Journal article

THE GRISM LENS-AMPLIFIED SURVEY from SPACE (GLASS). VII. the DIVERSITY of the DISTRIBUTION of STAR FORMATION in CLUSTER and FIELD GALAXIES at 0.3 ≤ z ≤ 0.7

B Vulcani, T Treu, KB Schmidt, T Morishita, A Dressler, BM Poggianti, L Abramson, M Bradač, GB Brammer, A Hoag, M Malkan, L Pentericci, M Trenti

Astrophysical Journal | IOP PUBLISHING LTD | Published : 2016

Abstract

Exploiting the slitless spectroscopy taken as part of the Grism Lens-Amplified Survey from Space (GLASS), we present an extended analysis of the spatial distribution of star formation in 76 galaxies in 10 clusters at 0.3 < z < 0.7. We use 85 foreground and background galaxies in the same redshift range as a field sample. The samples are well matched in stellar mass (108-1011 M⊙) and star formation rate (0.5-50 M⊙ yr-1). We visually classify galaxies in terms of broad band morphology, H? morphology, and likely physical process acting on the galaxy. Most H? emitters have a spiral morphology (41% ± 8% in clusters, 51% ± 8% in the field), followed by mergers/interactions (28% ± 8%, 31% ±7%, resp..

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Awarded by NASA from the Space Telescope Science Institute


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Awarded by Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award


Awarded by Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology


Awarded by Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research


Funding Acknowledgements

We thank the anonymous referee for constructive and helpful comments. Support for GLASS (HST-GO-13459) was provided by NASA through a grant from the Space Telescope Science Institute, which is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc., under NASA contract NAS 5-26555. We are very grateful to the staff of the Space Telescope for their assistance in planning, scheduling, and executing the observations. B.V. acknowledges the support from an Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (PD0028506). T.M. acknowledges support from a Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (26-3871), and from a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science research fellowship for young scientists.