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The VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey (VIPERS). Environmental effects shaping the galaxy stellar mass function

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02/2016
Author
Davidzon, I.
Cucciati, O.
Bolzonella, M.
De Lucia, G.
Zamorani, G.
Arnouts, S.
Moutard, T.
Ilbert, O.
Garilli, B.
Scodeggio, M.
Guzzo, L.
Abbas, U.
Adami, C.
Bel, J.
Bottini, D.
Branchini, E.
Cappi, A.
Coupon, J.
de la Torre, S.
Di Porto, C.
Fritz, A.
Franzetti, P.
Fumana, M.
Granett, B. R.
Guennou, L.
Iovino, A.
Krywult, J.
Le Brun, V.
Le Fèvre, O.
Maccagni, D.
Małek, K.
Marulli, F.
McCracken, H. J.
Mellier, Y.
Moscardini, L.
Polletta, M.
Pollo, A.
Tasca, L. A. M.
Tojeiro, R.
Vergani, D.
Zanichelli, A.
Keywords
Galaxies: evolution
Galaxies: statistics
Galaxies: interactions
Large-scale structure of Universe
QC Physics
QB Astronomy
3rd-DAS
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Abstract
We exploit the first public data release of VIPERS to investigate environmental effects in the evolution of galaxies between z ~ 0.5 and 0.9. The large number of spectroscopic redshifts (more than 50 000) over an area of about 10 deg2 provides a galaxy sample with high statistical power. The accurate redshift measurements (σz = 0.00047(1 + zspec)) allow us to robustly isolate galaxies living in the lowest and highest density environments (δ< 0.7 and δ> 4, respectively) as defined in terms of spatial 3D density contrast δ. We estimate the stellar mass function of galaxies residing in these two environments and constrain the high-mass end (ℳ ≳ 1011 ℳ⊙) with unprecedented precision. We find that the galaxy stellar mass function in the densest regions has a different shape than was measured at low densities, with an enhancement of massive galaxies and a hint of a flatter (less negative) slope at z< 0.8. We normalise each mass function to the comoving volume occupied by the corresponding environment and relate estimates from different redshift bins. We observe an evolution of the stellar mass function of VIPERS galaxies in high densities, while the low-density one is nearly constant. We compare these results to semi-analytical models and find consistent environmental signatures in the simulated stellar mass functions. We discuss how the halo mass function and fraction of central/satellite galaxies depend on the environments considered, making intrinsic and environmental properties of galaxies physically coupled, hence difficult to disentangle. The evolution of our low-density regions is described well by the formalism introduced by Peng et al. (2010, ApJ, 721, 193), and is consistent with the idea that galaxies become progressively passive because of internal physical processes. The same formalism could also describe the evolution of the mass function in the high density regions, but only if a significant contribution from dry mergers is considered.
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Davidzon , I , Cucciati , O , Bolzonella , M , De Lucia , G , Zamorani , G , Arnouts , S , Moutard , T , Ilbert , O , Garilli , B , Scodeggio , M , Guzzo , L , Abbas , U , Adami , C , Bel , J , Bottini , D , Branchini , E , Cappi , A , Coupon , J , de la Torre , S , Di Porto , C , Fritz , A , Franzetti , P , Fumana , M , Granett , B R , Guennou , L , Iovino , A , Krywult , J , Le Brun , V , Le Fèvre , O , Maccagni , D , Małek , K , Marulli , F , McCracken , H J , Mellier , Y , Moscardini , L , Polletta , M , Pollo , A , Tasca , L A M , Tojeiro , R , Vergani , D & Zanichelli , A 2016 , ' The VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey (VIPERS). Environmental effects shaping the galaxy stellar mass function ' , Astronomy & Astrophysics , vol. 586 , A23 . https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527129
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Astronomy & Astrophysics
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527129
ISSN
0004-6361
Type
Journal article
Rights
© ESO, 2016. Reproduced with permission from Astronomy & Astrophysics, © ESO. This is the final published version of the work, which was originally published at http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527129.
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O.C. acknowledges the support from grants ASI-INAF I/023/12/0 “Attività relative alla fase B2/C per la missione Euclid”. L.G. and B.R.G. acknowledge support of the European Research Council through the Darklight E.R.C. Advanced Research Grant (# 291521). O.L.F. acknowledges the support of the European Research Council through the EARLY ERC Advanced Research Grant (# 268107). A.P., K.M., and J.K. have been supported by the National Science Centre (grants UMO-2012/07/B/ST9/04425 and UMO-2013/09/D/ST9/04030), the Polish-Swiss Astro Project (co-financed by a grant from Switzerland through the Swiss Contribution to the enlarged European Union). R.T. acknowledges financial support from the European Research Council under the European Community’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013)/ERC grant agreement n. 202686. E.B., F.M., and L.M. acknowledge the support from grants ASI-INAF I/023/12/0 and PRIN MIUR 2010-2011. LM also acknowledges financial support from PRIN INAF 2012. Y.M. acknowledges support from CNRS/INSU (Institut National des Sciences de l’Univers) and the Programme National Galaxies et Cosmologie (PNCG).
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URL
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015arXiv151101145D
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10023/8107

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