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Initial Mass Function for Massive Galaxies at z ~ 1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 April 2015

Shravan Shetty  and
Michele Cappellari
Shravan Shetty
Affiliation:
Sub-department of Astrophysics, Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH. Email: [email protected]
Michele Cappellari
Affiliation:
Sub-department of Astrophysics, Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH.
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Abstract

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We present the results on the stellar Initial Mass Function (IMF) normalisation of 68 massive (M* = 1011 - 1012M⋖) Early-Type Galaxies (ETGs) at redshift of ~1. This was achieved by deriving the stellar Mass-to-Light ratio (M/L) of the galaxies through axis-symmetric dynamical modelling and comparing it to the same derived via stellar population modelling through full spectrum fitting. The study also employs an Abundance Matching technique to account for the dark matter within the galaxies. The results demonstrate that massive ETGs at high redshifts on average have a Salpeter-like IMF normalisation, while providing observational evidence supporting previous predictions of low dark matter fraction in the inner regions (<1Re) of galaxies at higher redshift.

Keywords

galaxies: evolutiongalaxies: high-redshiftgalaxies: star formationgalaxies: stellar content
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 10 , Issue S311: Galaxy Masses as Constraints of Formation Models , July 2014 , pp. 136 - 139
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2015 

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