期刊
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
卷 711, 期 1, 页码 192-200出版社
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/711/1/192
关键词
galaxies: clusters: general; galaxies: evolution; galaxies: groups: general
资金
- NASA LTSA [NNG05GE82G]
- NASA XMM [NNX06AG39A, NNX06AE41G]
- NASA Spitzer [1344985]
We re-investigate the dramatic rise in the S0 fraction, f(S0), within clusters since z similar to 0.5. In particular, we focus on the role of the global galaxy environment on fS0 by compiling, either from our own observations or the literature, robust line-of-sight velocity dispersions, sigma's, for a sample of galaxy groups and clusters at 0.1 < z < 0.8 that have uniformly determined, published morphological fractions. We find that the trend of f(S0) with redshift is twice as strong for sigma < 750 km s(-1) groups/poor clusters than for higher-sigma, rich clusters. From this result, we infer that over this redshift range galaxy-galaxy interactions, which are more effective in lower-sigma environments, are more responsible for transforming spiral galaxies into S0's than galaxy-environment processes, which are more effective in higher-sigma environments. The rapid, recent growth of the S0 population in groups and poor clusters implies that large numbers of progenitors exist in low-sigma systems at modest redshifts (similar to 0.5), where morphologies and internal kinematics are within the measurement range of current technology.
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