Bibcode
Eftekhari, E.; Mosleh, M.; Vazdekis, A.; Tavasoli, S.
Bibliographical reference
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 486, Issue 3, p.3788-3804
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2019
Citations
4
Refereed citations
4
Description
Using samples drawn from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, we study for the
first time the relation between large-scale environments (clusters,
groups, and voids) and the stellar initial mass function (IMF). We
perform an observational approach based on the comparison of
IMF-sensitive indices of quiescent galaxies with similar mass in varying
environments. These galaxies are selected within a narrow redshift
interval (0.020 < z < 0.055) and spanning a range in velocity
dispersion from 100 to 200 km s-1. The results of this paper
are based upon analysis of composite spectra created by stacking the
spectra of galaxies, binned by their velocity dispersion and redshift.
The trends of spectral indices as measured from the stacked spectra,
with respect to velocity dispersion, are compared in different
environments. We find a lack of dependence of the IMF on the environment
for intermediate-mass galaxy regime. We verify this finding by providing
a more quantitative measurement of the IMF variations among galactic
environments using MILES stellar population models with a precision of
ΔΓb ˜ 0.2.
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