Rapid early coeval star formation and assembly of the most massive galaxies in the universe. Rennehan, D., Babul, A., Hayward, C. C., Bottrell, C., Hani, M. H., & Chapman, S. C. arXiv e-prints, 1907:arXiv:1907.00977, July, 2019.
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The current consensus on the formation and evolution of the brightest cluster galaxies is that their stellar mass forms early (\$z {\textbackslash}gtrsim 4\$) in separate galaxies that then eventually assemble the main structure at late times (\$z {\textbackslash}lesssim 1\$). However, advances in observational techniques have led to the discovery of protoclusters out to \$z {\textbackslash}sim 7\$, suggesting that the late-assembly picture may not be fully complete. Using a combination of observationally constrained hydrodynamical and dark-matter-only simulations, we show that the stellar assembly time of a sub-set of brightest cluster galaxies occurs at high redshifts (\$z {\textgreater} 3\$) rather than at low redshifts (\$z {\textless} 1\$), as is commonly though. We find that highly overdense protoclusters assemble their stellar mass into brightest cluster galaxies within \${\textbackslash}sim 1\$ \${\textbackslash}mathrm\{Gyr\}\$ of evolution – producing massive blue elliptical galaxies at high redshifts (\$z {\textbackslash}gtrsim 3\$). We argue that there is a downsizing effect on the cluster scale wherein the brightest cluster galaxies in the cores of the most-massive clusters assemble earlier than those in lower-mass clusters. The James Webb Space Telescope will be able to detect and confirm our prediction in the near future, and we discuss the implications to constraining the value of \${\textbackslash}sigma_{\textbackslash}mathrm\{8\}\$.
@article{rennehan_rapid_2019,
	title = {Rapid early coeval star formation and assembly of the most massive galaxies in the universe},
	volume = {1907},
	url = {http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019arXiv190700977R},
	abstract = {The current consensus on the formation and evolution of the brightest 
cluster galaxies is that their stellar mass forms early (\$z {\textbackslash}gtrsim 4\$)
in separate galaxies that then eventually assemble the main structure at
late times (\$z {\textbackslash}lesssim 1\$). However, advances in observational
techniques have led to the discovery of protoclusters out to \$z {\textbackslash}sim 7\$,
suggesting that the late-assembly picture may not be fully complete.
Using a combination of observationally constrained hydrodynamical and
dark-matter-only simulations, we show that the stellar assembly time of
a sub-set of brightest cluster galaxies occurs at high redshifts (\$z
{\textgreater} 3\$) rather than at low redshifts (\$z {\textless} 1\$), as is commonly
though. We find that highly overdense protoclusters assemble their
stellar mass into brightest cluster galaxies within \${\textbackslash}sim 1\$
\${\textbackslash}mathrm\{Gyr\}\$ of evolution -- producing massive blue elliptical
galaxies at high redshifts (\$z {\textbackslash}gtrsim 3\$). We argue that there is a
downsizing effect on the cluster scale wherein the brightest cluster
galaxies in the cores of the most-massive clusters assemble earlier than
those in lower-mass clusters. The James Webb Space Telescope will be
able to detect and confirm our prediction in the near future, and we
discuss the implications to constraining the value of
\${\textbackslash}sigma\_{\textbackslash}mathrm\{8\}\$.},
	urldate = {2019-07-05},
	journal = {arXiv e-prints},
	author = {Rennehan, Douglas and Babul, Arif and Hayward, Christopher C. and Bottrell, Connor and Hani, Maan H. and Chapman, Scott C.},
	month = jul,
	year = {2019},
	keywords = {Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies},
	pages = {arXiv:1907.00977},
}

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