Galaxy Pairs in Cosmic Voids

Abstract

We present a statistical analysis of different astrophysical properties of a sample of galaxy pairs in cosmic voids. The sample consists of 72 galaxy pairs with projected separations and relative radial velocities rp<100 h${}^{-1}$kpc, $\Delta V<$ 500 kms${}^{-1}$ in the redshift range z<0.1. The different results for this pair sample are compared to those derived for matched samples configured in absolute magnitude, stellar mass and concentration residing in void wall and global averaged environments. We find that pair galaxies in voids tend to have bluer optical colors than the corresponding galaxies in wall an field, regardless of their stellar mass and concentration, which indicates a more recent formation of the bulk of stars. We also obtain larger mid--IR colors for the void paired galaxies with respect to the corresponding matched samples in the wall and in field environments. However, we find significantly larger differences for galaxies with high mass and concentration. We also notice that mid--IR color--color diagram shows void pair members consistent with the locus of star--forming galaxies, in contrast with the other environments that exhibit a bimodal behavior comprising both passive and star--forming objects. The D${}_n$(4000) parameter also shows a significant younger stellar population in paired galaxies in voids. This is also reflected in the higher star formation rate values, which show a larger efficiency for void paired galaxies. We notice that the star formation efficiency is larger for void paired galaxies with high stellar mass and concentration. We also find that the efficiency of star formation associated to galaxy interactions is significantly larger in pairs residing in cosmic voids. This larger star formation activity could be associated to both the expected richer gas environment and a more gentle dynamical behavior typical of void environments.

12 pages, 11 figures

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