Dark-ages Reionization and Galaxy Formation Simulation - XIII. AGN quenching of high-redshift star formation in ZF-COSMOS-20115
| Autor: | Qin, Yuxiang, Mutch, Simon J., Duffy, Alan R., Geil, Paul M., Poole, Gregory B., Mesinger, Andrei, Wyithe, J. Stuart B. |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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| Zdroj: | Mon Not R Astron Soc (2017) 471 (4): 4345-4354 |
| Druh dokumentu: | Working Paper |
| DOI: | 10.1093/mnras/stx1852 |
| Popis: | Massive quiescent galaxies (MQGs) are thought to have formed stars rapidly at early times followed by a long period of quiescence. The recent discovery of a MQG, ZF-COSMOS-20115 at $z\sim4$, only 1.5 Gyr after the big bang, places new constraints on galaxy growth and the role of feedback in early star formation. Spectroscopic follow-up confirmed ZF-COSMOS-20115 as a MQG at $z=3.717$ with an estimated stellar mass of ${\sim}10^{11}\mathrm{M}_\odot$, showing no evidence of recent star formation. We use the Meraxes semi-analytic model to investigate how ZF-COSMOS-20115 analogues build stellar mass, and why they become quiescent. We identify three analogue galaxies with similar properties to ZF-COSMOS-20115. We find that ZF-COSMOS-20115 is likely hosted by a massive halo with virial mass of ${\sim}10^{13}\mathrm{M}_\odot$, having been through significant mergers at early times. These merger events drove intense growth of the nucleus, which later prevented cooling and quenched star formation. ZF-COSMOS-20115 likely remained quiescent at $z<3.7$. We find that the analogues host the most massive black holes in our simulation and were luminous quasars at $z\sim5$, indicating that ZF-COSMOS-20115 and other MQGs may be the descendants of high-redshift quasars. In addition, the model suggests that ZF-COSMOS-20115 formed in a region of intergalactic medium that was reionized early. Comment: 11 pages, 7 figures; Updated to match the published version. All results and conclusions remain unchanged |
| Databáze: | arXiv |
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