The nature of H α-selected galaxies along the large-scale structure at z = 0.4 revealed by Subaru Hyper Suprime-Cam survey
Abstract: We present the environmental dependence of colour, stellar mass, and star formation (SF) activity in Hα-selected galaxies along the large-scale structure at z=0.4 hosting twin clusters in DEEP2-3 field, discovered by Subaru Strategic Programme of Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC SSP). By combining photo-z selected galaxies and Hα emitters selected with broad-band and narrow-band (NB) data of the recent data release of HSC SSP (DR1), we confirm that galaxies in higher-density environments or galaxies in the cluster centr… Show more
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The Javalambre-Physics of the Accelerating Universe Astrophysical Survey (J-PAS) is a photometric survey that is poised to scan several thousands of square degrees of the sky. It will use 54 narrow-band filters, combining the benefits of low-resolution spectra and photometry. Its offshoot, miniJPAS, is a 1 deg 2 survey that uses J-PAS filter system with the Pathfinder camera. In this work, we study mJPC2470-1771, the most massive cluster detected in miniJPAS. We survey the stellar population properties of the members, their star formation rates (SFR), star formation histories (SFH), the emission line galaxy (ELG) population, spatial distribution of these properties, and the ensuing effects of the environment. This work shows the power of J-PAS to study the role of environment in galaxy evolution. We used a spectral energy distribution (SED) fitting code to derive the stellar population properties of the galaxy members: stellar mass, extinction, metallicity, (u − r) res and (u − r) int colours, mass-weighted age, the SFH that is parametrised by a delayed-τ model (τ, t 0 ), and SFRs. We used artificial neural networks for the identification of the ELG population via the detection of the Hα, [NII], Hβ, and [OIII] nebular emission. We used the Ew(Hα)-[NII] (WHAN) and [OIII]/Hα-[NII]/Hα (BPT) diagrams to separate them into individual star-forming galaxies and AGNs. We find that the fraction of red galaxies increases with the cluster-centric radius; and at 0.5 R 200 the red and blue fractions are both equal. The redder, more metallic, and more massive galaxies tend to be inside the central part of the cluster, whereas blue, less metallic, and less massive galaxies are mainly located outside of the inner 0.5 R 200 . We selected 49 ELG, with 65.3 % of the them likely to be star-forming galaxies, dominated by blue galaxies, and 24 % likely to have an AGN (Seyfert or LINER galaxies). The rest are difficult to classify and are most likely composite galaxies. These latter galaxies are red, and their abundance decreases with the cluster-centric radius; in contrast, the fraction of star-forming galaxies increases outwards up to R 200 . Our results are compatible with an scenario in which galaxy members were formed roughly at the same epoch, but blue galaxies have had more recent star formation episodes, and they are quenching out from within the cluster centre. The spatial distribution of red galaxies and their properties suggest that they were quenched prior to the cluster accretion or an earlier cluster accretion epoch. AGN feedback or mass might also stand as an obstacle in the quenching of these galaxies.
The Javalambre-Physics of the Accelerating Universe Astrophysical Survey (J-PAS) is a photometric survey that is poised to scan several thousands of square degrees of the sky. It will use 54 narrow-band filters, combining the benefits of low-resolution spectra and photometry. Its offshoot, miniJPAS, is a 1 deg 2 survey that uses J-PAS filter system with the Pathfinder camera. In this work, we study mJPC2470-1771, the most massive cluster detected in miniJPAS. We survey the stellar population properties of the members, their star formation rates (SFR), star formation histories (SFH), the emission line galaxy (ELG) population, spatial distribution of these properties, and the ensuing effects of the environment. This work shows the power of J-PAS to study the role of environment in galaxy evolution. We used a spectral energy distribution (SED) fitting code to derive the stellar population properties of the galaxy members: stellar mass, extinction, metallicity, (u − r) res and (u − r) int colours, mass-weighted age, the SFH that is parametrised by a delayed-τ model (τ, t 0 ), and SFRs. We used artificial neural networks for the identification of the ELG population via the detection of the Hα, [NII], Hβ, and [OIII] nebular emission. We used the Ew(Hα)-[NII] (WHAN) and [OIII]/Hα-[NII]/Hα (BPT) diagrams to separate them into individual star-forming galaxies and AGNs. We find that the fraction of red galaxies increases with the cluster-centric radius; and at 0.5 R 200 the red and blue fractions are both equal. The redder, more metallic, and more massive galaxies tend to be inside the central part of the cluster, whereas blue, less metallic, and less massive galaxies are mainly located outside of the inner 0.5 R 200 . We selected 49 ELG, with 65.3 % of the them likely to be star-forming galaxies, dominated by blue galaxies, and 24 % likely to have an AGN (Seyfert or LINER galaxies). The rest are difficult to classify and are most likely composite galaxies. These latter galaxies are red, and their abundance decreases with the cluster-centric radius; in contrast, the fraction of star-forming galaxies increases outwards up to R 200 . Our results are compatible with an scenario in which galaxy members were formed roughly at the same epoch, but blue galaxies have had more recent star formation episodes, and they are quenching out from within the cluster centre. The spatial distribution of red galaxies and their properties suggest that they were quenched prior to the cluster accretion or an earlier cluster accretion epoch. AGN feedback or mass might also stand as an obstacle in the quenching of these galaxies.
