Evidence for merging or disruption of red galaxies from the evolution of their clustering

Martin White; Zheng Zheng; Michael J.I. Brown; Dey Arjun; Buell T. Jannuzi

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Evidence for merging or disruption of red galaxies from the evolution of their clustering

Martin White, Zheng Zheng, Michael J.I. Brown, Dey Arjun, Buell T. Jannuzi

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Abstract

The formation and evolution of massive red galaxies form a crucial test of theories of galaxy formation based on hierarchical assembly. In this Letter we use observations of the clustering of luminous red galaxies from the Boötes field and N-body simulations to argue that about 1/3 of the most luminous satellite galaxies appear to undergo merging or disruption within massive halos between z ≃ 0.9 and 0.5.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	L69-L72
Journal	Astrophysical Journal
Volume	655
Issue number	2 II
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/512015
State	Published - Feb 1 2007
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Galaxies: evolution
Galaxies: halos

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Astronomy and Astrophysics
Space and Planetary Science

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Evidence for merging or disruption of red galaxies from the evolution of their clustering

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