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Title: The Observed Evolution of the Stellar Mass–Halo Mass Relation for Brightest Central Galaxies

Abstract

We quantify evolution in the cluster-scale stellar mass–halo mass (SMHM) relation's parameters using 2323 clusters and brightest central galaxies (BCGs) over the redshift range 0.03 ≤ z ≤ 0.60. The precision on the inferred SMHM parameters is improved by including the magnitude gap (mgap) between the BCG and fourth-brightest cluster member (M14) as a third parameter in the SMHM relation. At fixed halo mass, accounting for mgap, through a stretch parameter, reduces the SMHM relation's intrinsic scatter. To explore this redshift range, we use clusters, BCGs, and cluster members identified using the Sloan Digital Sky Survey C4 and redMaPPer cluster catalogs and the Dark Energy Survey redMaPPer catalog. Through this joint analysis, we detect no systematic differences in BCG stellar mass, mgap, and cluster mass (inferred from richness) between the data sets. We utilize the Pareto function to quantify each parameter's evolution. We confirm prior findings of negative evolution in the SMHM relation's slope (3.5σ), and detect negative evolution in the stretch parameter (4.0σ) and positive evolution in the offset parameter (5.8σ). This observed evolution, combined with the absence of BCG growth, when stellar mass is measured within 50 kpc, suggests that this evolution results from changes in the cluster'smore » mgap. For this to occur, late-term growth must be in the intracluster light surrounding the BCG. We also compare the observed results to IllustrisTNG 300-1 cosmological hydrodynamic simulations and find modest qualitative agreement. However, the simulations lack the evolutionary features detected in the real data.« less

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  1. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); European Research Council (ERC); Brazilian Instituto Nacional de Ciênciae Tecnologia (INCT); National Science Foundation (NSF); MICINN; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
Contributing Org.:
DES Collaboration
OSTI Identifier:
1824314
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1867383; OSTI ID: 1883723; OSTI ID: 1923763; OSTI ID: 1983575
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-PUB-21-303-AE; arXiv:2107.02197
Journal ID: ISSN 0004-637X; oai:inspirehep.net:1899577; TRN: US2215686
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231; AC02-07CH11359; AST-1138766; AST-1536171; ESP2017-89838; PGC2018-094773; PGC2018-102021; SEV-2016-0588; SEV-2016-0597; MDM-2015-0509; 240672; 291329; 306478; 465376/2014-2; AC02-76SF00515; AC05-00OR22725; SC0019193
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
The Astrophysical Journal
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 928; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 0004-637X
Publisher:
IOP Publishing
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; galaxy clusters; galaxy evolution; brightest cluster galaxies

