Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2011-01-17
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
Invited Review given at the Workshop "Environment and the Formation of Galaxies: 30 years later" held in Lisbon, 6-7 September
Scientific paper
We review recent results on the dependence of various galaxy properties on environment at low redshift. As environmental indicators, we use group mass, group-centric radius, and the distinction between centrals and satellites; examined galaxy properties include star formation rate, colour, AGN fraction, age, metallicity and concentration. In general, satellite galaxies diverge more markedly from their central counterparts if they reside in more massive haloes. We show that these results are consistent with starvation being the main environmental effect, if one takes into account that satellites that reside in more massive haloes and at smaller halo-centric radii on average have been accreted a longer time ago. Nevertheless, environmental effects are not fully understood yet. In particular, it is puzzling that the impact of environment on a galaxy seems independent of its stellar mass. This may indicate that the stripping of the extended gas reservoir of satellite galaxies predominantly occurs via tidal forces rather than ram-pressure.
Pasquali Anna
van den Bosch Frank C.
Weinmann Simone M.
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