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基于SDSS中迄今最大的主并合与次并合目录,发现本地宇宙中主并合比例随红移下降

A declining major merger fraction with redshift in the local Universe from the largest-yet catalog of major and minor mergers in SDSS

R. Nevin, L. Blecha, J. Comerford, J. Simon, B. A. Terrazas, R. S. Barrows, J. A. Vázquez-Mata

AI总结:

该研究将基于线性判别分析的并合分类技术应用于SDSS DR16中130万个星系,构建迄今最大的主并合与次并合目录,发现本地宇宙中主并合比例随恒星质量上升、随红移下降,并强调质量完备性和质量分箱对避免人为趋势的关键作用。

摘要:

准确识别星系并合已很困难,而按质量比或并合阶段对其分类则是更大的挑战。在前期工作中,我们利用一组模拟并合样本创建了一种分类技术,该技术使用线性判别分析(LDA)来识别主并合和次并合。在此,我们将该技术应用于SDSS DR16测光星表中的130万个星系,给出每个星系属于主并合或次并合的概率,并按并合阶段(早期、晚期、并合后)对分类进行划分。我们公开提供了迄今最大的星系样本之一的成像预测变量值以及上述所有分类。我们测量了主并合和次并合比例($f_{\mathrm{merg}}$),并构建了一个质量完备的星系样本,按恒星质量和红移进行分箱。对于主并合,在恒星质量范围$10.5 < M_* (log\\ M_{\odot}) < 11.6$和红移范围$0.03 < z < 0.19$内,我们发现$f_{\mathrm{merg}}$随恒星质量呈正斜率,随红移呈负斜率。当我们不按质量分箱或未构建完备样本时,能够人为地再现主并合比例随红移的正斜率,这证明了质量完备性和质量分箱的重要性。我们确定主并合比例随恒星质量的正趋势与等级式并合增长图像一致。而随红移的负趋势则要求存在另一种并合增长机制(如重子反馈)在本地宇宙中占主导地位。

英文摘要:

It is difficult to accurately identify galaxy mergers and it is an even larger challenge to classify them by their mass ratio or merger stage. In previous work we used a suite of simulated mergers to create a classification technique that uses linear discriminant analysis (LDA) to identify major and minor mergers. Here, we apply this technique to 1.3 million galaxies from the SDSS DR16 photometric catalog and present the probability that each galaxy is a major or minor merger, splitting the classifications by merger stages (early, late, post-coalescence). We present publicly-available imaging predictor values and all of the above classifications for one of the largest-yet samples of galaxies. We measure the major and minor merger fraction ($f_{\mathrm{merg}}$) and build a mass-complete sample of galaxies, which we bin as a function of stellar mass and redshift. For the major mergers, we find a positive slope of $f_{\mathrm{merg}}$ with stellar mass and negative slope of $f_{\mathrm{merg}}$ with redshift between stellar masses of $10.5 < M_* (log\ M_{\odot}) < 11.6$ and redshifts of $0.03 < z < 0.19$. We are able to reproduce an artificial positive slope of the major merger fraction with redshift when we do not bin for mass or craft a complete sample, demonstrating the importance of mass completeness and mass binning. We determine that the positive trend of the major merger fraction with stellar mass is consistent with a hierarchical assembly scenario. The negative trend with redshift requires that an additional assembly mechanism, such as baryonic feedback, dominates in the local Universe.

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