Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2009-04-20
Astrophys.J.699:105-117,2009
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
14 pages, 8 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ (18 April 2009). High resolution version available at http://www-star.s
Scientific paper
10.1088/0004-637X/699/1/105
We investigate the origin of the galaxy color-concentration bimodality at the bright-end of the luminosity function (M(B) - 5 log h < -18 mag) with regard to the bulge-disc nature of galaxies. Via (2D) surface brightness profile modeling with GIM2D, we subdivide the local galaxy population in the Millennium Galaxy Catalogue into one-component and two-component systems. We reveal that one-component (elliptical and disc-only) systems define the two peaks of the galaxy color-concentration distribution (with total stellar mass densities of 0.7 +/- 0.1 and 1.3 +/- 0.1 x 10^8 h Msol Mpc^-3 respectively), while two-component systems contribute to both a bridging population and the red, concentrated peak (with total stellar mass densities of 1.1 +/- 0.1 and 1.8 +/- 0.2 x 10^8 h Msun Mpc^-3 respectively). Moreover, luminous, `bulge-less, red discs' and `disc-less, blue bulges' (blue ellipticals) are exceptionally rare (with volume-densities of 1.7 +/- 0.3 and 1.1 \pm 0.1 x 10^-4 h^3 Mpc^-3 respectively). Finally, within the two-component population we confirm a previously-reported correlation between bulge and disc color (with a mean offset of only <(u-r)_bulge-(u-r)_disc> = 0.22 +/- 0.02 mag).
Cameron Ewan
Driver Simon. P.
Graham Alister W.
Liske Jochen
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