- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/819/L27
- Title:
- Stellar masses of optical & IR QSO hosts
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/819/L27
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The relation between star formation rates (SFRs) and stellar masses, i.e., the galaxy main sequence, is a useful diagnostic of galaxy evolution. We present the distributions relative to the main sequence of 55 optically selected PG and 12 near-IR-selected Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) quasars at z<=0.5. We estimate the quasar host stellar masses from Hubble Space Telescope or ground-based AO photometry, and the SFRs through the mid-infrared aromatic features and far-IR photometry. We find that PG quasar hosts more or less follow the main sequence defined by normal star-forming galaxies while 2MASS quasar hosts lie systematically above the main sequence. PG and 2MASS quasars with higher nuclear luminosities seem to have higher specific SFRs (sSFRs), although there is a large scatter. No trends are seen between sSFRs and SMBH masses, Eddington ratios, or even morphology types (ellipticals, spirals, and mergers). Our results could be placed in an evolutionary scenario with quasars emerging during the transition from ULIRGs/mergers to ellipticals. However, combined with results at higher redshift, they suggest that quasars can be widely triggered in normal galaxies as long as they contain abundant gas and have ongoing star formation.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/675/234
- Title:
- Stellar mass functions for galaxies 0<z<4
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/675/234
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Using a sample of ~28000 sources selected at 3.6-4.5um with Spitzer observations of the Hubble Deep Field North, the Chandra Deep Field South, and the Lockman Hole (surveyed area ~664arcmin^2^), we study the evolution of the stellar mass content of the universe at 0<z<4. We calculate stellar masses and photometric redshifts, based on ~2000 templates built with stellar population and dust emission models fitting the ultraviolet to mid-infrared spectral energy distributions of galaxies with spectroscopic redshifts. We estimate stellar mass functions for different redshift intervals.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/777/18
- Title:
- Stellar mass functions of galaxies to z=4
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/777/18
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present measurements of the stellar mass functions (SMFs) of star-forming and quiescent galaxies to z=4 using a sample of 95675 K_s_-selected galaxies in the COSMOS/UltraVISTA field (Muzzin et al. 2013ApJS..206....8M). The SMFs of the combined population are in good agreement with previous measurements and show that the stellar mass density of the universe was only 50%, 10%, and 1% of its current value at z~0.75, 2.0, and 3.5, respectively. The quiescent population drives most of the overall growth, with the stellar mass density of these galaxies increasing as {rho}_star_{prop.to}(1+z)^-4.7+/-0.4^ since z=3.5, whereas the mass density of star-forming galaxies increases as {rho}_star_{prop.to}(1+z)^-2.3 +/-0.2^. At z>2.5, star-forming galaxies dominate the total SMF at all stellar masses, although a non-zero population of quiescent galaxies persists to z=4. Comparisons of the K_s_-selected star-forming galaxy SMFs with UV-selected SMFs at 2.5<z<4 show reasonable agreement and suggest that UV-selected samples are representative of the majority of the stellar mass density at z>3.5. We estimate the average mass growth of individual galaxies by selecting galaxies at fixed cumulative number density. The average galaxy with log(M_star_/M_{sun}_)=11.5 at z=0.3 has grown in mass by only 0.2dex (0.3dex) since z=2.0 (3.5), whereas those with log(M_star_/M_{sun}_)=10.5 have grown by >1.0dex since z=2. At z<2, the time derivatives of the mass growth are always larger for lower-mass galaxies, which demonstrates that the mass growth in galaxies since that redshift is mass-dependent and primarily bottom-up. Lastly, we examine potential sources of systematic uncertainties in the SMFs and find that those from photo-z templates, stellar population synthesis modeling, and the definition of quiescent galaxies dominate the total error budget in the SMFs.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/633/844
- Title:
- Stellar mass in disk-dominated galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/633/844
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We investigate the correlations among stellar mass (M*), disk scale length (R_d_), and rotation velocity at 2.2 disk scale lengths (V_2.2_) for a sample of 81 disk-dominated galaxies (disk/total>=0.9) selected from the SDSS. We measure V_2.2_ from long-slit H{alpha} rotation curves and infer M* from galaxy i-band luminosities (L_i_) and g-r colors.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/856/15
- Title:
- Stellar mass-metallicity relation. I.
