Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2000-08-02
Astron.J.120:2190,2000
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Accepted by the Astronomical Journal
Scientific paper
10.1086/316828
Morphological classifications are reported for Hubble Space Telescope (HST) images of 241 galaxies in the Hubble Deep Field (HDF) and its Flanking Fields (FF) with measured redshifts in the interval 0.25 < z < 1.2, drawn from a magnitude-limited redshift survey to R = 24.0. The galaxies are divided into three groups with redshifts in the intervals [0.25,0.6], [0.6,0.8], [0.8,1.2]. R606 images from the first group and I814 images from the second and third groups are compared with B-band images of nearby galaxies. All classifications were therefore made at approximately the same rest wavelength. Selection biases are discussed. We corroborate and extend the results of earlier investigations by observing that: Most intermediate and late-type galaxies with $z\gtrsim0.5$ have morphologies that are dramatically different from those of local galaxies and cannot be shoehorned into the Hubble ``tuning fork'' classification scheme. Grand-design spirals appear to be rare or absent for $z\gtrsim0.3$. Many Sa and Sb spirals with $z\gtrsim0.6$ do not exhibit well-defined spiral arms. The arms of distant Sc galaxies appear more chaotic than those of their nearby counterparts. (abridged) On the basis of these and similar observations, it is inferred that the development of pronounced spiral structure was delayed until \~5 Gyr and that most bulges are probably not formed by disintegrating bars. Major morphological changes were still taking place only ~5 Gyr ago even though changes in the integrated light of most galaxies were then much slower than they were ~10 Gyr ago.
Blandford Roger
Cohen Judith Gamora
Hogg David Wardell
van den Bergh Sidney
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