The DEEP2 Galaxy Redshift Survey: The Relationship Between Galaxy Properties and Environment at z ~ 1

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2006-03-07

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0603177v2

Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.370:198-212,2006

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

36 pages including 10 figures and revised text, accepted to MNRAS

Scientific paper

10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10485.x

We study the mean environment of galaxies in the DEEP2 Galaxy Redshift Survey as a function of rest-frame color, luminosity, and [OII] equivalent width. The local galaxy overdensity for >14,000 galaxies at 0.75 < z < 1.35 is estimated using the projected 3rd-nearest-neighbor surface density. Of the galaxy properties studied, mean environment is found to depend most strongly on galaxy color; all major features of the correlation between mean overdensity and rest-frame color observed in the local universe were already in place at z ~ 1. In contrast to local results, we find a substantial slope in the mean dependence of environment on luminosity for blue, star-forming galaxies at z ~ 1, with brighter blue galaxies being found on average in regions of greater overdensity. We discuss the roles of galaxy clusters and groups in establishing the observed correlations between environment and galaxy properties at high redshift, and we also explore the evidence for a ``downsizing of quenching'' from z ~ 1 to z ~ 0. Our results add weight to existing evidence that the mechanism(s) that result in star-formation quenching are efficient in group environments as well as clusters. This work is the first of its kind at high redshift and represents the first in a series of papers addressing the role of environment in galaxy formation at 0 < z < 1.

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