- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/773/86
- Title:
- Star-forming galaxies in ACO 2029
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/773/86
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Dense environments are known to quench star formation in galaxies, but it is still unknown what mechanism(s) are directly responsible. In this paper, we study the star formation of galaxies in A2029 and compare it to that of Coma, combining indicators at 24{mu}m, H{alpha}, and UV down to rates of 0.03M_{sun}_/yr. We show that A2029's star-forming galaxies follow the same mass-SFR relation as the field. The Coma cluster, on the other hand, has a population of galaxies with star formation rates (SFRs) significantly lower than the field mass-SFR relation, indicative of galaxies in the process of being quenched. Over half of these galaxies also host active galactic nuclei. Ram-pressure stripping and starvation/strangulation are the most likely mechanisms for suppressing the star formation in these galaxies, but we are unable to disentangle which is dominating. The differences we see between the two clusters' populations of star-forming galaxies may be related to their accretion histories, with A2029 having accreted its star-forming galaxies more recently than Coma. Additionally, many early-type galaxies in A2029 are detected at 24{mu}m and/or in the far-UV, but this emission is not directly related to star formation. Similar galaxies have probably been classified as star forming in previous studies of dense clusters, possibly obscuring some of the effects of the cluster environment on true star-forming galaxies.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/303/661
- Title:
- Star-forming galaxies in the Coma Cluster
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/303/661
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- In a field of 1deg radius centered in the Coma cluster of galaxies, UV ({lambda}=2000 A) observations with a 40-cm balloon-borne imaging telescope (FOCA) have provided a list of 442 UV sources brighter than m_UV_=18, which are identified in the Godwin (1983) catalogue. 254 are identified as galaxies, 178 as star-like objects and 10 as galaxy-star pairs, unresolved in the UV image.
- 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/460/2862
- Title:
- Stellar mass of brightest cluster galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/460/2862
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Using a sample of 98 galaxy clusters recently imaged in the near-infrared with the European Southern Observatory (ESO) New Technology Telescope, WIYN telescope and William Herschel Telescope, supplemented with 33 clusters from the ESO archive, we measure how the stellar mass of the most massive galaxies in the universe, namely brightest cluster galaxies (BCGs), increases with time. Most of the BCGs in this new sample lie in the redshift range 0.2<z<0.6, which has been noted in recent works to mark an epoch over which the growth in the stellar mass of BCGs stalls. From this sample of 132 clusters, we create a subsample of 102 systems that includes only those clusters that have estimates of the cluster mass. We combine the BCGs in this subsample with BCGs from the literature, and find that the growth in stellar mass of BCGs from 10 billion years ago to the present epoch is broadly consistent with recent semi-analytic and semi-empirical models. As in other recent studies, tentative evidence indicates that the stellar mass growth rate of BCGs may be slowing in the past 3.5 billion years. Further work in collecting larger samples, and in better comparing observations with theory using mock images, is required if a more detailed comparison between the models and the data is to be made.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/429/101
- Title:
- Stellar populations of CL 0048-2942
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/429/101
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a detailed study of the cluster CL 0048-2942, located at z~0.64, based on a photometric and spectroscopic catalogue of 54 galaxies in a 5x5arcmin^2^ region centred in that cluster. Of these, 23 galaxies were found to belong to the cluster. Based on this sample, the line-of-sight velocity dispersion of the cluster is approximately 680+/-140km/s.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/409/1455
- Title:
- Stellar populations of early-type galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/409/1455
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The influence of environment on the formation and evolution of early-type galaxies is, as yet, an unresolved issue. Constraints can be placed on models of early-type galaxy formation and evolution by examining their stellar populations as a function of environment. We present a catalogue of galaxies well suited to such an investigation. The magnitude-limited (b_J_<=19.45) sample was drawn from four clusters (Coma, A1139, A3558 and A930 at <z>=0.04) and their surrounds. The catalogue contains luminosities, redshifts, velocity dispersions and Lick line strengths for 416 galaxies, of which 245 are classified as early types. Luminosity-weighted ages, metallicities and {alpha}-element abundance ratios have been estimated for 219 of these early types. We also outline the steps necessary for measuring fully calibrated Lick indices and estimating the associated stellar population parameters using up-to-date methods and stellar population models. In a subsequent paper we perform a detailed study of the stellar populations of early-type galaxies in clusters and investigate the effects of environment.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/649/A93
- Title:
- Stellar populations of NGC 3311
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/649/A93
- Date:
- 22 Feb 2022
