Too Few to be Relevant: Major Merger Statistics up to z ˜ 1

Bibcode
2009ASPC..419..212L
López-Sanjuan, C.; Balcells, M.; Pérez-González, P. G.; Barro, G.; García-Dabó, C. E.; Gallego, J.; Zamorano, J.
Bibliographical reference

Galaxy Evolution: Emerging Insights and Future Challenges ASP Conference Series, Vol. 419, proceedings of a conference held 11-14 November 2008 at the University of Texas, Austin, Texas, USA. Edited by S. Jogee, I. Marinova, L. Hao, and G. A. Blanc. San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2009., p.212

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2009
Number of authors
7
IAC number of authors
1
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0
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0
Description
We study the evolution of galaxy structure and of the major merger fraction since z ˜ 1 to present in GOODS-S field for MB ≤ -20 and M* ≥ 1010 Msun selected galaxies. We segregate the galaxies into early-type galaxies (ET, E/S0/Sa), and late-type galaxies (LT, Sb-Irr) by their position in the concentration-asymmetry plane, while we pick up high asymmetric sources as disk-disk major merger remnants. We find that the early-type fraction (fET) rises with cosmic time in both samples. However, the number density evolution is very different: the decrease in the total number density of MB ≤ -20 galaxies since z = 1 is due to the decrease in the late-type population, while the increase in the total number density of M* ≥ 1010 Msun in the same redshift range is due to early-type evolution. This suggests that we need a structural transformation between late-type galaxies that form stars actively and early-type galaxies in which the stellar mass is located. Comparing the observed evolution with the disk-disk major merger rate in GOODS-S, we infer that only ˜ 17% of the early-type galaxies that appear since z = 1 can be explained by these kinds of mergers, suggesting that minor mergers and secular evolution are the main processes in the structural evolution of M* ≥ 1010 Msun galaxies since z ˜ 1.
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Non-refereed

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