2011ApJ...740...54J -
Astrophys. J., 740, 54 (2011/October-3)
A search for young stars in the S0 galaxies of a super-group at z = 0.37.
JUST D.W., ZARITSKY D., TRAN K.-V.H., GONZALEZ A.H., KAUTSCH S.J. and MOUSTAKAS J.
Abstract (from CDS):
We analyze Galaxy Evolution Explorer UV data for a system of four gravitationally bound groups at z = 0.37, SG1120, which is destined to merge into a Coma-mass cluster by z = 0, to study how galaxy properties may change during cluster assembly. Of the 38 visually classified S0 galaxies, with masses ranging from log (M*)[M☉] ~ 10-11, we detect only one in the near-UV (NUV) channel, a strongly star-forming S0 that is the brightest UV source with a measured redshift placing it in SG1120. Stacking the undetected S0 galaxies (which generally lie on or near the optical red sequence of SG1120) still results in no NUV/far-UV (FUV) detection (<2σ). Using our limit in the NUV band, we conclude that for a rapidly truncating star formation rate, star formation ceased at least ∼0.1-0.7 Gyr ago, depending on the strength of the starburst prior to truncation. With an exponentially declining star formation history over a range of timescales, we rule out recent star formation over a wide range of ages. We conclude that if S0 formation involves significant star formation, it occurred well before the groups were in this current pre-assembly phase. As such, it seems that S0 formation is even more likely to be predominantly occurring outside of the cluster environment.
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galaxies: clusters: general - galaxies: evolution - galaxies: photometry - methods: observational
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