Galaxy And Mass Assembly: galaxy morphology in the green valley, prominent rings, and looser spiral arms

Author:

Smith Dominic1,Haberzettl Lutz1ORCID,Porter L E1ORCID,Porter-Temple Ren1ORCID,Henry Christopher P A1ORCID,Holwerda Benne1ORCID,López-Sánchez Á R234ORCID,Phillipps Steven5ORCID,Graham Alister W6ORCID,Brough Sarah7ORCID,Pimbblet Kevin A8ORCID,Liske Jochen9ORCID,Kelvin Lee S10ORCID,Robertson Clayton D1ORCID,Roemer Wade1,Walmsley Michael11ORCID,O’Ryan David12,Géron Tobias13ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Louisville , Natural Science Building 102, 40292 KY Louisville, USA

2. Australian Astronomical Optics, Macquarie University , 105 Delhi Rd, North Ryde, NSW 2113, Australia

3. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Macquarie University , NSW 2109, Australia

4. ARC Centre of Excellence for All Sky Astrophysics in 3 Dimensions (ASTRO-3D) , Australia

5. Astrophysics Group, School of Physics, University of Bristol , Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TL, UK

6. Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology , Hawthorn, VIC 3122, Australia

7. School of Physics, University of New South Wales , NSW 2052, Australia

8. E.A. Milne Centre for Astrophysics, University of Hull , Cottingham Road, Kingston-upon-Hull HU6 7RX, UK

9. Hamburger Sternwarte, Universität Hamburg , Gojenbergsweg 112, D-21029 Hamburg, Germany

10. Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University , 4 Ivy Lane, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA

11. Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Manchester , Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK

12. Observational Astrophysics Group, Lancaster University , Lancaster LA1 4YW, UK

13. Department of Physics, University of Oxford , Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK

Abstract

ABSTRACT Galaxies fall broadly into two categories: star-forming (blue) galaxies and quiescent (red) galaxies. In between, one finds the less populated ‘green valley’. Some of these galaxies are suspected to be in the process of ceasing their star formation through a gradual exhaustion of gas supply, or already dead and experiencing a rejuvenation of star formation through fuel injection. We use the Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) database and the Galaxy Zoo citizen science morphological estimates to compare the morphology of galaxies in the green valley with those in the red sequence and blue cloud. Our goal is to examine the structural differences within galaxies that fall in the green valley, and what brings them there. Previous results found that disc features such as rings and lenses are more prominently represented in the green-valley population. We revisit this with a similar sized data set of galaxies with morphology labels provided by the Galaxy Zoo for the GAMA fields based on new Kilo-Degree Survey (KiDS) images. Our aim is to compare the results from expert classification qualitatively with those of citizen science. We observe that ring structures are indeed found more commonly in green-valley galaxies compared with their red and blue counterparts. We suggest that ring structures are a consequence of disc galaxies in the green valley actively exhibiting the characteristics of fading discs and evolving disc morphology of galaxies. We note that the progression from blue to red correlates with loosening spiral-arm structure.

Funder

NASA

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Space and Planetary Science,Astronomy and Astrophysics

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