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The Three Hundred Project: the influence of environment on simulated galaxy properties

Wang, Yang; Pearce, Frazer; Knebe, Alexander; Yepes, Gustavo; Cui, Weiguang; Power, Chris; Arth, Alexander; Gottlöber, Stefan; Petris, Marco De; Brown, Shaun; Feng, Longlong

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Authors

Yang Wang

Alexander Knebe

Gustavo Yepes

Weiguang Cui

Chris Power

Alexander Arth

Stefan Gottlöber

Marco De Petris

Shaun Brown

Longlong Feng



Abstract

The relationship between galaxy properties and environment is a widely discussed topic within astrophysics. Here, we use galaxy samples from hydrodynamical resimulations to examine this relationship. We use the overdensity (δ1)within a h-1Mpc sphere around a galaxy to evaluate its environment. Then, the relations between galaxy properties, such as specific star formation rate(sSFR), fraction of star-forming galaxies, g –r color, and δ1 are examined within three galactic samples formed from galaxies within large clusters, those in the vicinity of large clusters, and those in the field. We find tight environmental correlations for these galaxy properties. In brief, galaxies in denser environments tend to be redder and are more likely to be quenched; this is consistent with observations. We find that although the sSFR decreases with δ1, this is mainly because galaxies with higher stellar mass reside in an environment with higher overdensity. At fixed overdensity, a galaxy’s color is also independent of whether it lives within a cluster or within the field, but the relative fractions of the two samples varies dramatically with overdensity, and this drives an apparent evolution.

Citation

Wang, Y., Pearce, F., Knebe, A., Yepes, G., Cui, W., Power, C., …Feng, L. (2018). The Three Hundred Project: the influence of environment on simulated galaxy properties. Astrophysical Journal, 868(2), Article 130. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aae52e

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Sep 28, 2018
Online Publication Date Nov 30, 2018
Publication Date Dec 1, 2018
Deposit Date Dec 21, 2018
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal The Astrophysical Journal
Print ISSN 0004-637X
Electronic ISSN 1538-4357
Publisher American Astronomical Society
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 868
Issue 2
Article Number 130
DOI https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aae52e
Keywords Space and Planetary Science; Astronomy and Astrophysics
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1437236
Publisher URL http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/aae52e/meta

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