Evolution of stellar disk truncations since z=1
| Autor: | Trujillo, Ignacio, Azzollini, Ruyman, Bakos, Judit, Beckman, John, Pohlen, Michael |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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| Druh dokumentu: | Working Paper |
| Popis: | We present our recent results on the cosmic evolution of the outskirst of disk galaxies. In particular we focus on disk-like galaxies with stellar disk truncations. Using UDF, GOODS and SDSS data we show how the position of the break (i.e. a direct estimator of the size of the stellar disk) evolves with time since z~1. Our findings agree with an evolution on the radial position of the break by a factor of 1.3+-0.1 in the last 8 Gyr for galaxies with similar stellar masses. We also present radial color gradients and how they evolve with time. At all redshift we find a radial inside-out bluing reaching a minimum at the position of the break radius, this minimum is followed by a reddening outwards. Our results constraint several galaxy disk formation models and favour a scenario where stars are formed inside the break radius and are relocated in the outskirts of galaxies through secular processes. Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures, Proceedings of IAU Symposium 254 "The Galaxy Disk in a Cosmological Context" |
| Databáze: | arXiv |
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