期刊
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
卷 445, 期 2, 页码 1157-1169出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stu1799
关键词
galaxies: evolution; galaxies: general; galaxies: interactions; galaxies: statistics
资金
- Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
- Government of Catalonia [2010 BE-00268]
- Royal Society through University Research Fellowship
- European Research Council [DEGAS-259586]
- STFC (UK)
- ARC (Australia)
- AAO
- STFC [ST/F002289/1, ST/I000976/1, ST/H00131X/1, ST/L005042/1, ST/I50563X/1, ST/H008578/1, ST/F007051/1, ST/J002291/1, ST/I001212/1, ST/L00075X/1, ST/H008519/1, ST/I00162X/1, ST/I001166/1, ST/L000695/1, ST/L000652/1, ST/J001465/1, ST/K003577/1, ST/I003088/1, ST/H007156/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Science and Technology Facilities Council [ST/I50563X/1, ST/L00075X/1, ST/K003577/1, ST/H00131X/1, ST/F002289/1, ST/I00162X/1, ST/I003088/1, ST/I000976/1, ST/H008519/1, ST/L000695/1, ST/J001465/1, ST/H007156/1, ST/I001166/1, ST/F007051/1, ST/H008578/1, ST/L005042/1, ST/J002291/1, ST/L000652/1] Funding Source: researchfish
We use the Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) survey to measure the local Universe mass-dependent merger fraction and merger rate using galaxy pairs and the CAS (concentration, asymmetry, and smoothness) structural method, which identifies highly asymmetric merger candidate galaxies. Our goals are to determine which types of mergers produce highly asymmetrical galaxies and to provide a new measurement of the local galaxy major merger rate. We examine galaxy pairs at stellar mass limits down to M-* = 10(8) M-circle dot with mass ratios of <100:1 and line-of-sight velocity differences of Delta V < 500 km s(-1). We find a significant increase in mean asymmetries for projected separations less than the sum of the individual galaxy's Petrosian 90 radii. For systems in major merger pairs with mass ratios of < 4: 1, both galaxies in the pair show a strong increase in asymmetry, while in minor merger systems (with mass ratios of >4:1) the lower mass companion becomes highly asymmetric, whereas the larger galaxy is much less affected. The fraction of highly asymmetric paired galaxies which have a major merger companion is highest for the most massive galaxies and drops progressively with decreasing mass. We calculate that the mass-dependent major merger fraction is fairly constant at similar to 1.3-2 per cent within 10(9.5) < M-* < 10(11.5) M-circle dot, and increases to similar to 4 per cent at lower masses. When the observability time-scales are taken into consideration, the major merger rate is found to approximately triple over the mass range we consider. The total co-moving volume major merger rate over the range 10(8.0) < M-* < 10(11.5) M-circle dot is (1.2 +/- 0.5) x 10(-3) h(70)(3) Mpc(-3) Gyr(-1).
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