期刊
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
卷 713, 期 2, 页码 738-750出版社
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/713/2/738
关键词
cosmology: observations; galaxies: evolution; galaxies: high-redshift; galaxies: structure
资金
- Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO)
- Leids Kerkhoven-Bosscha Fonds
- NOVA
- Lundbeck Foundation
The presence of massive, compact, quiescent galaxies at z > 2 presents a major challenge for theoretical models of galaxy formation and evolution. Using one of the deepest large public near-IR surveys to date, we investigate in detail the correlations between star formation and galaxy structural parameters (size, stellar mass, and surface density) from z = 2 to the present. At all redshifts, massive quiescent galaxies (i.e., those with little or no star formation) occupy the extreme high end of the surface density distribution and follow a tight mass-size correlation, while star-forming galaxies show a broad range of both densities and sizes. Conversely, galaxies with the highest surface densities comprise a nearly homogeneous population with little or no ongoing star formation, while less dense galaxies exhibit high star formation rates and varying levels of dust obscuration. Both the sizes and surface densities of quiescent galaxies evolve strongly from z = 2-0; we parameterize this evolution for both populations with simple power-law functions and present best-fit parameters for comparison to future theoretical models. Higher-mass quiescent galaxies undergo faster structural evolution, consistent with previous results. Interestingly, star-forming galaxies' sizes and densities evolve at rates similar to those of quiescent galaxies. It is therefore possible that the same physical processes drive the structural evolution of both populations, suggesting that dry mergers may not be the sole culprit in this size evolution.
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