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The ALHAMBRA survey: tight dependence of the optical mass-to-light ratio on galaxy colour up to z = 1.5
- Source :
- Astron.Astrophys., Astron.Astrophys., 2019, 622, pp.A51. ⟨10.1051/0004-6361/201833402⟩, Astronomy and Astrophysics-A&A, Astronomy and Astrophysics-A&A, 2019, 622, pp.A51. ⟨10.1051/0004-6361/201833402⟩, Astronomy and Astrophysics-A&A, EDP Sciences, 2019, 622, pp.A51. ⟨10.1051/0004-6361/201833402⟩, Digital.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC, instname
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- HAL CCSD, 2019.
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Abstract
- [Aims] Our goal is to characterise the dependence of the optical mass-to-light ratio on galaxy colour up to z = 1.5, expanding the redshift range explored in previous work. [Methods] From the redshifts, stellar masses, and rest-frame luminosities of the ALHAMBRA multi-filter survey, we derive the mass-to-light ratio versus colour relation for quiescent and for star-forming galaxies. The intrinsic relation and its physical dispersion are derived with a Bayesian inference model. [Results] The rest-frame i-band mass-to-light ratio of quiescent and star-forming galaxies presents a tight correlation with the rest-frame (g - i) colour up to z = 1.5. The mass-to-light ratio versus colour relation is linear for quiescent galaxies and quadratic for star-forming galaxies. The intrinsic dispersion in these relations is 0.02 dex for quiescent galaxies and 0.06 dex for star-forming ones. The derived relations do not present a significant redshift evolution and are compatible with previous local results in the literature. Finally, these tight relations also hold for g- and r-band luminosities. [Conclusions] The derived mass-to-light ratio versus colour relations in ALHAMBRA can be used to predict the mass-to-light ratio from a rest-frame optical colour up to z = 1.5. These tight correlations do not change with redshift, suggesting that galaxies have evolved along the derived relations during the last 9 Gyr.<br />This work has been mainly funded by the FITE (Fondos de Inversiones de Teruel) and the Spanish MINECO/FEDER projects AYA2015-66211-C2-1-P, AYA2012-30789, AYA2006-14056, and CSD2007-00060. We also acknowledge the financial support from the Aragón Government Research Groups E96, E103, and E16_17R. We acknowledge support from the Spanish Ministry for Economy and Competitiveness and FEDER funds through grants AYA2010-15081, AYA2010-22111-C03-01, AYA2010-22111-C03-02, AYA2012-39620, AYA2013-40609-P, AYA2013-42227-P, AYA2013-48623-C2-1, AYA2013-48623-C2-2, AYA2016-76682-C3-1-P, AYA2016-76682-C3-3-P, ESP2013-48274, Generalitat Valen-ciana project Prometeo PROMETEOII/2014/060, Junta de Andalucía grants TIC114, JA2828, P10-FQM-6444, and Generalitat de Catalunya project SGR-1398. K.V. acknowledges the Juan de la Cierva incorporación fellowship, IJCI-2014-21960, of the Spanish government. A.M. acknowledges the financial support of the Brazilian funding agency FAPESP (Post-doc fellowship - process number 2014/11806-9). B.A. has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No. 656354. M.P. acknowledges financial support from the Ethiopian Space Science and Technology Institute (ESSTI) under the Ethiopian Ministry of Science Science and Technology (MoST).
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- Research groups
Library science
FOS: Physical sciences
Astrophysics
Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
01 natural sciences
statistics [Galaxies]
0103 physical sciences
media_common.cataloged_instance
Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
European union
010303 astronomy & astrophysics
Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics
galaxies: statistics
media_common
Funding Agency
Physics
[PHYS]Physics [physics]
010308 nuclear & particles physics
Astronomy and Astrophysics
galaxies: fundamental parameters
Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
Space and Planetary Science
Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
fundamental parameters [Galaxies]
galaxies: stellar content
stellar content [Galaxies]
Christian ministry
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00046361
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Astron.Astrophys., Astron.Astrophys., 2019, 622, pp.A51. ⟨10.1051/0004-6361/201833402⟩, Astronomy and Astrophysics-A&A, Astronomy and Astrophysics-A&A, 2019, 622, pp.A51. ⟨10.1051/0004-6361/201833402⟩, Astronomy and Astrophysics-A&A, EDP Sciences, 2019, 622, pp.A51. ⟨10.1051/0004-6361/201833402⟩, Digital.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC, instname
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....41966b83c5bd7498af007413b818122e