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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Yang, Xiaohu
• Mo, H. J
• van den Bosch, Frank C

Titel

Galaxy Groups in the SDSS DR4. II. Halo Occupation Statistics

Ist Teil von

• The Astrophysical journal, 2008-03, Vol.676 (1), p.248-261

Ort / Verlag

Chicago, IL: IOP Publishing

Erscheinungsjahr

2008

Quelle

EZB Electronic Journals Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• We investigate various galaxy occupation statistics of dark matter halos using a large galaxy group catalog constructed from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 4 (SDSS DR4) with an adaptive halo-based group finder. The conditional luminosity function (CLF) is measured separately for all, red, and blue galaxies, as well as in terms of central and satellite galaxies. The CLFs for central and satellite galaxies can be well modeled with a lognormal distribution and a modified Schechter form, respectively. About 85% of the central galaxies and about 80% of the satellite galaxies in halos with masses [image] are red galaxies. These numbers decrease to 50% and 40%, respectively, in halos with [image]. For halos of a given mass, the distribution of the luminosities of central galaxies, [image], has a dispersion of about 0.15 dex. The mean luminosity (stellar mass) of the central galaxies scales with halo mass as [image] for halos with masses [image], and both relations are significantly steeper for less massive halos. We also measure the luminosity and stellar mass gaps between the first and second brightest (most massive) member galaxies, [image]. These gap statistics, especially in halos with [image], indicate that the luminosities of central galaxies are clearly distinct from those of their satellites. The fraction of fossil groups, defined as those groups with [image], ranges from [image]2.5% for groups with [image] to 18%-60% for groups with [image]. Finally, we measure the fraction of satellites, which changes from [image]5.0% for galaxies with [image] to [image]40% for galaxies with [image].