Passive spiral galaxies deeply captured by Subaru Hyper Suprime-Cam

Rhythm Shimakawa, Masayuki Tanaka, Connor Bottrell, Po Feng Wu, Yu Yen Chang, Yoshiki Toba, Sadman Ali

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Abstract

This paper presents a thousand passive spiral galaxy samples at z = 0.01-0.3 based on a combined analysis of the Third Public Data Release of the Hyper Suprime-Cam Subaru Strategic Program (HSC-SSP PDR3) and the GALEX-SDSS-WISE Legacy Catalog (GSWLC-2). Among 54871 gri galaxy cutouts taken from the HSC-SSP PDR3 over 1072 deg2, we conducted a search with deep-learning morphological classification for candidates of passive spirals below the star-forming main sequence derived by ultraviolet to mid-infrared spectral energy distribution fitting in the GSWLC-2. We then classified the candidates into 1100 passive spirals and 1141 secondary samples based on visual inspections. Most of the latter cases are considered to be passive ringed S0 or pseudo-ringed galaxies. The remaining secondary samples have ambiguous morphologies, including two peculiar objects with diamond-shaped stellar wings. The selected passive spirals have a similar distribution to the general quiescent galaxies on the EWHδ-Dn4000 diagram and concentration indices. Moreover, we detected an enhanced passive fraction of spiral galaxies in X-ray clusters. Passive spirals in galaxy clusters are preferentially located in the midterm or late infall phase on the phase-space diagram, supporting the ram pressure scenario, which has been widely advocated in previous studies. The source catalog and gri-composite images are available on the HSC-SSP PDR3 website (https://hsc.mtk.nao.ac.jp/ssp/data-release/). Future updates, including integration with a citizen science project dedicated to the HSC data, will achieve more effective and comprehensive classifications.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)612-624
Number of pages13
JournalPublications of the Astronomical Society of Japan
Volume74
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jun 2022
Externally publishedYes

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