Citation Formats

Golden-Marx, Jesse B., Miller, C. J., Zhang, Y., Ogando, R. C., Palmese, A., Abbott, T. C., Aguena, M., Allam, S., Andrade-Oliveira, F., Annis, J., Bacon, D., Bertin, E., Brooks, D., Buckley-Geer, E., Carnero Rosell, A., Carrasco Kind, M., Castander, F. J., Costanzi, M., Crocce, M., da Costa, L. N., Pereira, M. S., De Vicente, J., Desai, S., Diehl, H. T., Doel, P., Drlica-Wagner, A., Everett, S., Evrard, A. E., Ferrero, I., Flaugher, B., Fosalba, P., Frieman, J., García-Bellido, J., Gaztanaga, E., Gerdes, D. W., Gruen, D., Gruendl, R. A., Gschwend, J., Gutierrez, G., Hartley, W. G., Hinton, S. R., Hollowood, D. L., Honscheid, K., Hoyle, B., James, D. J., Jeltema, T., Kim, A. G., Krause, E., Kuehn, K., Kuropatkin, N., Lahav, O., Lima, M., Maia, M. G., Marshall, J. L., Melchior, P., Menanteau, F., Miquel, R., Mohr, J. J., Morgan, R., Paz-Chinchón, F., Petravick, D., Pieres, A., Plazas Malagón, A. A., Prat, J., Romer, A. K., Sanchez, E., Santiago, B., Scarpine, V., Schubnell, M., Serrano, S., Sevilla-Noarbe, I., Smith, M., Soares-Santos, M., Suchyta, Eric, Tarle, G., and Varga, T. N. The Observed Evolution of the Stellar Mass–Halo Mass Relation for Brightest Central Galaxies. United States: N. p., 2022. Web. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ac4cb4.
Golden-Marx, Jesse B., Miller, C. J., Zhang, Y., Ogando, R. C., Palmese, A., Abbott, T. C., Aguena, M., Allam, S., Andrade-Oliveira, F., Annis, J., Bacon, D., Bertin, E., Brooks, D., Buckley-Geer, E., Carnero Rosell, A., Carrasco Kind, M., Castander, F. J., Costanzi, M., Crocce, M., da Costa, L. N., Pereira, M. S., De Vicente, J., Desai, S., Diehl, H. T., Doel, P., Drlica-Wagner, A., Everett, S., Evrard, A. E., Ferrero, I., Flaugher, B., Fosalba, P., Frieman, J., García-Bellido, J., Gaztanaga, E., Gerdes, D. W., Gruen, D., Gruendl, R. A., Gschwend, J., Gutierrez, G., Hartley, W. G., Hinton, S. R., Hollowood, D. L., Honscheid, K., Hoyle, B., James, D. J., Jeltema, T., Kim, A. G., Krause, E., Kuehn, K., Kuropatkin, N., Lahav, O., Lima, M., Maia, M. G., Marshall, J. L., Melchior, P., Menanteau, F., Miquel, R., Mohr, J. J., Morgan, R., Paz-Chinchón, F., Petravick, D., Pieres, A., Plazas Malagón, A. A., Prat, J., Romer, A. K., Sanchez, E., Santiago, B., Scarpine, V., Schubnell, M., Serrano, S., Sevilla-Noarbe, I., Smith, M., Soares-Santos, M., Suchyta, Eric, Tarle, G., & Varga, T. N. The Observed Evolution of the Stellar Mass–Halo Mass Relation for Brightest Central Galaxies. United States. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac4cb4
Golden-Marx, Jesse B., Miller, C. J., Zhang, Y., Ogando, R. C., Palmese, A., Abbott, T. C., Aguena, M., Allam, S., Andrade-Oliveira, F., Annis, J., Bacon, D., Bertin, E., Brooks, D., Buckley-Geer, E., Carnero Rosell, A., Carrasco Kind, M., Castander, F. J., Costanzi, M., Crocce, M., da Costa, L. N., Pereira, M. S., De Vicente, J., Desai, S., Diehl, H. T., Doel, P., Drlica-Wagner, A., Everett, S., Evrard, A. E., Ferrero, I., Flaugher, B., Fosalba, P., Frieman, J., García-Bellido, J., Gaztanaga, E., Gerdes, D. W., Gruen, D., Gruendl, R. A., Gschwend, J., Gutierrez, G., Hartley, W. G., Hinton, S. R., Hollowood, D. L., Honscheid, K., Hoyle, B., James, D. J., Jeltema, T., Kim, A. G., Krause, E., Kuehn, K., Kuropatkin, N., Lahav, O., Lima, M., Maia, M. G., Marshall, J. L., Melchior, P., Menanteau, F., Miquel, R., Mohr, J. J., Morgan, R., Paz-Chinchón, F., Petravick, D., Pieres, A., Plazas Malagón, A. A., Prat, J., Romer, A. K., Sanchez, E., Santiago, B., Scarpine, V., Schubnell, M., Serrano, S., Sevilla-Noarbe, I., Smith, M., Soares-Santos, M., Suchyta, Eric, Tarle, G., and Varga, T. N. Thu . "The Observed Evolution of the Stellar Mass–Halo Mass Relation for Brightest Central Galaxies". United States. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac4cb4. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1824314.
