Ageing, quenching and rejuvenation in SDSS galaxies

Ageing, quenching and rejuvenation
in SDSS galaxies
Javier Casado
(Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)
Carmen de la Victoria, Albayzin, Granada
What do we mean by...
Ageing, quenching and rejuvenation...
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What do we mean by...
EVO
Ageing, quenching and rejuvenation...
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LUT
I
ON
Javier Casado - UAM
What do we mean by...
EVO
Ageing, quenching and rejuvenation...
RED SEQUENCE
LUT
I
ON
green valley
your favourite color
BLUE CLOUD
your favourite mass/luminosity indicator
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What do we mean by...
EVO
Ageing, quenching and rejuvenation...
RED SEQUENCE
LUT
I
ON
green valley
your favourite color
BLUE CLOUD
Peng et al. 2010
FAST
- QUENCHING
- NATURE? NURTURE?
BLUE CLOUD
green valley
RED SEQUENCE
your favourite mass/luminosity indicator
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Javier Casado - UAM
What do we mean by...
EVO
Ageing, quenching and rejuvenation...
RED SEQUENCE
LUT
I
ON
green valley
your favourite color
BLUE CLOUD
Peng et al. 2010
FAST
- QUENCHING
- NATURE? NURTURE?
BLUE CLOUD
your favourite mass/luminosity indicator
green valley
RED SEQUENCE
Schawinski et al. 2014
- Morphology is a KEY aspect
- ET galaxies evolve fast → merger → nurture
- LT galaxies evolve slowly → ? → nature
NO BIMODALITY
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How did we approach EVOLUTION...
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How did we approach EVOLUTION...
Uffff…
mass
metallicity
luminosity
age
star-formation
stellar-to-gas fraction
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Javier Casado - UAM
How did we approach EVOLUTION...
Uffff…
mass
metallicity
luminosity
age
star-formation
stellar-to-gas fraction
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We focus on the SSFR → Casado et al. 2015
We use proxies
accepted - arXiv:1504.07010
Mr, 03N2
R1/R2, R5/ȓ
Morphology
H (EW), (u-r) color
Javier Casado - UAM
How did we approach EVOLUTION...
Uffff…
mass
metallicity
luminosity
age
star-formation
stellar-to-gas fraction
Workshop Estallidos - Granada 2015
We focus on the SSFR → Casado et al. 2015
We use proxies
accepted - arXiv:1504.07010
Mr, 03N2
R1/R2, R5/ȓ
Morphology
H (EW), (u-r) color
Javier Casado - UAM
How did we approach EVOLUTION...
Uffff…
We focus on the SSFR → Casado et al. 2015
mass
metallicity
luminosity
age
star-formation
stellar-to-gas fraction
We use proxies
accepted - arXiv:1504.07010
Mr, 03N2
R1/R2, R5/ȓ
Morphology
H (EW), (u-r) color
Chemically primitive
Chemically evolved
Gas rich, metal poor, low mass
Gas poor, metal rich, higher masses
Workshop Estallidos - Granada 2015
Javier Casado - UAM
How did we approach EVOLUTION...
Uffff…
We focus on the SSFR → Casado et al. 2015
mass
metallicity
luminosity
age
star-formation
stellar-to-gas fraction
We use proxies
accepted - arXiv:1504.07010
Mr, 03N2
R1/R2, R5/ȓ
Morphology
H (EW), (u-r) color
Chemically primitive
Chemically evolved
Gas rich, metal poor, low mass
Gas poor, metal rich, higher masses
Workshop Estallidos - Granada 2015
Javier Casado - UAM
How did we approach EVOLUTION...
Uffff…
We focus on the SSFR → Casado et al. 2015
mass
metallicity
luminosity
age
star-formation
stellar-to-gas fraction
We use proxies
accepted - arXiv:1504.07010
Mr, 03N2
R1/R2, R5/ȓ
Morphology
H (EW), (u-r) color
Chemically primitive
Chemically evolved
Gas rich, metal poor, low mass
Gas poor, metal rich, higher masses
Workshop Estallidos - Granada 2015
Javier Casado - UAM
How did we approach EVOLUTION...
Uffff…
We focus on the SSFR → Casado et al. 2015
mass
metallicity
luminosity
age
star-formation
stellar-to-gas fraction
We use proxies
accepted - arXiv:1504.07010
Mr, 03N2
R1/R2, R5/ȓ
Morphology
H (EW), (u-r) color
Chemically primitive
Chemically evolved
Gas rich, metal poor, low mass
Gas poor, metal rich, higher masses
Workshop Estallidos - Granada 2015
Javier Casado - UAM
How did we approach EVOLUTION...
Uffff…
We focus on the SSFR → Casado et al. 2015
mass
metallicity
luminosity
age
star-formation
stellar-to-gas fraction
We use proxies
accepted - arXiv:1504.07010
Mr, 03N2
R1/R2, R5/ȓ
Morphology
H (EW), (u-r) color
Chemically primitive
Chemically evolved
Gas rich, metal poor, low mass
Gas poor, metal rich, higher masses
Workshop Estallidos - Granada 2015
Javier Casado - UAM
How did we approach EVOLUTION...
