Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2006-09-04
Astrophys.J.653:1049-1069,2006
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
ApJ in press. 23 pages, 17 figures, with an appendix on least-squares fitting. Full data tables and least-squares fitting prog
Scientific paper
10.1086/508922
We use kinematic measurements of a large sample of galaxies from the Team Keck Redshift Survey in the GOODS-N field to measure evolution in the optical and near-IR Tully-Fisher relations to z = 1.2. We construct Tully-Fisher relations with integrated line-of-sight velocity widths of ~ 1000 galaxies in B and ~ 670 in J-band; these relations have large scatter, and we derive a maximum-likelihood least squares method for fitting in the presence of scatter. The B-band Tully-Fisher relations, from z=0.4 to z=1.2, show evolution of ~ 1.0-1.5 mag internal to our sample without requiring calibration to a local TF relation. There is evolution in both Tully-Fisher intercept and slope, suggesting differential luminosity evolution. In J-band, there is evolution in slope but little evolution in overall luminosity. The slope measurements imply that bright, massive blue galaxies fade {\it more strongly} than fainter blue galaxies from z ~ 1.2 to now. This conclusion runs counter to some previous measurements and to our naive expectations, but we present a simple set of star formation histories to show that it arises naturally if massive galaxies have shorter timescales of star formation, forming most of their stars before z ~ 1, while less massive galaxies form stars at more slowly declining rates. This model predicts that the higher global star formation rate at z ~ 1 is mostly due to higher SFR in massive galaxies. The amount of fading in B-band constrains star formation timescale more strongly than redshift of formation. Tully-Fisher and color-magnitude relations can provide global constraints on the luminosity evolution and star formation history of blue galaxies.
Faber Sandra M.
Harker Justin
Kassin Susan A.
Koo David C.
Melbourne Jason
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