2014ApJ...792L...4P -
Astrophys. J., 792, L4 (2014/September-1)
Quenching depends on morphologies: implications from the ultraviolet-optical radial color distributions in green valley galaxies.
PAN Z., LI J., LIN W., WANG J. and KONG X.
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In this Letter, we analyze the radial ultraviolet-optical color distributions in a sample of low redshift green valley galaxies, with the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX)+Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) images, to investigate how the residual recent star formation is distributed in these galaxies. We find that the dust-corrected u - r colors of early-type galaxies (ETGs) are flat out to R90, while the colors monotonously turn blue when r > 0.5 R50 for late-type galaxies (LTGs). More than half of the ETGs are blue-cored and have remarkable positive NUV - r color gradients, suggesting that their star formations are centrally concentrated. The rest have flat color distributions out to R90. The centrally concentrated star formation activity in a large portion of ETGs is confirmed by the SDSS spectroscopy, showing that ∼50% of the ETGs have EW(Hα) >6.0 Å. Of the LTGs, 95% show uniform radial color profiles, which can be interpreted as a red bulge plus an extended blue disk. The links between the two kinds of ETGs, e.g., those objects having remarkable "blue-cores" and those having flat color gradients, are less known and require future investigations. It is suggested that the LTGs follow a general model by which quenching first occurs in the core regions, and then finally extend to the rest of the galaxy. Our results can be re-examined and have important implications for the IFU surveys, such as MaNGA and SAMI.
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galaxies: evolution - galaxies: star formation
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