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Title: Predicting Galaxy Star Formation Rates via the Co-evolution of Galaxies and Halos

Journal Article · · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (Online)
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [5];  [6];  [1];  [7]
  1. Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics (KICP), Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States)
  2. Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics (KICP), Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States); Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
  3. Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN (United States). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
  4. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States); Kavli Inst. for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford, CA (United States); Stanford Univ., CA (United States)
  5. Space Telescope Science Inst., Baltimore, MD (United States)
  6. Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States). Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences
  7. Pittsburgh Particle Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology Center, PA (United States)

In this paper, we test the age matching hypothesis that the star formation rate (SFR) of a galaxy is determined by its dark matter halo formation history, and as such, that more quiescent galaxies reside in older halos. This simple model has been remarkably successful at predicting color-based galaxy statistics at low redshift as measured in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). To further test this method with observations, we present new SDSS measurements of the galaxy two-point correlation function and galaxy-galaxy lensing as a function of stellar mass and SFR, separated into quenched and star forming galaxy samples. We find that our age matching model is in excellent agreement with these new measurements. We also employ a galaxy group finder and show that our model is able to predict: (1) the relative SFRs of central and satellite galaxies, (2) the SFR-dependence of the radial distribution of satellite galaxy populations within galaxy groups, rich groups, and clusters and their surrounding larger scale environments, and (3) the interesting feature that the satellite quenched fraction as a function of projected radial distance from the central galaxy exhibits an approx r-.15 slope, independent of environment. The accurate prediction for the spatial distribution of satellites is intriguing given the fact that we do not explicitly model satellite-specific processes after infall, and that in our model the virial radius does not mark a special transition region in the evolution of a satellite, contrary to most galaxy evolution models. The success of the model suggests that present-day galaxy SFR is strongly correlated with halo mass assembly history.

Research Organization:
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States); Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
Contributing Organization:
DES
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-07CH11359
OSTI ID:
1128816
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-PUB-14-046-A; arXiv:1403.1578; 1284942
Journal Information:
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (Online), Journal Name: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (Online); ISSN 1365-2966
Publisher:
Oxford University PressCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 42 works
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