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Title: Quiescent Galaxy Size and Spectroscopic Evolution: Combining HSC Imaging and Hectospec Spectroscopy

Journal Article · · The Astrophysical Journal (Online)
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  1. Saint Mary's Univ., Halifax, NS (Canada); Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA (United States)
  2. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA (United States)
  3. SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Hiroshima Univ. (Japan)
  4. Saint Mary's Univ., Halifax, NS (Canada)
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We explore the relations between size, stellar mass and average stellar population age (indicated by Dn4000 indices) for a sample of ~ 11000 intermediate-redshift galaxies from the SHELS spectroscopic survey (Geller et al. 2014) augmented by high-resolution Subaru Telescope Hyper Suprime-Cam imaging. In the redshift interval 0.1 < z < 0:6, star forming galaxies are on average larger than their quiescent counterparts. The mass-complete sample of ~ 3500 M* > 1010 M⊙ quiescent galaxies shows that the average size of a 1011M quiescent galaxy increases by . 25% from z ~ 0.6 to z ~ 0.1. This growth rate is a function of stellar mass: the most massive (M* > 1011 M⊙) galaxies grow significantly more slowly in size than an order of magnitude less massive quiescent systems that grow by 70% in the 0.1 . z . 0.3 redshift interval. For M* < 1011 M⊙ galaxies age and size are anti-correlated at fixed mass; more massive quiescent systems show no significant trend in size with average stellar population age. The evolution in absolute and fractional abundances of quiescent systems at intermediate red- shift are also a function of galaxy stellar mass. The suite of evolutionary trends suggests that galaxies more massive than ~ 1011 M have mostly assembled their mass by z ~ 0.6. Quiescent galaxies with lower stellar masses show more complex evolution that is characterized by a combination of individual quiescent galaxy size growth (through mergers) and an increase in the size of newly quenched galaxies joining the population at later times (progenitor bias). The low-mass population (M* ~ 1010 M⊙) grows predominantly as a result of progenitor bias. For more massive (M* ~ 5 x 1010 M⊙) quiescent galaxies, (predominantly minor) mergers and progenitor bias make more comparable contributions to the size growth. At intermediate redshift quiescent size growth is mass-dependent; the most massive (M* > 1011 M⊙) galaxies experience the least rapid increase in size from z ~ 0.6 to z ~ 0.1.

Research Organization:
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-76SF00515
OSTI ID:
1503069
Journal Information:
The Astrophysical Journal (Online), Vol. 872, Issue 1; ISSN 1538-4357
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Institute of Physics (IOP)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
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Cited by: 19 works
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