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Journal Articles Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Year : 2015

CFHTLenS: co-evolution of galaxies and their dark matter haloes

Michael J. Hudson
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Bryan R. Gillis
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Jean Coupon
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Hendrik Hildebrandt
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Thomas Erben
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Catherine Heymans
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Henk Hoekstra
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Thomas D. Kitching
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Lance Miller
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Ludovic van Waerbeke
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Christopher Bonnett
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Liping Fu
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Konrad Kuijken
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Barnaby Rowe
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Tim Schrabback
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Elisabetta Semboloni
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Edo van Uitert
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Malin Velander
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Abstract

Galaxy-galaxy weak lensing is a direct probe of the mean matter distribution around galaxies. The depth and sky coverage of the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Legacy Survey yield statistically significant galaxy halo mass measurements over a much wider range of stellar masses (108.75 to 1011.3 M) and redshifts (0.2 < z < 0.8) than previous weak lensing studies. At redshift z ∼ 0.5, the stellar-to-halo mass ratio (SHMR) reaches a maximum of 4.0 ± 0.2 per cent as a function of halo mass at ∼1012.25 M. We find, for the first time from weak lensing alone, evidence for significant evolution in the SHMR: the peak ratio falls as a function of cosmic time from 4.5 ± 0.3 per cent at z ∼ 0.7 to 3.4 ± 0.2 per cent at z ∼ 0.3, and shifts to lower stellar mass haloes. These evolutionary trends are dominated by red galaxies, and are consistent with a model in which the stellar mass above which star formation is quenched `downsizes' with cosmic time. In contrast, the SHMR of blue, star-forming galaxies is well fitted by a power law that does not evolve with time. This suggests that blue galaxies form stars at a rate that is balanced with their dark matter accretion in such a way that they evolve along the SHMR locus. The redshift dependence of the SHMR can be used to constrain the evolution of the galaxy population over cosmic time.
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insu-03644766 , version 1 (25-04-2022)

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Michael J. Hudson, Bryan R. Gillis, Jean Coupon, Hendrik Hildebrandt, Thomas Erben, et al.. CFHTLenS: co-evolution of galaxies and their dark matter haloes. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2015, 447, pp.298-314. ⟨10.1093/mnras/stu2367⟩. ⟨insu-03644766⟩
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