行中。
We analyze the 3D morphology and kinematics of 13 open clusters (OCs) located within 500 pc of the Sun, using Gaia EDR3 and kinematic data from literature. Members of OCs are identified using the unsupervised machine learning method StarGO, using 5D parameters (X, Y, Z, $μ_α\cosδ, μ_δ$). The OC sample covers an age range of 25Myr--2.65Gyr. We correct the asymmetric distance distribution due to the parallax error using Bayesian inversion. The uncertainty in the corrected distance for a cluster at 500~pc is 3.0--6.3~pc, depending on the intrinsic spatial distribution of its members. We determine…
Radio-loud active galaxies have two accretion modes [radiatively inefficient (RI) and radiatively efficient (RE)], with distinct optical and infrared signatures, and two jet dynamical behaviours, which in arcsec- to arcmin-resolution radio surveys manifest primarily as centre- or edge-brightened structures [Fanaroff-Riley (FR) class I and II]. The nature of the relationship between accretion mode and radio morphology (FR class) has been the subject of long debate. We present a comprehensive investigation of this relationship for a sample of 286 well-resolved radio galaxies in the LOFAR Two-met…
Theory and observations indicate that the distribution of stars along the horizontal branch of Galactic globular clusters mainly depends on the metal content. However, the existence of globular clusters with similar metal content and absolute age but different horizontal branch morphologies, suggests the presence of another parameter affecting the star distribution along the branch. To investigate the variation of the horizontal branch morphology in Galactic globular clusters, we define a new photometric horizontal branch morphology index, overcoming some of the limitations and degeneracies af…
Star clusters are the building blocks of galaxies. They are composed of stars of nearly equal age and chemical composition, allowing us to use them as chronometers and as testbeds for gauging stellar evolution. It has become clear recently that massive stars are formed preferentially in close binaries, in which mass transfer will drastically change the evolution of the stars. This is expected to leave a significant imprint in the distribution of cluster stars in the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram. Our results, based on a dense model grid of more than 50,000 detailed binary-evolution calculations,…
We analyze the morphological evolution of open clusters and provide shape parameters for 265 open clusters. The results show that the overall shape of sample clusters becomes more elliptical as they grow older, while their core remains circular or slightly trend to circularize. There is a negative correlation of the ellipticities with the number of members of the sample clusters. A significant negative correlation between the overall ellipticities and masses is also detected for the sample clusters with log(age/year) $\geq$ 8, suggesting that the overall shapes of the clusters are possibly inf…
Magnetic fields in the intracluster medium with TNG-Cluster: properties, morphology, and tangential anisotropy
Universität Heidelberg, Zentrum für Astronomie（海德堡大学天文学中心）；Universität Heidelberg, Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Wissenschaftliches Rechnen（海德堡大学跨学科科学计算中心）；Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie（马克斯·普朗克天文学研究所）；Centre de recherche en astrophysique du Quebec (CRAQ)（魁北克天体物理学研究中心）
In recent years, large scale data intensive astronomical surveys have resulted in more detailed images being produced than scientists can manually classify. Even attempts to crowd-source this work will soon be outpaced by the large amount of data generated by modern surveys. This has brought into question the viability of human-based methods for classifying galaxy morphology. While supervised learning methods require datasets with existing labels, unsupervised learning techniques do not. Therefore, this paper implements unsupervised learning techniques to classify the Galaxy Zoo DECaLS dataset…
Hydrodynamical simulations of galaxy formation and evolution attempt to fully model the physics that shapes galaxies. The agreement between the morphology of simulated and real galaxies, and the way the morphological types are distributed across galaxy scaling relations are important probes of our knowledge of galaxy formation physics. Here we propose an unsupervised deep learning approach to perform a stringent test of the fine morphological structure of galaxies coming from the Illustris and IllustrisTNG (TNG100 and TNG50) simulations against observations from a subsample of the Sloan Digita…
This is the first paper in a series of studies of the Coma cluster using the SRG/eROSITA X-ray data obtained in course of the Calibration and Performance Verification observations. The data cover $\sim3^\circ\times 3^\circ$ area around the cluster with a typical exposure time of more than 20 ks. The stability of the instrumental background and operation of the SRG Observatory in the scanning mode provided us with an excellent data set for studies of the diffuse emission up to a distance of $\sim 1.5R_{200}$ from the Coma center. In this study, we discuss the rich morphology revealed by the X-r…
We investigate the morphology of the colour-magnitude diagram (CMD) of the open cluster NGC 2509 in comparison with other Galactic open clusters of similar age using Gaia photometry. At $\sim900$ Myr Galactic open clusters in our sample all show an extended main sequence turn off (eMSTO) with the exception of NGC 2509, which presents an exceptionally narrow CMD. Our analysis of the Gaia data rules out differential extinction, stellar density, and binaries as a cause for the singular MSTO morphology in this cluster. We interpret this feature as a consequence of the stellar rotation distribution…
We demonstrate the use of Haralick features for the automated classification of radio galaxies. The set of thirteen Haralick features represent an extremely compact non-parametric representation of image texture, and are calculated directly from imagery using the Grey Level Co-occurrence Matrix (GLCM). The GLCM is an encoding of the relationship between the intensity of neighbouring pixels in an image. Using 10,000 sources detected in the first data release of the LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey (LoTSS), we demonstrate that Haralick features are highly efficient, rotationally invariant descriptors …
We perform cosmological zoom-in simulations of $19$ relaxed cluster-mass haloes with the inclusion of adiabatic gas in the cold dark matter (CDM) and self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) models. These clusters are selected as dynamically relaxed clusters from a parent simulation with $M_{\rm 200} \simeq 1\operatorname{-}3\times 10^{15}\,{\rm M}_{\odot}$. Both the dark matter and the intracluster gas distributions in SIDM appear more spherical than their CDM counterparts. Mock X-ray images are generated based on the simulations and are compared to the real X-ray images of $84$ relaxed clusters s…
We present the analysis of the colour-magnitude diagram (CMD) morphology of the ~ 800 Myr old star cluster NGC1831 in the Large Magellanic Cloud, exploiting deep, high-resolution photometry obtained using the Wide Field Camera 3 onboard the Hubble Space Telescope. We perform a simultaneous analysis of the wide upper main sequence and main sequence turn-off observed in the cluster, to verify whether these features are due to an extended star formation or a range of stellar rotation rates, or a combination of these two effects. Comparing the observed CMD with Monte Carlo simulations of synthetic…
