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Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) : galaxy close pairs, mergers and the future fate of stellar mass

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11/11/2014
Author
Robotham, A. S. G.
Driver, S. P.
Davies, L. J. M.
Hopkins, A. M.
Baldry, I. K.
Agius, N. K.
Bauer, A. E.
Bland-Hawthorn, J.
Brough, S.
Brown, M. J. I.
Cluver, M.
De Propris, R.
Drinkwater, M. J.
Holwerda, B. W.
Kelvin, L. S.
Lara-Lopez, M. A.
Liske, J.
Lopez-Sanchez, A. R.
Loveday, J.
Mahajan, S.
McNaught-Roberts, T.
Moffett, A.
Norberg, P.
Obreschkow, D.
Owers, M. S.
Penny, S. J.
Pimbblet, K.
Prescott, M.
Taylor, E. N.
van Kampen, E.
Wilkins, S. M.
Keywords
galaxies: evolution
galaxies: fundamental parameters
galaxies: interactions
galaxies: kinematics and dynamics
galaxies: luminosity function, mass function
galaxies: stellar content
Digital sky survey
Supermassive black-holes
Luminous red galaxies
CNOC2 redshift survey
Early data release
VLT deep survey
Similat-to 1
Star-formation
Time-scales
Elliptic galaxies
QB Astronomy
QC Physics
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Abstract
We use a highly complete subset of the Galaxy And Mass Assembly II (GAMA-II) redshift sample to fully describe the stellar mass dependence of close pairs and mergers between 10(8) and 10(12)M(circle dot). Using the analytic form of this fit we investigate the total stellar mass accreting on to more massive galaxies across all mass ratios. Depending on how conservatively we select our robust merging systems, the fraction of mass merging on to more massive companions is 2.0-5.6 per cent. Using the GAMA-II data we see no significant evidence for a change in the close pair fraction between redshift z = 0.05 and 0.2. However, we find a systematically higher fraction of galaxies in similar mass close pairs compared to published results over a similar redshift baseline. Using a compendium of data and the function gamma(M) = A(1 + z)(m) to predict the major close pair fraction, we find fitting parameters of A = 0.021 +/- 0.001 and m = 1.53 +/- 0.08, which represents a higher low-redshift normalization and shallower power-law slope than recent literature values. We find that the relative importance of in situ star formation versus galaxy merging is inversely correlated, with star formation dominating the addition of stellar material below M* and merger accretion events dominating beyond M*. We find mergers have a measurable impact on the whole extent of the galaxy stellar mass function (GSMF), manifest as a deepening of the 'dip' in the GSMF over the next similar to Gyr and an increase in M* by as much as 0.01-0.05 dex.
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Robotham , A S G , Driver , S P , Davies , L J M , Hopkins , A M , Baldry , I K , Agius , N K , Bauer , A E , Bland-Hawthorn , J , Brough , S , Brown , M J I , Cluver , M , De Propris , R , Drinkwater , M J , Holwerda , B W , Kelvin , L S , Lara-Lopez , M A , Liske , J , Lopez-Sanchez , A R , Loveday , J , Mahajan , S , McNaught-Roberts , T , Moffett , A , Norberg , P , Obreschkow , D , Owers , M S , Penny , S J , Pimbblet , K , Prescott , M , Taylor , E N , van Kampen , E & Wilkins , S M 2014 , ' Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) : galaxy close pairs, mergers and the future fate of stellar mass ' , Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , vol. 444 , no. 4 , pp. 3986-4008 . https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu1604
Publication
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu1604
ISSN
0035-8711
Type
Journal article
Rights
This article has been accepted for publication in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, © 2014 The Authors Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.
Description
ASGR acknowledges STFC and SUPA funding that were used to do this work. GAMA is funded by the STFC (UK), the ARC (Australia), the AAO and the participating institutions.
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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/5836

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