Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): impact of the group environment on galaxy star formation

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Erscheinungsjahr:
2018
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Schlagworte:
  • galaxies: evolution
  • galaxies: groups: general
  • galaxies: kinematics and dynamics
  • galaxies: star formation
Beschreibung:
  • We explore how the group environment may affect the evolution of star-forming galaxies. We select 1197 Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) groups at 0.05 ≤ z ≤ 0.2 and analyze the projected phase space (PPS) diagram, i.e. the galaxy velocity as a function of projected group-centric radius, as a local environmental metric in the low-mass halo regime 1012 ≤ (M200/M⊙) <1014. We study the properties of star-forming group galaxies, exploring the correlation of star formation rate (SFR) with radial distance and stellar mass. We find that the fraction of star-forming group members is higher in the PPS regions dominated by recently accreted galaxies, whereas passive galaxies dominate the virialized regions. We observe a small decline in specific SFR of star-forming galaxies towards the group center by a factor ∼ 1.2 with respect to field galaxies. Similar to cluster studies, we conclude for low-mass halos that star-forming group galaxies represent an infalling population from the field to the halo and show suppressed star formation.
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  • info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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Forschungsinformationssystem der UHH

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