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Massive early-type galaxies are believed to be the end result of an extended mass accretion history. The stars formed in situ, very early during the initial phase of the assembly, might have originated from an extremely intense and rapid burst of star formation. These stars may still be found within the cores of such galaxies at z=0, depending on their accretion and merger histories. We wish to investigate the presence of a surviving high-z compact progenitor component in the brightest galaxy of the Hydra~I cluster, NGC~3311, by mapping its 2D kinematics and stellar population out to 2 effective radii. Our goal is to understand the formation of its several structural components and trace their mass assembly back in time. We combine MUSE observations, a customized and extended version of the state-of-the-art EMILES single stellar population models, and a newly developed parametric fully Bayesian framework to model the observed spectra using full-spectrum fitting. We present 2D maps, as well as radial profiles, of the stellar velocity dispersion, age, total metallicity, {alpha}-element, sodium abundance ([Na/Fe]), and the initial mass function slope. All properties have significant gradients, confirming the existence of multiple structural components, also including a "blue spot" characterized by younger and metal-richer stars. We find that the component dominating the light budget of NGC 3311 within R<2.0kpc, is the surviving z=0 analogue of a high-z compact core, according to the definition of Pulsoni et al. (2021). This concentrated structure has a relatively small velocity dispersion (sigma~180km/s), is very old (ages~11Gyr), metal-rich ([Z/H]~0.2 and [Na/Fe]~0.4), and has a bottom-heavy IMF (with slope Gamma_b_~2.4). In the outer region, instead, the line-of-sight velocity distribution becomes increasingly broader, and the stars have younger age. They are also metal and sodium poorer but {alpha}-element richer. The low-mass end of the IMF slope becomes Chabrier-like with increasing galactocentric distances. The existence of multiple structural components in NGC 3311 from photometry, kinematics, and stellar populations confirms the predictions from the two-phase formation scenario for NGC 3311, according to which a first very short, high-z star formation episode formed a compact stellar structure in its core, which then grew in size by the extended mass assembly of relatively massive satellites. Interestingly, the outer stellar population has an overabundant [alpha/Fe], most likely because NGC 3311, located at the center of the galaxy cluster, accreted stars from rapidly quenched satellites.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/589/A139
- Title:
- Stellar populations of NGC 3311
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/589/A139
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The history of the mass assembly of brightest cluster galaxies may be studied by mapping the stellar populations at large radial distances from the galaxy centre, where the dynamical times are long and preserve the chemodynamical signatures of the accretion events. To provide extended and robust measurements of the stellar population parameters in NGC 3311, the cD galaxy at the centre of the Hydra I cluster, and out to three effective radius. We wish to characterise the processes that drove the build up of the stellar light at all these radii. We obtained the spectra from several regions in NGC 3311 covering an area of ~3arcmin^2^ in the wavelength range 4800<lambda({AA})<5800, using the FORS2 spectrograph at the Very Large Telescope in the MXU mode. We measured the equivalent width of seven absorption-features defined in the Lick/IDS system, which were modelled by single stellar populations, to provide luminosity-weighted ages, metallicities, and alpha element abundances. The trends in the Lick indices and the distribution of the stellar population parameters indicate that the stars of NGC3311 may be divided in two radial regimes, one within and the another beyond one effective radius, R_e_=8.4kpc, similar to the distinction between the inner galaxy and the external halo derived from the NGC3311 velocity dispersion profile. The inner galaxy (R<R_e_) is old (age ~14Gyr), has negative metallicity gradients and positive alpha element gradients. The external halo is also very old, but has a negative age gradient. The metal and element abundances of the external halo both have a large scatter, indicating that stars from a variety of satellites with different masses have been accreted. The region in the extended halo associated with the off-centred envelope at 0<P.A.({deg})<90 (Arnaboldi et al., 2012A&A...545A..37A) has higher metallicity with respect to the symmetric external halo. The different stellar populations in the inner galaxy and extended halo reflect the dominance of in situ stars in the former and the accreted origin for the large majority of the stars in the latter. The low value of the velocity dispersion in the inner galaxy indicates that its stars are bound to the galaxy's gravitational potential, and the abundances and gradients suggest that the inner galaxy is formed in an outside-in scenario of merging gas-rich lumps, reminiscent of the first phase of galaxy formation. The external halo has a higher velocity dispersion, it is dynamically hotter than the galaxy and its stars are gravitationally driven by the cluster's gravitational potential. The stars in the external halo were removed from their parent galaxies, either disks with truncated star formation, or the outer regions of early-type galaxies. Late mass accretion at large radii is now coming from the tidal stripping of stars from dwarfs and S0 galaxies. These results provide supporting evidence for the recent theoretical models of formation of massive ellipticals as a two-phase process.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/313/469
- Title:
- Streaming motions of galaxy clusters. I.
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/313/469
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The present paper is the first in a series presenting results of the "Streaming Motions of Abell Cluster" (SMAC) project. We present new spectroscopic data for 532 early-type galaxies, predominantly Abell cluster members with cz<12000km/s. We tabulate 919 individual measurements, from six observing runs, for recession velocity, cz, central velocity dispersion, {sigma}, and magnesium line-strength indices, Mg_2_ and Mgb. The median estimated error, per measurement, in {sigma} is 5 per cent. The Mg_2_ line-strength data have median errors of 0.009mag. The observed scatter between repeat measurements is largely accounted for by photon-counting errors. These data will be employed in forthcoming papers, where they will form part of a merged and standardized catalogue of Fundamental Plane data for use in cluster distance estimates and peculiar velocity analyses.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/130/1002
- Title:
- Stroemgren photometry in Abell 2125 and 2218
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/130/1002
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We combine new narrowband photometry with archival Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) data for A2218 (z=0.18) and A2125 (z=0.25), two clusters with intermediate redshifts but very different cluster properties, in order to examine the evolution of galaxy populations. A2218 is a dense, elliptical-rich cluster (Bautz-Morgan type II) similar to the Coma Cluster in its evolutionary appearance, whereas A2125 is a less dense, more open cluster (Bautz-Morgan type II-III), although similar in richness to A2218.
