Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1999-09-06
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
4 pages, 4 figures; for publication in the PASP proceedings of the conference: "The Hy-Redshift Universe: Galaxy Formation and
Scientific paper
The $M/L$ ratios and absorption line-strengths of distant cluster galaxies can be used to directly study their stellar populations, determine their redshift of formation, their scatter in ages, and any dependence of their ages on such internal properties such as velocity dispersion or mass. Comparing the zero-point the fundamental plane in the $z=0.33$ cluster CL1358+62 to that in Coma, we conclude that the redshift of formation for the stars in massive cluster E/S0s was $z\ga 2$. The fundamental plane in CL1358+62 has the following form: $r_e \propto \sigma^{1.31\pm 0.13}< I>_e^{-0.86\pm 0.10}$, indicating that the last epoch of star-formation has very little dependence on galaxy mass. The scatter in the CL1358+62 fundamental plane is also very low, equivalent to a scatter in ages of $\sim 15%$.We have also analyzed the $M/L_V$ ratios of galaxies of type S0/a and later. These early-type spirals follow a different plane from the E and S0 galaxies, with a scatter that is twice as large as the scatter for the E/S0s. These residuals also correlate with the residuals from the color-magnitude relation. Preliminary analysis of the absorption line-strengths of the CL1358+62 early-types indicate that they are well-described by uniformly old, single-burst stellar populations with metallicity varying as a function of velocity dispersion.
Franx Marijn
Illingworth Garth D.
Kelson Daniel D.
van Dokkum Pieter G.
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