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Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): Environment-dependent galaxy stellar mass functions in the low-redshift Universe

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: From a carefully selected sample of 52 089 galaxies and 10 429 groups, we investigate the variation of the low-redshift galaxy stellar mass function (GSMF) in the equatorial Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) dataset as a function of four different environmental properties. We find that: (i) The GSMF is not strongly affected by distance to the nearest filament but rather by group membership. (ii) More massive halos tend to host more massive galaxies and exhibit a steeper decline with stellar mass in the number of intermediate-mass galaxies. This result is robust against the choice of dynamical and luminosity-based group halo mass estimates. (iii) The GSMF of group galaxies does not depend on the position within a filament, but for groups outside of filaments, the characteristic mass of the GSMF is lower. Finally, our global GSMF is well described by a double Schechter function with the following parameters: $ \log [M^{\star} / (M_{\odot}\,h_{70}^{-2})] = 10.76 \pm 0.01 $, Φ1⋆ = (3.75 ± 0.09)×10−3 Mpc−3 h703, α1 = −0.86 ± 0.03, Φ2⋆ = (0.13 ± 0.05)×10−3 Mpc−3 h703, and α2 = −1.71 ± 0.06. This result is consistent with previous GAMA studies in terms of M⋆, although we find lower values for both α1 and α2.

Source: Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology)

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202453570/pdf

Authors: A. Sbaffoni, J. Liske, S. P. Driver, A. S. G. Robotham, E. N. Taylor

Institutions: Universität Hamburg, The University of Western Australia, International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research, Swinburne University of Technology

Language: English

Topic: Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena

Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Science and Technology Facilities Council

Awards: G432818845, EXC 2121: Quantum Universe