GASP XXIV. The history of abruptly quenched galaxies in clusters

The study of cluster post starburst galaxies gives useful insights on the physical processes quenching the star formation in the most massive environments. Exploiting the MUSE data of the GAs Stripping Phenomena in galaxies (GASP) project, we characterise the quenching history of 8 local cluster gal...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2020-03
Main Authors: Vulcani, B, Fritz, J, Poggianti, B M, Bettoni, D, Franchetto, A, Moretti, A, Gullieuszik, M, Yaffe, Y L, Biviano, A, Radovich, M, Mingozzi, M
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Language:English
Subjects:
Emission spectra
Galactic clusters
Galactic evolution
Kinematics
Line spectra
Luminosity
Morphology
Quenching
Ram pressure
Star & galaxy formation
Star formation
Starburst galaxies
Stellar age
Stripping
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Summary:The study of cluster post starburst galaxies gives useful insights on the physical processes quenching the star formation in the most massive environments. Exploiting the MUSE data of the GAs Stripping Phenomena in galaxies (GASP) project, we characterise the quenching history of 8 local cluster galaxies that were selected for not showing emission lines in their fiber spectra. We inspect the integrated colors, the Hb rest frame equivalent widths (EW), star formation histories (SFHs) and luminosity-weighted age (LWA) maps finding no signs of current star formation throughout the disks of these early-spiral/S0 galaxies. All of them have been passive for at least 20 Myr, but their SF declined on different timescales. In most of them the outskirts reached undetectable SFRs before the inner regions (outside-in quenching). Our sample includes three post-starforming galaxies, two passive galaxies and three galaxies with intermediate properties. The first population shows blue colors, deep Hb in absorption (EW>>2.8A), young ages (8.8
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.2003.02274