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COSMOS最亮群星系——III:恒星年龄的演化

COSMOS Brightest Group Galaxies -- III: Evolution of stellar ages

G. Gozaliasl, A. Finoguenov, A. Babul, O. Ilbert, M. Sargent, E. Vardoulaki, A. L. Faisst, Z. Liu, M. Shuntov, O. Cooper, K. Dolag, S. Toft, G. E. Magdis, G. To… 展开作者

G. Gozaliasl, A. Finoguenov, A. Babul, O. Ilbert, M. Sargent, E. Vardoulaki, A. L. Faisst, Z. Liu, M. Shuntov, O. Cooper, K. Dolag, S. Toft, G. E. Magdis, G. Toni, B. Mobasher, R. Barré, W. Cui, D. Rennehan

AI总结:

本文基于COSMOS场246个BGGs样本,研究其恒星年龄、恒星形成率等性质随红移和偏移的演化,发现约20%-50%的BGGs具有恒星形成特征,支持由内而外的形成情景,并揭示了当前模型在描述低质量BGG复杂恒星形成历史上的不足。

摘要:

最亮群星系(BGGs)的独特特征连接了像银河系这样的星系与致密星系团中更大质量的最亮团星系(BCGs)之间的演化连续体。本研究调查了BGGs在宇宙时间尺度上(z = 0.08-1.30)的恒星性质,扩展了我们之前的工作(Gozaliasl et al. 2016, 2018;第一篇和第二篇论文)。我们分析了来自COSMOS场中X射线星系群星表的246个BGGs的数据,考察了恒星年龄、质量、恒星形成率(SFR)、比恒星形成率(sSFR)和暗晕质量。并与Millennium和Magneticum模拟进行了比较。我们探索了恒星性质随投影偏移(相对于X射线峰值或宿主暗晕中心)的变化。利用模拟星系星表,我们评估了SED推导的恒星年龄的准确性,发现平均绝对误差约为十亿年。观测到的BGG年龄分布与半解析模型和Magneticum模拟相比显示出偏向更年轻年龄的偏差。我们对恒星年龄与质量的分析揭示了具有正斜率的趋势,表明在不同红移间存在复杂的演化路径。我们观察到在所有红移范围内恒星年龄与SFR之间存在负相关。利用宇宙时间相关的主序框架,我们识别了恒星形成中的BGGs,发现本地宇宙中约20%的BGGs表现出恒星形成特征,在$z=1.0$时增加到50%。我们的发现支持BGGs由内而外的形成情景,其中较老的恒星族位于X射线峰值附近,而较大偏移处的较年轻恒星族表明正在进行的恒星形成。较低质量BGGs($10^{10-11} M_\odot$)的恒星年龄分布偏离了模型预测的恒定年龄,突显了当前模型在捕捉星系复杂恒星形成历史方面的局限性。

英文摘要:

The unique characteristics of the brightest group galaxies (BGGs) link the evolutionary continuum between galaxies like the Milky Way and more massive BCGs in dense clusters. This study investigates the stellar properties of BGGs over cosmic time (z = 0.08-1.30), extending our previous work (Gozaliasl et al. 2016, 2018; Paper I and Paper II). We analyze data of 246 BGGs from our X-ray galaxy group catalog in the COSMOS field, examining stellar age, mass, star formation rate (SFR), specific SFR (sSFR), and halo mass. Comparisons are made with Millennium and Magneticum simulations. We explore the variation of stellar properties with the projected offset from the X-ray peak or host halo center. Using a mock galaxy catalog, we evaluated the accuracy of SED-derived stellar ages, finding a mean absolute error of about one Gyr. Observed BGG age distributions show a bias towards younger ages compared to semi-analytical models and the Magneticum simulation. Our analysis of stellar age versus mass reveals trends with a positive slope, suggesting complex evolutionary pathways across redshifts. We observe a negative correlation between stellar age and SFR across all redshift ranges. Using a cosmic-time-dependent main sequence framework, we identify star-forming BGGs, finding that about 20% of BGGs in the local universe exhibit star-forming characteristics, increasing to 50% at $z=1.0$. Our findings support an inside-out formation scenario for BGGs, where older stellar populations are near the X-ray peak and younger populations at larger offsets indicate ongoing star formation. The distribution of stellar ages for lower-mass BGGs ($10^{10-11} M_\odot$) deviates from constant ages predicted by models, highlighting current models' limitations in capturing galaxies' complex star formation histories.

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