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Title:
Selection and Photometric Properties of K+A Galaxies
Authors:
Quintero, Alejandro D.; Hogg, David W.; Blanton, Michael R.; Schlegel, David J.; Eisenstein, Daniel J.; Gunn, James E.; Brinkmann, J.; Fukugita, Masataka; Glazebrook, Karl; Goto, Tomotsugu
Affiliation:
AA(Center for Cosmology and Particle Physics, Department of Physics, New York University, 4 Washington Place, New York, NY 10003.), AB(Center for Cosmology and Particle Physics, Department of Physics, New York University, 4 Washington Place, New York, NY 10003. ), AC(Center for Cosmology and Particle Physics, Department of Physics, New York University, 4 Washington Place, New York, NY 10003.), AD(Princeton University Observatory, Princeton, NJ 08544.), AE(Steward Observatory, 933 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85721.), AF(Princeton University Observatory, Princeton, NJ 08544.), AG(Apache Point Observatory, 2001 Apache Point Road, P.O. Box 59, Sunspot, NM 88349.), AH(Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 2778582, Japan.), AI(Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218.), AJ(Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 2778582, Japan; Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213.)
Publication:
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 602, Issue 1, pp. 190-199. (ApJ Homepage)
Publication Date:
02/2004
Origin:
UCP
Astronomy Keywords:
Galaxies: Clusters: General, Galaxies: Evolution, Galaxies: Fundamental Parameters, Galaxies: Statistics, Galaxies: Stellar Content, Stars: Formation
DOI:
10.1086/380601
Bibliographic Code:
2004ApJ...602..190Q

Abstract

Two different simple measurements of galaxy star formation rate with different timescales are compared empirically on 156,395 fiber spectra of galaxies with r<17.77 mag taken from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey in the redshift range 0.05<z<0.20: a ratio A/K found by fitting a linear sum of an average old stellar population spectrum (K) and average A star spectrum (A) to the galaxy spectrum, and the equivalent width (EW) of the Hα emission line. The two measures are strongly correlated, but there is a small, clearly separated population of outliers from the median correlation that display excess A/K relative to Hα EW. These ``K+A'' (or ``E+A'') galaxies must have dramatically decreased their star formation rates over the last ~1 Gyr. The K+A luminosity distribution is similar to that of the total galaxy population. The K+A population appears to be bulge-dominated, but bluer and with higher surface brightness than normal bulge-dominated galaxies; it appears that K+A galaxies will fade with time into normal bulge-dominated galaxies. The inferred rate density for K+A galaxy formation is ~10-4h3Mpc-3Gyr-1 at redshift z~0.1. These events are taking place in the field; the K+A galaxies found in this study do not primarily lie in the high-density environments or clusters typical of bulge-dominated populations.
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