The Three Hundred Project: Connection between star formation quenching and dynamical evolution in and around simulated galaxy clusters

Tomas Hough, Sofia A. Cora, Roan Haggar, Cristian Vega-Martinez, Ulrike Kuchner, Frazer Pearce, Meghan Gray, Alexander Knebe, Gustavo Yepes

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Abstract

In this work, we combine the semi-analytic model of galaxy formation and evolution SAG with the 102 relaxed simulated galaxy clusters from THE THREE HUNDRED project, and we study the link between the quenching of star formation (SF) and the physical processes that galaxies experience through their dynamical history in and around clusters. We classify galaxies in four populations based on their orbital history: recent and ancient infallers, and backsplash and neighbouring galaxies. We find that similar to 85 per cent of the current population of quenched galaxies located inside the clusters are ancient infallers with low or null content of hot and cold gas. The fraction of quenched ancient infallers increases strongly between the first and second pericentric passage, due to the removal of hot gas by the action of ram-pressure stripping (RPS). The majority of them quenches after the first pericentric passage, but a non-negligible fraction needs a second passage, specially galaxies with M-*

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2398-2417
Number of pages20
JournalMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volume518
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2023

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