PAC.V. The Roles of Mass and Environment in the Quenching of Galaxies

Abstract

The roles that mass and environment play in the galaxy quenching are still under debate. Leveraging the Photometric objects Around Cosmic webs (PAC) method, we analyze the excess surface distribution ${\bar{n}}_2{w}_{\mathrm{p}}(r_{\mathrm{p}})$ of photometric galaxies in different color (rest-frame $u-r$) within the stellar mass range of $10^{9.0}{M}_{\odot }\sim 10^{11.0}{M}_{\odot }$ around spectroscopic massive central galaxies ($10^{10.9}\sim 10^{11.7}{M}_{\odot }$) at the redshift interval $0<z_s<0.7$, utilizing data from the Hyper SuprimeCam Subaru Strategic Program and the spectroscopic samples of Slogan Digital Sky Survey (i.e. Main, LOWZ and CMASS samples). We find that both mass and environment quenching contribute to the evolution of companion galaxies. To isolate the environment effect, we quantify the quenched fraction excess (QFE) of companion galaxies encircling massive central galaxies within $0.01h^{-1}\mathrm{Mpc}<r_{\mathrm{p}}<20h^{-1}\mathrm{Mpc}$, representing the surplus quenched fraction relative to the average. We find that the high density halo environment affects the star formation quenching up to about three times of the virial radius, and this effect becomes stronger at lower redshift. We also find that even after being scaled by the virial radius, the environment quenching efficiency is higher for more massive halos or for companion galaxies of higher stellar mass, though the trends are quite weak. We present a fitting formula that comprehensively captures the QFE across central and companion stellar mass bins, halo-centric distance bins, and redshift bins, offering a valuable tool for constraining galaxy formation models. Furthermore, we have made a quantitative comparison with Illustris-TNG that underscores some important differences, particularly in the excessive quenching of low-mass companion galaxies ($<10^{9.5}{M}_{\odot }$) by TNG.

arXiv comment23 pages, 14 figures. Comments welcome :-)

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