2026ApJ...998..158L -
Astrophys. J., 998, 158 (2026/February-2)
Spider-webb: Spatially Resolved Evidence of Inside-out Quenching in the Spiderweb Protocluster at z ∼ 2.
LAISHRAM R., KOYAMA Y., NAUFAL A., KODAMA T., SHIMAKAWA R., DAIKUHARA K., DANNERBAUER H., PEREZ-MARTINEZ J.M. and PEREZ-GONZALEZ P.G.
Abstract (from CDS):
We present a spatially resolved analysis of galaxy quenching within the Spiderweb Protocluster at z ∼ 2.16, combining deep imaging from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and the Hubble Space Telescope. Utilizing pixel-by-pixel spectral energy distribution fitting, we derive maps of stellar mass, star formation rate (SFR), specific SFR (sSFR), and rest-frame UVJ colors. Quiescent galaxies, predominantly found at ${\mathrm{log}}({M}_{* }/{M}_{\odot })\geqslant 10.5$, exhibit clear mass-dependent inside-out quenching, with central sSFR approximately an order of magnitude lower than outer regions, while lower-mass star-forming galaxies show flat sSFR profiles. Central star formation activity fundamentally anticorrelates with Sérsic index, indicating reduced activity in bulge-dominated systems. Spatially resolved UVJ colors reveal heterogeneous internal star formation, distinguishing star-forming regions in quiescent hosts from those in globally star-forming systems. These findings demonstrate that quenching mechanisms were effectively operating by z ∼ 2, with the observed inside-out patterns and morphological correlations consistent with active galactic nuclei-driven feedback processes. Our study provides key observational constraints on galaxy evolution during this critical epoch.
Abstract Copyright:
© 2026. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.
Journal keyword(s):
Protoclusters - Galaxy evolution - Quenched galaxies - Galaxy structure - Galaxy properties - High-redshift galaxy clusters
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