Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2006-04-27
Astrophys.J.650:L25-L28,2006
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
4 pages, 4 figures, submitted to ApJL
Scientific paper
10.1086/508683
We present a mark correlation analysis of the galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey using weights provided by MOPED. The large size of the sample permits statistically significant statements about how galaxies with different metallicities and star formation histories are spatially correlated. Massive objects formed a larger fraction of their stars at higher redshifts and over shorter timescales than did less massive objects (sometimes called down-sizing). We find that those galaxies which dominated the cosmic star formation at z~3 are predominantly in clusters today, whereas galaxies which dominate the star formation at z~0 inhabit substantially lower mass objects in less dense regions today. Hence, our results indicate that star formation and chemical enrichment occured first in the denser regions of the Universe, and moved to less dense regions at later times.
Heavens Alan
Jimenez Raul
Panter Ben
Sheth Ravi K.
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