Exploring the stellar populations of backsplash galaxies
- Autor(en)
- Ignacio Ferreras, Asmus Böhm, Keiichi Umetsu, Vitor Sampaio, Reinaldo Ramos de Carvalho
- Abstrakt
Backsplash galaxies are those that traverse and overshoot cluster cores as they fall into these structures. They are affected by environment, and should stand out in contrast to the infalling population. We target galaxies in the vicinity of clusters (R ≳ R200) and select a sample in projected phase space (PPS), from the compilation of Sampaio et al. based on the Sloan Digital Sky Survey data. We present a statistical analysis, comparing two regions in PPS, with the same projected distance to the cluster but different velocity. The analysis relies on the presence of variations in the stellar population content of backsplash galaxies. We find a lower limit in the fractional contribution of ∼5 per cent with respect to the general sample of infalling galaxies at similar group-centric distance when using single line strength analysis, or ∼15–30 per cent when adopting bivariate distributions. The stellar populations show a subtle but significant difference towards older ages, and a higher fraction of quiescent galaxies. We also compare this set with a general field sample, where a substantially larger difference in galaxy properties is found, with the field sample being consistently younger, metal poorer, and with a lower fraction of quiescent galaxies. Noting that our ‘cluster’ sample is located outside of the virial radius, we expect this difference to be caused by pre-processing of the infalling galaxies in the overall higher density regions.
- Organisation(en)
- Institut für Astrophysik
- Externe Organisation(en)
- Academia Sinica - Taiwan, University College London, Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), Universidad de La Laguna, Universidade de São Paulo, University of Nottingham
- Journal
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Band
- 519
- Seiten
- 4884-4892
- Anzahl der Seiten
- 9
- ISSN
- 0035-8711
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad001
- Publikationsdatum
- 01-2023
- Peer-reviewed
- Ja
- ÖFOS 2012
- 103003 Astronomie, 103004 Astrophysik
- Schlagwörter
- ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
- Astronomy and Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science
- Link zum Portal
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/42b44a84-f985-4ac4-8611-4e9f98e6cfa9