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Titolo: | Timing the earliest quenching events with a robust sample of massive quiescent galaxies at 2 < z < 5 | Autori: | Carnall, A. C. Walker, S. McLure, R. J. Dunlop, J. S. McLeod, D. J. Cullen, F. Wild, V. Amorin, R. BOLZONELLA, MICOL CASTELLANO, MARCO Cimatti, A. CUCCIATI, Olga FONTANA, Adriano GARGIULO, ADRIANA GARILLI, BIANCA MARIA ROSA Jarvis, M. J. PENTERICCI, Laura POZZETTI, Lucia Zamorani, G. Calabro, A. Hathi, N. P. Koekemoer, A. M. |
Data pubblicazione: | 2020 | Rivista: | MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY | Numero: | 496 | Fascicolo: | 1 | Da pagina:: | 695 | Abstract: | We present a sample of 151 massive (M<SUB>*</SUB> > 10<SUP>10</SUP> M<SUB>⊙</SUB>) quiescent galaxies at 2 < z < 5, based on a sophisticated Bayesian spectral energy distribution fitting analysis of the CANDELS UDS and GOODS-South fields. Our sample includes a robust sub-sample of 61 objects for which we confidently exclude low-redshift and star-forming solutions. We identify 10 robust objects at z > 3, of which 2 are at z > 4. We report formation redshifts, demonstrating that the oldest objects formed at z > 6; however, individual ages from our photometric data have significant uncertainties, typically ∼0.5 Gyr. We demonstrate that the UVJ colours of the quiescent population evolve with redshift at z > 3, becoming bluer and more similar to post-starburst galaxies at lower redshift. Based upon this, we construct a model for the time evolution of quiescent galaxy UVJ colours, concluding that the oldest objects are consistent with forming the bulk of their stellar mass at z ∼ 6-7 and quenching at z ∼ 5. We report spectroscopic redshifts for two of our objects at z = 3.440 and 3.396, which exhibit extremely weak Ly α emission in ultra-deep VANDELS spectra. We calculate star formation rates based on these line fluxes, finding that these galaxies are consistent with our quiescent selection criteria, provided their Ly α escape fractions are >3 and >10 per cent, respectively. We finally report that our highest redshift robust object exhibits a continuum break at λ ∼ 7000 Å in a spectrum from VUDS, consistent with our photometric redshift of $z_\mathrm{phot}=4.72^{+0.06}_{-0.04}$ . If confirmed as quiescent, this object would be the highest redshift known quiescent galaxy. To obtain stronger constraints on the times of the earliest quenching events, high-SNR spectroscopy must be extended to z ≳ 3 quiescent objects. | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/32390 | URL: | https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/496/1/695/5851291 | ISSN: | 0035-8711 | DOI: | 10.1093/mnras/staa1535 | Bibcode ADS: | 2020MNRAS.496..695C | Fulltext: | open |
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