Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2001-06-22
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
11 pages 4 figures,2001, PASJ,in press
Scientific paper
Recent spectroscopic observations of galaxies in distant clusters have revealed that the rate of star formation in star-forming galaxies is significantly suppressed with respect to their counterparts in the field at a similar redshift. It is, however, highly uncertain which physical processes are responsible for this suppression. We present the results of a numerical investigation of how the global tidal field of a cluster dynamically influences the reservoir of halo gas surrounding a disk galaxy as it falls into the cluster from the surrounding field. We find that the tidal field of the cluster efficiently removes the halo gas from the galaxy, thereby halting its accretion onto the disk, and thus the fueling of star formation within. This effectively truncates the galaxy's star formation. We also find that this tidal truncation does not depend very strongly on the orbit of the disk with respect to the center of the cluster. These results suggest that the global tidal field of clusters is capable of causing a widespread and uniform suppression of star formation in galaxies accreted by the cluster. In light of these results, we discuss the importance of this tidal truncation of the gas supply in the formation of S0 galaxies in clusters.
Bekki Kenji
Couch Warrick J.
Shioya Yasuhiro
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