Uffff…
We focus on the SSFR → Casado et al. 2015
mass
metallicity
luminosity
age
star-formation
stellar-to-gas fraction
We use proxies
accepted - arXiv:1504.07010
Mr, 03N2
R1/R2, R5/ȓ
Morphology
H (EW), (u-r) color
Chemically primitive
Chemically evolved
Gas rich, metal poor, low mass
Gas poor, metal rich, higher masses
Workshop Estallidos - Granada 2015
Javier Casado - UAM
How did we approach EVOLUTION...
Uffff…
We focus on the SSFR → Casado et al. 2015
mass
metallicity
luminosity
age
star-formation
stellar-to-gas fraction
We use proxies
accepted - arXiv:1504.07010
Mr, 03N2
R1/R2, R5/ȓ
Morphology
H (EW), (u-r) color
Chemically primitive
Chemically evolved
Gas rich, metal poor, low mass
Gas poor, metal rich, higher masses
Workshop Estallidos - Granada 2015
Javier Casado - UAM
How did we approach EVOLUTION...
Uffff…
We focus on the SSFR → Casado et al. 2015
mass
metallicity
luminosity
age
star-formation
stellar-to-gas fraction
We use proxies
accepted - arXiv:1504.07010
Mr, 03N2
ies
lax
a
g
0
50
~82
R1/R2, R5/ȓ
E
V
A
ON
E
G
A
R
Morphology
H (EW), (u-r) color
Chemically primitive
Chemically evolved
Gas rich, metal poor, low mass
Gas poor, metal rich, higher masses
Workshop Estallidos - Granada 2015
Javier Casado - UAM
How did we approach EVOLUTION...
Uffff…
We focus on the SSFR → Casado et al. 2015
mass
metallicity
luminosity
age
star-formation
stellar-to-gas fraction
We use proxies
accepted - arXiv:1504.07010
Mr, 03N2
ies
lax
a
g
0
50
~82
R1/R2, R5/ȓ
E
V
A
ON
E
G
A
R
Morphology
H (EW), (u-r) color
NATURE
Chemically primitive
Chemically evolved
Gas rich, metal poor, low mass
Gas poor, metal rich, higher masses
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What do we mean by… NATURE
The definition of age is
something a bit odd...
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mass-weighted average age
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Ha(EW)
Ageing...
(u-r) color
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107 yr
Ha(EW)
Ageing...
(u-r) color
108.5 yr
TWO PROXIES FOR THE SSFR
BUT WITH DIFFERENT TIME SCALES
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Ha(EW)
Quenching (+ageing)
(u-r) color
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Rejuvenation
Ha(EW)
(+quenching + ageing)
(u-r) color
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Ha(EW)
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(u-r) color
Javier Casado - UAM
Ha(EW)
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(u-r) color
Javier Casado - UAM
Ha(EW)
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(u-r) color
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Ha(EW)
FA
SL
OW
ER
ER
ST
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(u-r) color
Javier Casado - UAM
Conclusions (on average)
-
nature is the main driving mechanism
interactions, mergers DO HAPPEN, but are not
statistically significant
Casado et al. 2015
accepted - arXiv:1504.07010
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-
nature is the main driving mechanism
interactions, mergers DO HAPPEN, but are not
statistically significant
- EVERYBODY AGES → “ageing”
Ha(EW)
Conclusions (on average)
(u-r) color
Casado et al. 2015
accepted - arXiv:1504.07010
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Javier Casado - UAM
-
nature is the main driving mechanism
interactions, mergers DO HAPPEN, but are not
statistically significant
- EVERYBODY AGES → “ageing”
-
Ha(EW)
Conclusions (on average)
quenching and rejuvenation episodes occur
- if gas is “conserved” (more likely in the field) →
scatter
(u-r) color
Casado et al. 2015
accepted - arXiv:1504.07010
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Javier Casado - UAM
-
nature is the main driving mechanism
interactions, mergers DO HAPPEN, but are not
statistically significant
- EVERYBODY AGES → “ageing”
-
quenching and rejuvenation episodes occur
- if gas is “conserved” (more likely in the field) →
scatter
- if gas is completely removed → quenching
EXCLUSIVE OF THE DENSEST
ENVIRONMENTS
Ha(EW)
Conclusions (on average)
(u-r) color
Casado et al. 2015
accepted - arXiv:1504.07010
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Javier Casado - UAM
-
nature is the main driving mechanism
interactions, mergers DO HAPPEN, but are not
statistically significant
- EVERYBODY AGES → “ageing”
-
-
quenching and rejuvenation episodes occur
- if gas is “conserved” (more likely in the field) →
scatter
- if gas is completely removed → quenching
EXCLUSIVE OF THE DENSEST
ENVIRONMENTS
MORPHOLOGY AS A CONSEQUENCE RATHER
THAN THE CAUSE.
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Ha(EW)
Conclusions (on average)
(u-r) color
Casado et al. 2015
accepted - arXiv:1504.07010
Javier Casado - UAM
thanks.
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