Bibcode
Poudel, A.; Heinämäki, P.; Nurmi, P.; Teerikorpi, P.; Tempel, E.; Lietzen, H.; Einasto, M.
Referencia bibliográfica
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 590, id.A29, 14 pp.
Fecha de publicación:
5
2016
Revista
Número de citas
16
Número de citas referidas
15
Descripción
Context. To understand the role of the environment in galaxy formation,
evolution, and present-day properties, it is essential to study the
multifrequency behavior of different galaxy populations under various
environmental conditions. Aims: We study the stellar mass
functions of different galaxy populations in groups as a function of
their large-scale environments using multifrequency observations.
Methods: We cross-matched the SDSS DR10 group catalog with GAMA Data
Release 2 and Wide-field Survey Explorer (WISE) data to construct a
catalog of 1651 groups and 11 436 galaxies containing photometric
information in 15 different wavebands ranging from ultraviolet (0.152
μm) to mid-infrared (22 μm). We performed the spectral energy
distribution (SED) fitting of galaxies using the MAGPHYS code and
estimate the rest-frame luminosities and stellar masses. We used the 1
/Vmax method to estimate the galaxy stellar mass and
luminosity functions, and the luminosity density field of galaxies to
define the large-scale environment of galaxies. Results: The
stellar mass functions of both central and satellite galaxies in groups
are different in low- and high-density, large-scale environments.
Satellite galaxies in high-density environments have a steeper low-mass
end slope compared to low-density environments, independent of the
galaxy morphology. Central galaxies in low-density environments have a
steeper low-mass end slope, but the difference disappears for fixed
galaxy morphology. The characteristic stellar mass of satellite galaxies
is higher in high-density environments and the difference exists only
for galaxies with elliptical morphologies. Conclusions: Galaxy
formation in groups is more efficient in high-density, large-scale
environments. Groups in high-density environments have higher abundances
of satellite galaxies, irrespective of the satellite galaxy morphology.
The elliptical satellite galaxies are generally more massive in
high-density environments. The stellar masses of spiral satellite
galaxies show no dependence on the large-scale environment.
The multifrequency catalog is only available at the CDS via anonymous
ftp to http://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr (http://130.79.128.5) or via http://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/qcat?J/A+A/590/A29