A universal structural and star-forming relation since $z\sim3$: connecting compact star-forming and quiescent galaxies

Authors :: Barro, G.
Faber, S. M.
Koo, D. C.
Dekel, A.
Fang, J. J.
Trump, J. R.
Perez-Gonzalez, P. G.
Pacifici, C.
Primack, J. R.
Somerville, R. S.
Yan, H.
Guo, Y.
Liu, F.
Ceverino, D.
Kocevski, D. D.
McGrath, E.
Publication Year :: 2015
Abstract: We study the evolution of the core (r 9.5 M_sun/kpc^2. This threshold provides the most effective selection criterion to identify the star-forming progenitors of quiescent galaxies at all redshifts.<br />Comment: Submitted to ApJ. Figure 8 summarizes the universal star-forming/structural relation. Figure 6 illustrates the possible evolutionary paths of SFGs and quiescent galaxies in surface density vs. mass. The cartoon in Figure 12 shows the change in structural properties and visual appearances for galaxies in these evolutionary paths

Subjects :: Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
FOS: Physical sciences
Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics

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