The most massive, passive, and oldest galaxies at 0.5 < z < 2.1: Downsizing signature from galaxies selected from MgUV index

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作者：
Thomas, R. [1 ]
Le Fevre, O. [2 ]
Zamorani, G. [3 ]
Lemaux, B. C. [4 ]
Hibon, P. [1 ]
Koekemoer, A. [5 ]
Hathi, N. [5 ]
Maccagni, D. [6 ]
Cassata, P. [7 ]
Cassara, L. P. [6 ]
Bardelli, S. [3 ]
Talia, M. [3 ]
Zucca, E. [3 ]
机构：
[1] European Southern Observ, Av Alonso de Cordova 3107, Santiago, Chile
[2] Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, LAM, UMR 7326, F-13388 Marseille, France
[3] Osservatorio Astrofis & Sci Spazio Bologna, INAF, Via Gobetti 93-3, I-40129 Bologna, Italy
[4] Univ Calif Davis, Dept Phys, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616 USA
[5] Space Telescope Sci Inst, 3700 San Martin Dr, Baltimore, MD 21218 USA
[6] IASF Milano, INAF, Via A Corti 12I, I-20133 Milan, Italy
[7] Univ Padua, Dept Phys & Astron, Vicolo Osservatorio 3, I-35122 Padua, Italy
来源：
ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS | 2019年 / 630卷
关键词：
galaxies: formation; galaxies: high-redshift; techniques: photometric; techniques: spectroscopic; VLT DEEP SURVEY; STAR-FORMATION; RED-SEQUENCE; PHOTOMETRIC REDSHIFTS; EVOLUTION; STELLAR; MULTIWAVELENGTH; STARBURST; MODELS; ORIGIN;
D O I：
10.1051/0004-6361/201935813
中图分类号：
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号：
0704 ;
摘要：
Aims. We seek is to identify old and massive galaxies at 0.5 < z < 2.1 on the basis of the magnesium index Mg-UV and then study their physical properties. Methods. We computed the Mg-UV index based on the best spectral fitting template of similar to 3700 galaxies using data from the VLT VIMOS Deep Survey (VVDS) and VIMOS Ultra Deep Survey (VUDS) galaxy redshift surveys. Based on galaxies with the largest signal to noise and the best fit spectra we selected 103 objects with the highest spectral Mg-UV signature. We performed an independent fit of the photometric data of these galaxies and computed their stellar masses, star formation rates, extinction by dust and age, and we related these quantities to the Mg-UV index. Results. We find that the Mg-UV index is a suitable tracer of early-type galaxies at an advanced stage of evolution. Selecting galaxies with the highest Mg-UV index allows us to choose the most massive, passive, and oldest galaxies at any epoch. The formation epoch t(f) computed from the fitted age as a function of the total mass in stars supports the downsizing formation paradigm in which galaxies with the highest mass formed most of their stars at an earlier epoch.
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