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dc.contributor.authorRobotham, A. S. G.
dc.contributor.authorLiske, J.
dc.contributor.authorDriver, S. P.
dc.contributor.authorSansom, A. E.
dc.contributor.authorBaldry, I. K.
dc.contributor.authorBauer, A. E.
dc.contributor.authorBland-Hawthorn, J.
dc.contributor.authorBrough, S.
dc.contributor.authorBrown, M. J. I.
dc.contributor.authorColless, M.
dc.contributor.authorChristodoulou, L.
dc.contributor.authorDrinkwater, M. J.
dc.contributor.authorGrootes, M. W.
dc.contributor.authorHopkins, A. M.
dc.contributor.authorKelvin, L. S.
dc.contributor.authorNorberg, P.
dc.contributor.authorLoveday, J.
dc.contributor.authorPhillipps, S.
dc.contributor.authorSharp, R.
dc.contributor.authorTaylor, E. N.
dc.contributor.authorTuffs, R. J.
dc.date.accessioned2013-08-08T12:01:02Z
dc.date.available2013-08-08T12:01:02Z
dc.date.issued2013-05-01
dc.identifier63470171
dc.identifierb5efb792-2462-4462-9568-772ab8066f4c
dc.identifier000318343600037
dc.identifier84876788489
dc.identifier.citationRobotham , A S G , Liske , J , Driver , S P , Sansom , A E , Baldry , I K , Bauer , A E , Bland-Hawthorn , J , Brough , S , Brown , M J I , Colless , M , Christodoulou , L , Drinkwater , M J , Grootes , M W , Hopkins , A M , Kelvin , L S , Norberg , P , Loveday , J , Phillipps , S , Sharp , R , Taylor , E N & Tuffs , R J 2013 , ' Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA) : the life and times of L-star galaxies ' , Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , vol. 431 , no. 1 , pp. 167-193 . https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt156en
dc.identifier.issn0035-8711
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/3946
dc.descriptionThis work was part funded by STFC and SUPA.en
dc.description.abstractIn this work, we investigate in detail the effects the local environment (groups and pairs) has on galaxies with stellar mass similar to the Milky Way (L* galaxies). A volume limited sample of 6150 galaxies are visually classified to determine the emission features, morphological type and presence of a disc. This large sample allows for the significant characteristics of galaxies to be isolated (e.g. stellar mass and group halo mass), and their codependencies determined. We observe that galaxy-galaxy interactions play the most important role in shaping the evolution within a group halo; the main role of halo mass is in gathering the galaxies together to encourage such interactions. Dominant pair galaxies find their overall star formation enhanced when the pair's mass ratio is close to 1; otherwise, we observe the same galaxies as we would in an unpaired system. The minor galaxy in a pair is greatly affected by its companion galaxy, and while the star-forming fraction is always suppressed relative to equivalent stellar mass unpaired galaxies, it becomes lower still when the mass ratio of a pair system increases. We find that, in general, the close galaxy-galaxy interaction rate drops as a function of halo mass for a given amount of stellar mass. We find evidence of a local peak of interactions for Milky Way stellar mass galaxies in Milky Way halo mass groups. Low-mass haloes, and in particular Local Group mass haloes, are an important environment for understanding the typical evolutionary path of a unit of stellar mass. We find compelling evidence for galaxy conformity in both groups and pairs, where morphological type conformity is dominant in groups, and emission class conformity is dominant in pairs. This suggests that group scale conformity is the result of many galaxy encounters over an extended period of time, while pair conformity is a fairly instantaneous response to a transitory interaction.
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dc.format.extent3205573
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Societyen
dc.subjectLarge-scale structure of Universeen
dc.subjectDigital sky surveyen
dc.subjectMilky Wayen
dc.subjectLuminosity functionen
dc.subjectSpiral galaxiesen
dc.subjectStellar massen
dc.subjectRedshift surveyen
dc.subjectDwarf galaxiesen
dc.subjectLocal groupen
dc.subjectQB Astronomyen
dc.subject.lccQBen
dc.titleGalaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA) : the life and times of L-star galaxiesen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.sponsorScience & Technology Facilities Councilen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Physics and Astronomyen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Biologyen
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/mnras/stt156
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.identifier.grantnumberST/J001651/1en


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