@article{osti_1824314,
title = {The Observed Evolution of the Stellar Mass–Halo Mass Relation for Brightest Central Galaxies},
author = {Golden-Marx, Jesse B. and Miller, C. J. and Zhang, Y. and Ogando, R. C. and Palmese, A. and Abbott, T. C. and Aguena, M. and Allam, S. and Andrade-Oliveira, F. and Annis, J. and Bacon, D. and Bertin, E. and Brooks, D. and Buckley-Geer, E. and Carnero Rosell, A. and Carrasco Kind, M. and Castander, F. J. and Costanzi, M. and Crocce, M. and da Costa, L. N. and Pereira, M. S. and De Vicente, J. and Desai, S. and Diehl, H. T. and Doel, P. and Drlica-Wagner, A. and Everett, S. and Evrard, A. E. and Ferrero, I. and Flaugher, B. and Fosalba, P. and Frieman, J. and García-Bellido, J. and Gaztanaga, E. and Gerdes, D. W. and Gruen, D. and Gruendl, R. A. and Gschwend, J. and Gutierrez, G. and Hartley, W. G. and Hinton, S. R. and Hollowood, D. L. and Honscheid, K. and Hoyle, B. and James, D. J. and Jeltema, T. and Kim, A. G. and Krause, E. and Kuehn, K. and Kuropatkin, N. and Lahav, O. and Lima, M. and Maia, M. G. and Marshall, J. L. and Melchior, P. and Menanteau, F. and Miquel, R. and Mohr, J. J. and Morgan, R. and Paz-Chinchón, F. and Petravick, D. and Pieres, A. and Plazas Malagón, A. A. and Prat, J. and Romer, A. K. and Sanchez, E. and Santiago, B. and Scarpine, V. and Schubnell, M. and Serrano, S. and Sevilla-Noarbe, I. and Smith, M. and Soares-Santos, M. and Suchyta, Eric and Tarle, G. and Varga, T. N.},
abstractNote = {We quantify evolution in the cluster-scale stellar mass–halo mass (SMHM) relation's parameters using 2323 clusters and brightest central galaxies (BCGs) over the redshift range 0.03 ≤ z ≤ 0.60. The precision on the inferred SMHM parameters is improved by including the magnitude gap (mgap) between the BCG and fourth-brightest cluster member (M14) as a third parameter in the SMHM relation. At fixed halo mass, accounting for mgap, through a stretch parameter, reduces the SMHM relation's intrinsic scatter. To explore this redshift range, we use clusters, BCGs, and cluster members identified using the Sloan Digital Sky Survey C4 and redMaPPer cluster catalogs and the Dark Energy Survey redMaPPer catalog. Through this joint analysis, we detect no systematic differences in BCG stellar mass, mgap, and cluster mass (inferred from richness) between the data sets. We utilize the Pareto function to quantify each parameter's evolution. We confirm prior findings of negative evolution in the SMHM relation's slope (3.5σ), and detect negative evolution in the stretch parameter (4.0σ) and positive evolution in the offset parameter (5.8σ). This observed evolution, combined with the absence of BCG growth, when stellar mass is measured within 50 kpc, suggests that this evolution results from changes in the cluster's mgap. For this to occur, late-term growth must be in the intracluster light surrounding the BCG. We also compare the observed results to IllustrisTNG 300-1 cosmological hydrodynamic simulations and find modest qualitative agreement. However, the simulations lack the evolutionary features detected in the real data.},
doi = {10.3847/1538-4357/ac4cb4},
journal = {The Astrophysical Journal},
number = 1,
volume = 928,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Mar 24 00:00:00 EDT 2022},
month = {Thu Mar 24 00:00:00 EDT 2022}
}