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/856/15
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the stellar mass-stellar metallicity relationship (MZR) in the galaxy cluster Cl0024+1654 at z~0.4 using full-spectrum stellar population synthesis modeling of individual quiescent galaxies. The lower limit of our stellar mass range is M*=10^9.7^M_{sun}_, the lowest galaxy mass at which individual stellar metallicity has been measured beyond the local universe. We report a detection of an evolution of the stellar MZR with observed redshift at 0.037+/-0.007dex per Gyr, consistent with the predictions from hydrodynamical simulations. Additionally, we find that the evolution of the stellar MZR with observed redshift can be explained by an evolution of the stellar MZR with the formation time of galaxies, i.e., when the single stellar population (SSP)-equivalent ages of galaxies are taken into account. This behavior is consistent with stars forming out of gas that also has an MZR with a normalization that decreases with redshift. Lastly, we find that over the observed mass range, the MZR can be described by a linear function with a shallow slope ([Fe/H]{propto}(0.16+/-0.03)logM*). The slope suggests that galaxy feedback, in terms of mass-loading factor, might be mass-independent over the observed mass and redshift range.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/506/928
- Title:
- Stellar mass-size relation for low M* galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/506/928
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We reliably extend the stellar mass-size relation over 0.2<=z<=2 to low stellar mass galaxies by combining the depth of Hubble Frontier Fields (HFF) with the large volume covered by CANDELS. Galaxies are simultaneously modelled in multiple bands using the tools developed by the MegaMorph project, allowing robust size (i.e., half-light radius) estimates even for small, faint, and high redshift galaxies. We show that above 10^7^M_{sun}_, star-forming galaxies are well represented by a single power law on the mass-size plane over our entire redshift range. Conversely, the stellar mass - size relation is steep for quiescent galaxies with stellar masses >=10^10.3^M_{sun}_ and flattens at lower masses, regardless of whether quiescence is selected based on star-formation activity, rest-frame colours, or structural characteristics. This flattening occurs at sizes of ~1kpc at z<=1. As a result, a double power law is preferred for the stellar mass-size relation of quiescent galaxies, at least above 10^7^M_{sun}_. We find no strong redshift dependence in the slope of the relation of star-forming galaxies as well as of high mass quiescent galaxies. We also show that star-forming galaxies with stellar masses >=10^9.5^M_{sun}_ and quiescent galaxies with stellar masses>=10^10.3^M_{sun}_ have undergone significant size growth since z~2, as expected; however, low mass galaxies have not. Finally, we supplement our data with predominantly quiescent dwarf galaxies from the core of the Fornax cluster, showing that the stellar mass-size relation is continuous below 10^7^M_{sun}_, but a more complicated functional form is necessary to describe the relation.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/821/101
- Title:
- Stellar MFP for massive quiescent z<0.7 galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/821/101
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We examine the evolution of the relation between stellar mass surface density, velocity dispersion, and half-light radius --the stellar mass fundamental plane (MFP)-- for quiescent galaxies at z<0.6. We measure the local relation from galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and the intermediate redshift relation from ~500 quiescent galaxies with stellar masses 10<~log(M*/M_{sun}_)<~11.5. Nearly half of the quiescent galaxies in our intermediate redshift sample are compact. After accounting for important selection and systematic effects, the velocity dispersion distribution of galaxies at intermediate redshifts is similar to that of galaxies in the local universe. Galaxies at z<0.6 appear to be smaller (<~0.1dex) than galaxies in the local sample. The orientation of the stellar MFP is independent of redshift for massive quiescent galaxies at z<0.6 and the zero-point evolves by ~0.04dex. Compact quiescent galaxies fall on the same relation as the extended objects. We confirm that compact quiescent galaxies are the tail of the size and mass distribution of the normal quiescent galaxy population.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/152/73
- Title:
- Stellar nuclei and bulges of nearby S0 galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/152/73
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- I analyze statistics of the stellar population properties for stellar nuclei and bulges of nearby lenticular galaxies in different environments by using panoramic spectral data of the integral-field spectrograph SAURON retrieved from the open archive of the Isaac Newton Group. I also estimate the fraction of nearby lenticular galaxies having inner polar gaseous disks by exploring the volume-limited sample of early-type galaxies of the ATLAS-3D survey. By inspecting the two-dimensional velocity fields of the stellar and gaseous components with the running tilted-ring technique, I have found seven new cases of inner polar disks. Together with those, the frequency of inner polar disks in nearby S0 galaxies reaches 10%, which is much higher than the frequency of large-scale polar rings. Interestingly, the properties of the nuclear stellar populations in the inner polar ring hosts are statistically the same as those in the whole S0 sample, implying similar histories of multiple gas-accretion events from various directions.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/474/1081
- Title:
- Stellar population gradients in bulges. I
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/474/1081
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- This is the first paper presenting our long-term project aimed at studying the nature of bulges through analyzing their stellar population gradients. We present deep spectroscopic observations along the minor axis and the data reduction for a sample of 32 bulges of edge-on spiral galaxies. We explain in detail our procedures for measuring their dynamical parameters (rotation curves and velocity dispersion profiles) and line-strength indices, including the conversion to the Lick/IDS system. Tables giving the values of the dynamical parameters and line-strength indices at each galactocentric radius are presented (in electronic form) for each galaxy of the sample. The derived line-strength gradients from this dataset will be analyzed in a forthcoming paper to set constraints on the different scenarios for the formation of the bulges.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/474/763
- Title:
- Stellar population gradients in bulges. II.
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/474/763
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the analysis of the radial gradients of stellar absorption lines in a sample of 32 bulges of edge-on spiral galaxies, spanning nearly the full Hubble sequence (from S0 to Sc types), and a large range of velocity dispersion (from about 60 to 300km/s). Different diagnostics such as index-index, gradient-gradient diagrams, and simple stellar population models are used to tackle the origin of the variation of the bulge stellar population. We find that the vast majority of bulges show older age, lower metallicity and higher [alpha/Fe] in their outer regions than in their central parts. The radial gradients in [Fe/H] are 2 to 3 times larger than in Log(age). The relation between gradient and bulge velocity dispersion is interpreted as a gradual build up of the gradient mean values and their dispersions from high to low velocity dispersion, rather than a pure correlation. The bulge effective radii and the Hubble type of the parent galaxies seem to play a more minor role in causing the observed spatial distributions. At a given velocity dispersion, bulges and ellipticals share common properties.
