Two rest-frame wavelength measurements of galaxy sizes at $z<1$: the evolutionary effects of emerging bulges and quenched newcomers

Abstract

We analyze the size evolution of $16000$ star-forming galaxies (SFGs) and $5000$ quiescent galaxies (QGs) with mass $M_{\ast }>10^{9.5}{M}_{\odot }$ at $0.1<z<0.9$ from the COSMOS field using deep CLAUDS+HSC imaging in two rest-frame wavelengths, $3000$Ã (UV light) and $5000$Ã (visible light). With half-light radius ($R_e$) as proxy for size, SFGs at characteristic mass $M_0=5\times 10^{10}{M}_{\odot }$ grow by $20\%$ ($30\%$) in UV (visible) light since $z\sim 1$ and the strength of their size evolution increases with stellar mass. After accounting for mass growth due to star formation, we estimate that SFGs grow by $75\%$ in all stellar mass bins and in both rest-frame wavelengths. Redder SFGs are more massive, smaller and more concentrated than bluer SFGs and the fraction of red SFGs increases with time. These results point to the emergence of bulges as the dominant mechanism for the average size growth of SFGs. We find two threshold values for the stellar mass density within central $1$kpc ($\hat{I}{\pounds }_1$): all SFGs with $\log \hat{I}{\pounds }_1>9$ are red and only QGs have $\log \hat{I}{\pounds }_1>9.7$. The size of $M_{\ast }=M_0$ QGs grows by $50\%$ ($110\%$) in the UV (visible) light. Up to $\sim 20\%$ of this increase in size of massive QGs is due to newcomers (recently quenched galaxies). However, newcomers cannot explain the observed pace in the size growth of QGs; that trend has to be dominated by processes affecting individual galaxies, such as minor mergers and accretion.

27 pages (+5 in Appendix), 24 figures (+8), 5 tables. Accepted for publication in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS)