Satellite quenching and morphological transformation of galaxies in groups and clusters

Abstract

We investigate the role that dense environments have on the quenching of star formation and the transformation of morphology for a sample of galaxies selected from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. We make a distinction between galaxies falling into groups $(13\le \log (M_{\text{halo}}/M_{\odot })<14)$ and clusters $(\log (M_{\text{halo}}/M_{\odot })\ge 14)$, and compare to a large sample of field galaxies. Using galaxy position in projected phase space as a proxy for time since infall, we study how galaxy specific star formation rate (sSFR) and morphology, parameterized by the bulge-to-total light ratio (B/T), change over time. After controlling for stellar mass, we find clear trends of increasing quenched and elliptical fractions as functions of infall time for galaxies falling into both groups and clusters. The trends are strongest for low mass galaxies falling into clusters. By computing quenching and morphological transformation timescales, we find evidence that star formation quenching occurs faster than morphological transformation in both environments. Comparing field galaxies to recently infalling galaxies, we determine there is pre-processing of both star formation and morphology, with pre-processing affecting star formation rates more strongly. Our analysis favours quenching mechanisms that act quickly to suppress star formation, while other mechanisms that act on longer timescales transform morphology through bulge growth and disc fading.

arXiv comment14 pages, 12 figures, accepted by MNRAS

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