Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2003-10-07
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
332 pages, 133 figures. Ph.D. Thesis submitted to The University of Tokyo. Figures are significantly de-graded due to the size
Scientific paper
It is a remarkable feature that various properties of galaxies vary according to their environments. However, only little has been known on the origin of this variety in galaxies. Using the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) data, we investigate the morphology-density relation to find two characteristic environment where the morphology-density relation abruptly changes (0.3 and 2 Rvir).The result has significant implication for the underlying physical mechanism since it suggests that two different mechanisms might be responsible for the morphology-density relation. In addition, we study the environment of unusual spiral galaxies with no [OII] or Halpha emission lines (passive spirals), and find that passive spiral galaxies preferentially live in cluster infalling regions (1-10 Rvir}). Thus, the origin of passive spiral galaxies is likely to be cluster related. Based on all of our observational results, we propose possible fate of cluster infalling galaxies.
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