Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jul 2008
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008iaus..245...59v&link_type=abstract
Formation and Evolution of Galaxy Bulges, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, IAU Symposium, Volume 245, p. 59-
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Galaxies: Clusters: General, Galaxies: Elliptical And Lenticular, Cd, Galaxies: Evolution, Galaxies: Formation, Galaxies: Fundamental Parameters
Scientific paper
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and photometric/spectroscopic surveys of two z ~ 0.8 massive clusters of galaxies and the Chandra Deep Field-South (CDFS) are used to construct volume-limited, stellar mass-selected samples of galaxies at redshifts 0 < z < 1 in a large range of environments. Morphologies are determined visually and with an automated method, using the Sérsic parameter n and a measure of the residual from the Sérsic model fits, called “bumpiness”, to distinguish different morphologies. The agreement between the visual and automated methods is excellent. The fraction of E+S0 galaxies with masses larger than ~ 0.5 M* is 40 - 50% in the field, and > 80% in the clusters, without significant changes with redshift. Therefore, we find that the morphology-density relation (MDR) for galaxies more massive than ~ 0.5 M* has remained constant since at least z ~ 0.8. This implies that galaxy evolution (in terms of mass, star formation, color, morphology, etc.) must happen such that the MDR does not change.
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