A Measurement of the Assembly of Milky Way Analogues at Redshifts $0.5 < z < 2$ with Resolved Stellar Mass and Star-Formation Rate Profiles

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Autori principali: Tan, Vivian Yun Yan, Muzzin, Adam, Marchesini, Danilo, Sok, Visal, Sarrouh, Ghassan T., Marsan, Z. Cemile
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author Tan, Vivian Yun Yan
Muzzin, Adam
Marchesini, Danilo
Sok, Visal
Sarrouh, Ghassan T.
Marsan, Z. Cemile
author_facet Tan, Vivian Yun Yan
Muzzin, Adam
Marchesini, Danilo
Sok, Visal
Sarrouh, Ghassan T.
Marsan, Z. Cemile
contents The resolved mass assembly of Milky-Way-mass galaxies has been previously studied in simulations, the local universe, and at higher redshifts using infrared (IR) light profiles. To better characterize the mass assembly of Milky Way Analogues (MWAs), as well as their changes in star-formation rate and color gradients, we construct resolved stellar mass and star-formation rate maps of MWA progenitors selected with abundance matching techniques up to z $\sim$ 2 using deep, multi-wavelength imaging data from the Hubble Frontier Fields. Our results using stellar mass profiles agree well with previous studies that utilize IR light profiles, showing that the inner 2 kpc of the galaxies and the regions beyond 2 kpc exhibit similar rates of stellar mass growth. This indicates the progenitors of MWAs from $z\sim 2$ to the present do not preferentially grow their bulges or their disks. The evolution of the star-formation rate (SFR) profiles indicate greater decrease in SFR density in the inner regions versus the outer regions. Sérsic parameters indicate modest growth in the central regions at lower redshifts, perhaps indicating slight bulge growth. However, the Sérsic index does not rise above $n \sim 2$ until $z < 0.5$, meaning these galaxies are still disk dominated systems. We find that the half-mass radii of the MWA progenitors increase between $1.5 < z < 2$, but remain constant at later epochs ($z < 1.5$). This implies mild bulge growth since $z\sim 2$ in MWA progenitors, in line with previous MWA mass assembly studies.
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spellingShingle A Measurement of the Assembly of Milky Way Analogues at Redshifts $0.5 < z < 2$ with Resolved Stellar Mass and Star-Formation Rate Profiles
Tan, Vivian Yun Yan
Muzzin, Adam
Marchesini, Danilo
Sok, Visal
Sarrouh, Ghassan T.
Marsan, Z. Cemile
Astrophysics of Galaxies
The resolved mass assembly of Milky-Way-mass galaxies has been previously studied in simulations, the local universe, and at higher redshifts using infrared (IR) light profiles. To better characterize the mass assembly of Milky Way Analogues (MWAs), as well as their changes in star-formation rate and color gradients, we construct resolved stellar mass and star-formation rate maps of MWA progenitors selected with abundance matching techniques up to z $\sim$ 2 using deep, multi-wavelength imaging data from the Hubble Frontier Fields. Our results using stellar mass profiles agree well with previous studies that utilize IR light profiles, showing that the inner 2 kpc of the galaxies and the regions beyond 2 kpc exhibit similar rates of stellar mass growth. This indicates the progenitors of MWAs from $z\sim 2$ to the present do not preferentially grow their bulges or their disks. The evolution of the star-formation rate (SFR) profiles indicate greater decrease in SFR density in the inner regions versus the outer regions. Sérsic parameters indicate modest growth in the central regions at lower redshifts, perhaps indicating slight bulge growth. However, the Sérsic index does not rise above $n \sim 2$ until $z < 0.5$, meaning these galaxies are still disk dominated systems. We find that the half-mass radii of the MWA progenitors increase between $1.5 < z < 2$, but remain constant at later epochs ($z < 1.5$). This implies mild bulge growth since $z\sim 2$ in MWA progenitors, in line with previous MWA mass assembly studies.
title A Measurement of the Assembly of Milky Way Analogues at Redshifts $0.5 < z < 2$ with Resolved Stellar Mass and Star-Formation Rate Profiles
topic Astrophysics of Galaxies
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.12433