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  • The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, Vol. 216, Issue 2
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Stellar mass–halo mass relation for the brightest central galaxies of X-ray clusters since z  ∼ 0.65
journal, November 2019


THE XMM CLUSTER SURVEY: THE STELLAR MASS ASSEMBLY OF FOSSIL GALAXIES
journal, May 2012

  • Harrison, Craig D.; Miller, Christopher J.; Richards, Joseph W.
  • The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 752, Issue 1
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Dark Energy Survey Year 1 results: weak lensing mass calibration of redMaPPer galaxy clusters
journal, October 2018

  • McClintock, T.; Varga, T. N.; Gruen, D.
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 482, Issue 1
  • DOI: 10.1093/mnras/sty2711

Exploring relations between BCG and cluster properties in the SPectroscopic IDentification of eROSITA Sources survey from 0.05 
journal, June 2018

  • Furnell, Kate E.; Collins, Chris A.; Kelvin, Lee S.
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 478, Issue 4
  • DOI: 10.1093/mnras/sty991

THE GROWTH OF MASSIVE GALAXIES SINCE z = 2
journal, January 2010

  • van Dokkum, Pieter G.; Whitaker, Katherine E.; Brammer, Gabriel
  • The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 709, Issue 2
  • DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/709/2/1018

Dark Energy Survey Year 1 Results: Detection of Intracluster Light at Redshift ∼ 0.25
journal, April 2019


Forward Global Photometric Calibration of the Dark Energy Survey
journal, December 2017


K ‐band Properties of Galaxy Clusters and Groups: Brightest Cluster Galaxies and Intracluster Light
journal, December 2004

  • Lin, Yen‐Ting; Mohr, Joseph J.
  • The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 617, Issue 2
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μ⋆ masses: weak-lensing calibration of the Dark Energy Survey Year 1 redMaPPer clusters using stellar masses
journal, September 2020

  • Pereira, M. E. S.; Palmese, A.; Varga, T. N.
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 498, Issue 4
  • DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staa2687

The many lives of active galactic nuclei: cooling flows, black holes and the luminosities and colours of galaxies
journal, January 2006

  • Croton, Darren J.; Springel, Volker; White, Simon D. M.
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First results from the IllustrisTNG simulations: matter and galaxy clustering
journal, December 2017

  • Springel, Volker; Pakmor, Rüdiger; Pillepich, Annalisa
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 475, Issue 1
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The Luminosities, Sizes, and Velocity Dispersions of Brightest Cluster Galaxies: Implications for Formation History
journal, March 2007

  • Bernardi, Mariangela; Hyde, Joseph B.; Sheth, Ravi K.
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Simulating galaxy formation with the IllustrisTNG model
journal, October 2017

  • Pillepich, Annalisa; Springel, Volker; Nelson, Dylan
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Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): testing galaxy formation models through the most massive galaxies in the Universe
journal, March 2014

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How special are brightest group and cluster galaxies?
journal, July 2007

  • Von Der Linden, Anja; Best, Philip N.; Kauffmann, Guinevere
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The two Phases of Galaxy Formation
journal, December 2010


Galaxy Clusters Selected via the Sunyaev–Zel’dovich Effect in the SPTpol 100-square-degree Survey
journal, February 2020


Spatial kinematics of Brightest Cluster Galaxies and their close companions from Integral Field Unit spectroscopy★: Spatial kinematics of BCGs
journal, May 2011


Stellar population synthesis at the resolution of 2003
journal, October 2003


Mind the gap: tightening the mass–richness relation with magnitude gaps
journal, January 2013

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Stellar Mass—Halo Mass Relation and Star Formation Efficiency in High-Mass Halos
journal, January 2018


redMaPPer – III. A detailed comparison of the Planck 2013 and SDSS DR8 redMaPPer cluster catalogues
journal, April 2015

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Mapping stellar content to dark matter haloes using galaxy clustering and galaxy–galaxy lensing in the SDSS DR7
journal, October 2015

  • Zu, Ying; Mandelbaum, Rachel
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 454, Issue 2
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Multiwavelength observations of an evolved galaxy group: an end-point of galaxy merging?
journal, February 2000


The distinct stellar-to-halo mass relations of satellite and central galaxies: insights from the IllustrisTNG simulations
journal, November 2020

  • Engler, Christoph; Pillepich, Annalisa; Joshi, Gandhali D.
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 500, Issue 3
  • DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staa3505

EzGal: A Flexible Interface for Stellar Population Synthesis Models
journal, June 2012

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Intracluster light at the Frontier – II. The Frontier Fields Clusters
journal, November 2017

  • Montes, Mireia; Trujillo, Ignacio
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  • DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stx2847

The importance of mergers for the origin of intracluster stars in cosmological simulations of galaxy clusters
journal, May 2007


Surface Brightness and Evolution of Galaxies
journal, December 1976

  • Petrosian, Vahe
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