A Systematic Search for Galaxy Proto-Cluster Cores at \$z{\textbackslash}sim 2\$. Ando, M., Shimasaku, K., & Momose, R. arXiv e-prints, 2002:arXiv:2002.10511, February, 2020.
A Systematic Search for Galaxy Proto-Cluster Cores at \$z{\textbackslash}sim 2\$ [link]Paper  abstract   bibtex   
A proto-cluster core is the most massive dark matter halo (DMH) in a given proto-cluster. To reveal the galaxy formation in core regions, we search for proto-cluster cores at \$z{\textbackslash}sim 2\$ in \${\textbackslash}sim 1.5{\textbackslash}, {\textbackslash}mathrm\{deg\}{\textasciicircum}\{2\}\$ of the COSMOS field. Using pairs of massive galaxies (\${\textbackslash}log(M_\{*\}/M_\{{\textbackslash}odot\}){\textbackslash}geq11\$) as tracers of cores, we find 75 candidate cores, among which 54\textbackslash% are estimated to be real. A clustering analysis finds that these cores have an average DMH mass of \$2.6_\{-0.8\}{\textasciicircum}\{+0.9\}{\textbackslash}times 10{\textasciicircum}\{13\}{\textbackslash}, M_\{{\textbackslash}odot\}\$, or \$4.0_\{-1.5\}{\textasciicircum}\{+1.8\}{\textbackslash}, {\textbackslash}times 10{\textasciicircum}\{13\} M_\{{\textbackslash}odot\}\$ after contamination correction. The extended Press-Schechter model shows that their descendant mass at \$z=0\$ is consistent with Fornax-like or Virgo-like clusters. Moreover, using the IllustrisTNG simulation, we confirm that pairs of massive galaxies are good tracers of DMHs massive enough to be regarded as proto-cluster cores. We then derive the stellar mass function (SMF) and the quiescent fraction for member galaxies of the 75 candidate cores. We find that the core galaxies have a more top-heavy SMF than field galaxies at the same redshift, showing an excess at \${\textbackslash}log(M_\{*\}/M_\{{\textbackslash}odot\}){\textbackslash}gtrsim 10.5\$. The quiescent fraction, \$0.17_\{-0.04\}{\textasciicircum}\{+0.04\}\$ in the mass range \$9.0{\textbackslash}leq {\textbackslash}log(M_\{*\}/M_\{{\textbackslash}odot\}){\textbackslash}leq 11.0\$, is about three times higher than that of field counterparts, giving an environmental quenching efficiency of \$0.13_\{-0.04\}{\textasciicircum}\{+0.04\}\$. These results suggest that stellar mass assembly and quenching are accelerated as early as at \$z{\textbackslash}sim 2\$ in proto-cluster cores.
@article{ando_systematic_2020,
	title = {A {Systematic} {Search} for {Galaxy} {Proto}-{Cluster} {Cores} at \$z{\textbackslash}sim 2\$},
	volume = {2002},
	url = {http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020arXiv200210511A},
	abstract = {A proto-cluster core is the most massive dark matter halo (DMH) in a given proto-cluster. To reveal the galaxy formation in core regions, we search for proto-cluster cores at \$z{\textbackslash}sim 2\$ in \${\textbackslash}sim 1.5{\textbackslash},
{\textbackslash}mathrm\{deg\}{\textasciicircum}\{2\}\$ of the COSMOS field. Using pairs of massive galaxies (\${\textbackslash}log(M\_\{*\}/M\_\{{\textbackslash}odot\}){\textbackslash}geq11\$) as tracers of cores, we find 75
candidate cores, among which 54{\textbackslash}\% are estimated to be real. A clustering analysis finds that these cores have an average DMH mass of
\$2.6\_\{-0.8\}{\textasciicircum}\{+0.9\}{\textbackslash}times 10{\textasciicircum}\{13\}{\textbackslash}, M\_\{{\textbackslash}odot\}\$, or \$4.0\_\{-1.5\}{\textasciicircum}\{+1.8\}{\textbackslash}, {\textbackslash}times 10{\textasciicircum}\{13\} M\_\{{\textbackslash}odot\}\$ after contamination correction. The extended Press-Schechter model shows that their descendant mass at \$z=0\$ is consistent with Fornax-like or Virgo-like clusters. Moreover, using the IllustrisTNG simulation, we confirm that pairs of massive galaxies are good tracers of DMHs massive enough to be regarded as proto-cluster cores. We then derive the stellar mass function (SMF) and the quiescent fraction for member galaxies of the 75 candidate cores. We find that the core galaxies have a more top-heavy SMF than field galaxies at the same redshift, showing an excess at \${\textbackslash}log(M\_\{*\}/M\_\{{\textbackslash}odot\}){\textbackslash}gtrsim 10.5\$. The quiescent fraction, \$0.17\_\{-0.04\}{\textasciicircum}\{+0.04\}\$ in the mass range \$9.0{\textbackslash}leq {\textbackslash}log(M\_\{*\}/M\_\{{\textbackslash}odot\}){\textbackslash}leq 11.0\$, is about three times higher than that of field counterparts, giving an environmental quenching efficiency of \$0.13\_\{-0.04\}{\textasciicircum}\{+0.04\}\$. These results suggest that stellar mass assembly and quenching are accelerated as early as at \$z{\textbackslash}sim 2\$ in proto-cluster cores.},
	urldate = {2020-02-28},
	journal = {arXiv e-prints},
	author = {Ando, Makoto and Shimasaku, Kazuhiro and Momose, Rieko},
	month = feb,
	year = {2020},
	keywords = {Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies},
	pages = {arXiv:2002.10511},
}

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