The ($NUV-r$) vs. $M_r$ as a tracer of early-type galaxies evolution in USGC U376 and LGG 225 groups

Abstract

With the aim of tracing back the evolution of galaxies in nearby groups we use smooth particle hydrodynamical (SPH) simulations with chemo-photometric implementation. Here we focus on the evolution of the early-type members (Es and S0s, ETGs hereafter) in two groups, USGC U376 and LGG 225, both in the Leo cloud. We use the near-UV (NUV)-optical rest-frame $NUV-r$ versus $M_r$ color magnitude diagram to follow their evolution, from the blue cloud (BC) to the red sequence (RS), through the green valley (GV). ETGs brighter than $M_r=-21$ mag are older than 13 Gyr and spend up to 10 Gyr of their overall evolutionary time in the BC before they reach the RS migrating through the GV. Fainter ETGs are younger, of about 2 Gyr on average, and evolve for about 7-8 Gyr along the BC. The turn-off occurs at z ~ 0.3-0.4. Therefore these ETGs spend up to 3-5 Gyr crossing the GV; UGC 06324, the faintest ETG in the sample, still is in the GV. The mechanism driving their evolution is gravitational, due to merging and/or interaction. Our SPH simulations suggest that ETG members of these groups evolved toward the RS before and during the group collapse phase. This result is consistent with the dynamical analysis of both groups showing that they are not yet virialized.

27 pages, 6 figures, ApJ in press

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