K. Kelkar
Galaxy sizes as a function of environment at intermediate redshift from the ESO Distant Cluster Survey
Kelkar, K.; Arag�n-Salamanca, A.; Gray, M.E.; Maltby, D.; Vulcani, B.; De Lucia, G.; Poggianti, B.M.; Zaritsky, D.
Authors
Professor ALFONSO ARAGON-SALAMANCA ALFONSO.ARAGON@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Professor of Astronomy
MEGHAN GRAY MEGHAN.GRAY@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Professor of Astronomy
Dr. DAVID MALTBY David.Maltby@nottingham.ac.uk
Teaching Associate in Physics Andastronomy
B. Vulcani
G. De Lucia
B.M. Poggianti
D. Zaritsky
Abstract
In order to assess whether the environment has a significant effect on galaxy sizes, we compare the mass–size relations of cluster and field galaxies in the 0.4<z<0.8 red-shift range from the ESO Distant Cluster Survey (EDisCS) using Hubble Space Telescope images. We analyse two mass-selected samples, one defined using photometric redshifts(10.2≤logM∗/M≤12.0), and a smaller more robust subsample using spectroscopic red-shifts (10.6≤logM∗/M≤11.8). We find no significant difference in the size distributions of cluster and field galaxies of a given morphology. Similarly, we find no significant difference in the size distributions of cluster and field galaxies of similar rest-frame B−V colours. We rule out average size differences larger than 10–20 per cent in both cases. Consistent conclusions are found with the spectroscopic and photometric samples. These results have important consequences for the physical process(es) responsible for the size evolution of galaxies, and in particular the effect of the environment. The remarkable growth in galaxy size observed from z∼2.5 has been reported to depend on the environment at higher redshifts (z>1), with early-type/passive galaxies in higher density environments growing earlier. Such dependence disappears at lower redshifts. Therefore, if the reported difference at higher-z is real, the growth of field galaxies has caught up with that of cluster galaxies by z∼1. Any putative mechanism responsible for galaxy growth has to account for the existence of environmental differences at high redshift and their absence (or weakening) at lower redshifts.
Citation
Kelkar, K., Aragón-Salamanca, A., Gray, M., Maltby, D., Vulcani, B., De Lucia, G., Poggianti, B., & Zaritsky, D. (2015). Galaxy sizes as a function of environment at intermediate redshift from the ESO Distant Cluster Survey. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 450(2), https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv670
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Mar 25, 2015 |
Publication Date | Jun 1, 2015 |
Deposit Date | Apr 20, 2017 |
Publicly Available Date | Apr 20, 2017 |
Journal | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |
Print ISSN | 0035-8711 |
Electronic ISSN | 1365-2966 |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 450 |
Issue | 2 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv670 |
Keywords | galaxies: clusters: general – galaxies: elliptical and lenticular, cD – galaxies: evolution – galaxies: fundamental parameters – galaxies: spiral – galaxies: statistics. |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/750578 |
Publisher URL | https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article-lookup/doi/10.1093/mnras/stv670 |
Additional Information | This article has been accepted for publication in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society. |
Contract Date | Apr 20, 2017 |
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