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A universal structural and star-forming relation since $zsim3$: connecting compact star-forming and quiescent galaxies | | G. Barro
; S. M. Faber
; D. C. Koo
; A. Dekel
; J. J. Fang
; J. R. Trump
; P. G. Perez-Gonzalez
; C. Pacifici
; J. R. Primack
; R. S. Somerville
; H. Yan
; Y. Guo
; F. Liu
; D. Ceverino
; D. D. Kocevski
; E. McGrath
; | | Date: |
1 Sep 2015 | | Abstract: | We study the evolution of the core (r<1 kpc) and effective (r<r_e)
stellar-mass surface densities, in star-forming and quiescent galaxies. Since
z=3, both populations occupy distinct, linear relations in log(Sigma_e) and
log(Sigma_1) vs. log(M). These structural relations exhibit slopes and scatter
that remain almost constant with time while their normalizations decline. For
SFGs, the normalization declines by less than a factor of 2 from z=3, in both
Sigma_e and Sigma_1. Such mild declines suggest that SFGs build dense cores by
growing along these relations. We define this evolution as the structural main
sequence (Sigma-MS). Quiescent galaxies follow different relations (Sigma^Q_e,
Sigma^Q_1) off the Sigma-MS by having higher densities than SFGs of the same
mass and redshift. The normalization of Sigma^Q_e declines by a factor of 10
since z=3, but only a factor of 2 in Sigma^Q_1. Thus, the common denominator
for quiescent galaxies at all redshifts is the presence of a dense stellar
core, and the formation of such cores in SFGs is the main requirement for
quenching. Expressed in 2D as deviations off the SFR-MS and off Sigma^Q_1 at
each redshift, the distribution of massive galaxies forms a universal, L-shaped
sequence that relates two fundamental physical processes: compaction and
quenching. Compaction is a process of substantial core-growth in SFGs relative
to that in the Sigma-MS. This process increases the core-to-total mass and
Sersic index, thereby, making compact SFGs. Quenching occurs once compact SFGs
reach a maximum central density above Sigma^Q_1 > 9.5 M_sun/kpc^2. This
threshold provides the most effective selection criterion to identify the
star-forming progenitors of quiescent galaxies at all redshifts. | | Source: | arXiv, 1509.0469 | | Services: | Forum | Review | PDF | Favorites | |
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