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dc.contributor.authorWilkinson, Aaron
dc.contributor.authorAlmaini, Omar
dc.contributor.authorWild, Vivienne
dc.contributor.authorMaltby, David
dc.contributor.authorHartley, William G
dc.contributor.authorSimpson, Chris
dc.contributor.authorRowlands, Kate
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-14T09:30:11Z
dc.date.available2021-05-14T09:30:11Z
dc.date.issued2021-07
dc.identifier273980795
dc.identifier87cd65b7-5bf7-49e1-bb37-dad5a7c79b11
dc.identifier000656139300097
dc.identifier85107845329
dc.identifier.citationWilkinson , A , Almaini , O , Wild , V , Maltby , D , Hartley , W G , Simpson , C & Rowlands , K 2021 , ' From starburst to quiescence : post-starburst galaxies and their large-scale clustering over cosmic time ' , Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , vol. 504 , no. 3 , pp. 4533–4550 . https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab965en
dc.identifier.issn0035-8711
dc.identifier.otherJisc: e87e27f85f6c471fa6cdaa09920adf66
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/23188
dc.descriptionAW and VW acknowledges support from the European Research Council Starting Grant (SEDMorph; P.I. V. Wild). AW also acknowledges funding from the STFC and the H2020 ERC Consolidator Grant 683184.en
dc.description.abstractWe present the first study of the large-scale clustering of post-starburst (PSB) galaxies in the high redshift Universe (0.5 < z < 3.0). We select ∼4000 PSB galaxies photometrically, the largest high-redshift sample of this kind, from two deep large-scale near-infrared surveys: the UKIDSS Ultra Deep Survey (UDS) DR11 and the Cosmic Evolution Survey (COSMOS). Using angular cross-correlation techniques, we estimate the halo masses for this large sample of PSB galaxies and compare them with quiescent and star-forming galaxies selected in the same fields. We find that low-mass, low-redshift (0.5 < z < 1.0) PSB galaxies preferentially reside in very high-mass dark matter haloes (Mhalo > 1014 M⊙), suggesting they are likely to be infalling satellite galaxies in cluster-like environments. High-mass PSB galaxies are more weakly clustered at low redshifts, but they reside in higher mass haloes with increasing look-back time, suggesting strong redshift-dependent halo downsizing. These key results are consistent with previous results suggesting that two main channels are responsible for the rapid quenching of galaxies. While high-redshift (z > 1) galaxies appear to be quenched by secular feedback mechanisms, processes associated with dense environments are likely to be the key driver of rapid quenching in the low-redshift Universe (z < 1). Finally, we show that the clustering of photometrically selected PSBs are consistent with them being direct descendants of highly dust-enshrouded sub-millimetre galaxies (SMGs), providing tantalising evidence for the oft-speculated evolutionary pathway from starburst to quiescence.
dc.format.extent3808510
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Societyen
dc.subjectCosmolog: large-scale structureen
dc.subjectGalaxies: Formationen
dc.subjectGalaxies: Evolutionen
dc.subjectGalaxies: High Redshiften
dc.subjectGalaxies: Starbursten
dc.subjectQB Astronomyen
dc.subjectQC Physicsen
dc.subject3rd-DASen
dc.subject.lccQBen
dc.subject.lccQCen
dc.titleFrom starburst to quiescence : post-starburst galaxies and their large-scale clustering over cosmic timeen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.sponsorEuropean Research Councilen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Physics and Astronomyen
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/mnras/stab965
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.identifier.grantnumberERC-2012-StG-20111012en


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