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BEACON:JWST NIRCam纯平行成像调查。IV. 寻找星系过密区域的系统性搜索及气体吸积模式转变的证据

BEACON: JWST NIRCam Pure-parallel Imaging Survey. IV. A Systematic Search for Galaxy Overdensities and Evidence for Gas Accretion Mode Transition

Astronomical Institute, Tohoku University(东北大学天文研究所);IPAC, California Institute of Technology(加州理工学院IPAC);Department of Astronomy, Indiana University(印第安纳大学天文学系);Space Telescope Science Institute(太空望远镜科学研究所);Department of Physics, University of Oxford(牛津大学物理系);Stockholm University(斯德哥尔摩大学)
Ryo Albert Sutanto, Takahiro Morishita, Tadayuki Kodama, Abdurro'uf, Larry D. Bradley, Andrew J. Bunker, Nima Chartab, Nuo Chen, Matthew J. Hayes, George Helou,… 展开作者

Ryo Albert Sutanto, Takahiro Morishita, Tadayuki Kodama, Abdurro'uf, Larry D. Bradley, Andrew J. Bunker, Nima Chartab, Nuo Chen, Matthew J. Hayes, George Helou, Novan Saputra Haryana, Nicha Leethochawalit, Zhaoran Liu, Charlotte A. Mason, Marc Rafelski, Michael J. Rutkowski, Massimo Stiavelli, Kosuke Takahashi, Harry I. Teplitz, Michele Trenti, Tommaso Treu, Benedetta Vulcani, Yechi Zhang

AI总结:

利用BEACON数据系统性搜索星系过密区域,发现207个显著过密区域,揭示星系熄灭在不同红移下的双路径:高质量暗物质晕内星系熄灭率高且恒星形成率低,而局部密度影响在红移较低时更显著,红移3以上出现反转迹象。

摘要:

我们利用BEACON数据系统性地搜索星系过密区域,发现207个显著的(>4σ)过密区域,揭示星系熄灭在不同红移下的双路径:(i)更高质量暗物质晕内的过密区域表现出更高的熄灭分数和更低的平均恒星形成率,这一趋势在红移大于2时减弱,与冷气体流穿透被加热的高质量暗物质晕并维持早期恒星形成活动一致。(ii)我们还发现相同参数在红移低于2时对局部密度的依赖性,熄灭分数随着密度增加而提高,恒星形成率则随密度增加而降低。sSFR的环境趋势在红移约2-3时减弱,并在红移大于3时出现反转迹象,这可能由于早期更大的冷气体供应。我们的研究揭示了单个星系与大尺度环境属性之间的复杂相互作用,标志着在宇宙 noon 时,环境效应开始影响大质量暗物质晕中的星系熄灭。

英文摘要:

We systematically search for galaxy overdensities using 20 independent fields with a minimum of six filters (F090W, F115W, F150W, F277W, F356W, and F444W) from BEACON, the JWST Cycle 2 NIRCam pure-parallel imaging survey. We apply an adaptive kernel-density estimation method that incorporates the full photometric redshift probability distribution function of each galaxy to map galaxy overdensities, and identify 207 significant ($>4\,σ$) overdensities at $1.5<z<5$. We measure the quenched-galaxy fraction, the median specific star formation rate (sSFR), the total halo mass, and the local galaxy density of each system. By investigating the correlation among these observables, we find that galaxy quenching proceeds in two paths:($i$) Overdensities within more massive halos exhibit higher quenched fractions and lower averaged sSFRs. This trend weakens at $z\gtrsim2$, consistent with cold gas streams penetrating shock-heated massive halos and sustaining star formation activity at early times. ($ii$) We also find a dependence of the same parameters on local densities at $z<2$, where the quenched fraction increases and the sSFR decreases toward higher densities. The environmental trend in sSFR weakens at $z\sim2$--$3$ and shows tentative evidence for a reversal at $z>3$, potentially due to a larger cold gas supply in earlier times. Our study reveals a complex interplay between individual galaxies and large-scale environmental properties, marking the onset of environmental effects on galaxy quenching in massive halos at cosmic noon.

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