2021ApJ...923..222M


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2021ApJ...923..222M - Astrophys. J., 923, 222-222 (2021/December-3)

HST/WFC3 grism observations of z ∼ 1 clusters: evidence for rapid outside-in environmental quenching from spatially resolved Hα maps.

MATHARU J., MUZZIN A., BRAMMER G.B., NELSON E.J., AUGER M.W., HEWETT P.C., VAN DER BURG R., BALOGH M., DEMARCO R., MARCHESINI D., NOBLE A.G., RUDNICK G., VAN DER WEL A., WILSON G. and YEE H.K.C.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present and publicly release (www.gclasshst.com) the first spatially resolved Hα maps of star-forming cluster galaxies at z ∼ 1, made possible with the Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) G141 grism on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). Using a similar but updated method to 3D-HST in the field environment, we stack the Hα maps in bins of stellar mass, measure the half-light radius of the Hα distribution, and compare it to the stellar continuum. The ratio of the Hα to stellar continuum half-light radius, R[Hα/C]=Reff,Hα/Reff,Cont, is smaller in the clusters by (6 ± 9)%, but statistically consistent within 1σ uncertainties. A negligible difference in R[Hα/C] with environment is surprising, given the higher quenched fractions in the clusters relative to the field. We postulate that the combination of high quenched fractions and no change in R[Hα/C] with environment can be reconciled if environmental quenching proceeds rapidly. We investigate this hypothesis by performing similar analysis on the spectroscopically confirmed, recently quenched cluster galaxies. 87% have Hα detections, with star formation rates 8 ± 1 times lower than star-forming cluster galaxies of similar stellar mass. Importantly, these galaxies have an R[Hα/C] that is (81 ± 8)% smaller than coeval star-forming field galaxies at fixed stellar mass. This suggests the environmental quenching process occurred outside-in. We conclude that disk truncation due to ram pressure stripping is occurring in cluster galaxies at z ∼ 1, but more rapidly and/or efficiently than in z <= 0.5 clusters, such that the effects on R[Hα/C] become observable just after the cluster galaxy has recently quenched.

Abstract Copyright: © 2021. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.

Journal keyword(s): High-redshift galaxy clusters - Galaxy evolution - Galaxy environments - Star formation - Galaxy stellar content - Galaxy clusters - Galaxy quenching - Galaxy stellar disks - Post-starburst galaxies - E+A galaxies

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Simbad objects: 11

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Number of rows : 11
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA
ICRS (J2000)
DEC
Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2026
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2 SpARCS J003550-431224 ClG 00 35 50.0 -43 12 24           ~ 35 0
3 ACT-CL J0036.7-4410 ClG 00 36 42.0407 -44 10 49.516           ~ 23 0
4 ACT-CL J0215.3-0343 ClG 02 15 23.99 -03 43 32.2           ~ 41 0
5 SpARCS J104737+574137 ClG 10 47 37.4630 +57 41 37.960           ~ 15 0
6 SpARCS J105111+581803 ClG 10 51 11.2320 +58 18 03.128           ~ 22 0
7 NAME Virgo Cluster ClG 12 30 47.8 +12 23 07           ~ 7107 0
8 SpARCS J161315+564930 ClG 16 13 14.60 +56 49 29.9           ~ 18 0
9 SpARCS J161641+554513 ClG 16 16 41.30 +55 45 12.5           ~ 26 0
10 SpARCS J163437+402149 ClG 16 34 35.0 +40 21 51           ~ 25 0
11 SpARCS J163852+403843 ClG 16 38 52.0 +40 38 43           ~ 27 0

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