The miniJPAS survey has observed ∼ 1 deg 2 on the AEGIS field with 60 bands (spectral resolution of R ∼ 60) in order to demonstrate the scientific potential of the Javalambre-Physics of the Accelerating Universe Astrophysical Survey (J-PAS) that will map ∼ 8000 deg 2 of the northern sky during the upcoming years. In particular, this paper shows the potential of J-PAS to detect groups with mass up to 10 13 M and the characterisation of their galaxy populations up to z ∼ 1. The parametric code BaySeAGal is used to derive the stellar population properties by fitting the J-PAS spectral energy distribution (SED) of the galaxy members in 80 groups at z ≤ 0.8 previously detected by the AMICO code, as well as for a galaxy field sample retrieved from the whole miniJPAS down to r < 22.75 (AB). Blue, red, quiescent, and transition (blue quiescent or green valley) galaxy populations are identified through their rest-frame (extinction corrected) (u − r) int colour, galaxy stellar mass (M ), and specific star formation rate (sSFR). We measure the abundance of these galaxies as a function of M and environment to investigate the role that groups play in quenching the star formation. We find: (i) The fraction of red and quiescent galaxies in groups increases with M and it is always higher in groups (28 % on average) than in the field (5 %). (ii) The quenched fraction excess (QFE) in groups shows a strong dependence with M , and increases from a few percent for galaxies with M < 10 10 M , to higher than 60 % for galaxies with M > 3 × 10 11 M . (iii) The abundance excess of transition galaxies in groups shows a modest dependence with M , being 5-10 % for galaxies with M < 10 11 M . (iv) The fading time scale, defined as the time that galaxies in groups spend in the transition phase, is very short (< 1.5 Gyr), indicating that the star formation of galaxies in groups declines very rapidly. (v) The evolution of the galaxy quenching rate in groups shows a modest but significant evolution since z ∼ 0.8. The result is compatible with the expected evolution with constant QFE = 0.4, which has been previously measured for satellites in the nearby Universe, as traced by SDSS. Further, this evolution is consistent with a scenario where the low-mass star-forming galaxies in clusters at z = 1-1.4 are environmentally quenched, as previously reported by other surveys.
A Virgo Environmental Survey Tracing Ionised Gas Emission (VESTIGE)
We use a complete set of deep narrow-band imaging data for 384 galaxies gathered during the Virgo Environmental Survey Tracing Ionised Gas Emission (VESTIGE) to derive the first Hα luminosity function of the Virgo cluster within its virial radius. The data, which are sensitive to the emission of a single O-early B ionising star, allow us to cover the whole dynamic range of the Hα luminosity function (1036 ≤ L(Hα)≤1042 erg s−1). After they are corrected for [NII] contamination and dust attenuation, the data are used to derive the star formation rate function in the range 10−4 ≲ SFR ≲ 10 M⊙ yr−1. These luminosity functions are derived for gas-rich and gas-poor systems and for objects belonging to the different substructures of the Virgo cluster. They are then compared to those derived at other frequencies or using different tracers of star formation in Virgo, in other nearby and high-z clusters, in the field, and finally to those predicted by the IllustrisTNG cosmological hydrodynamical simulations (TNG50 and TNG100). The Hα luminosity function of the Virgo cluster is fairly flat (α = −1.07 when fitted with a Schechter function) in the range 1038.5 ≲ L(Hα)≲1040.5 erg s−1, and it abruptly decreases at lower luminosities. When compared to those derived for other nearby clusters and for the field, the slope and the characteristic luminosity of the Schechter function change as a function of the dynamical mass of the system, of the temperature of the X-rays gas, and of the dynamical pressure exerted on the interstellar medium of galaxies moving at high velocity within the intracluster medium. All these trends can be explained in a scenario in which the activity of star formation of galaxies is reduced in massive clusters due to their hydrodynamical interaction with the surrounding medium, suggesting once again that ram-pressure stripping is the dominant mechanism affecting galaxy evolution in local clusters of dynamical mass Mcluster ≳ 1014 M⊙. The comparison with the IllustrisTNG cosmological hydrodynamical simulations shows a more pronounced decrease at the faint end of the distribution. If the Virgo cluster is representative of typical nearby clusters of similar mass, this difference suggests that the stripping process in simulated galaxies in these environments is more efficient than observed.
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