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TY - JOUR
T1 - Galaxy Zoo
T2 - CANDELS barred discs and bar fractions
AU - Simmons, B. D.
AU - Melvin, Thomas
AU - Lintott, Chris
AU - Masters, Karen L.
AU - Willett, Kyle W.
AU - Keel, William C.
AU - Smethurst, R. J.
AU - Cheung, Edmond
AU - Nichol, Robert C.
AU - Schawinski, Kevin
AU - Rutkowski, Michael
AU - Kartaltepe, Jeyhan S.
AU - Bell, Eric F.
AU - Casteels, Kevin R. V.
AU - Conselice, Christopher J.
AU - Almaini, Omar
AU - Ferguson, Henry C.
AU - Fortson, Lucy
AU - Hartley, William
AU - Kocevski, Dale
AU - Koekemoer, Anton M.
AU - Mcintosh, Daniel H.
AU - Mortlock, Alice
AU - Newman, Jeffrey A.
AU - Ownsworth, Jamie
AU - Bamford, Steven
AU - Dahlen, Tomas
AU - Faber, Sandra M.
AU - Finkelstein, Steven L.
AU - Fontana, Adriano
AU - Galametz, Audrey
AU - Grogin, N. A.
AU - Grützbauch, Ruth
AU - Guo, Yicheng
AU - Häußler, Boris
AU - Jek, Kian J.
AU - Kaviraj, Sugata
AU - Lucas, Ray A.
AU - Peth, Michael
AU - Salvato, Mara
AU - Wiklind, Tommy
AU - Wuyts, Stijn
PY - 2014/12/21
Y1 - 2014/12/21
N2 - The formation of bars in disc galaxies is a tracer of the dynamical maturity of the population. Previous studies have found that the incidence of bars in discs decreases from the local Universe to z ∼ 1, and by z > 1 simulations predict that bar features in dynamically mature discs should be extremely rare. Here, we report the discovery of strong barred structures in massive disc galaxies at z ∼ 1.5 in deep rest-frame optical images from the Cosmic Assembly Near-Infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey. From within a sample of 876 disc galaxies identified by visual classification in Galaxy Zoo, we identify 123 barred galaxies. Selecting a subsample within the same region of the evolving galaxy luminosity function (brighter than L*), we find that the bar fraction across the redshift range 0.5 ≤ z ≤ 2 ( fbar=10.7+6.3−3.5fbar=10.7−3.5+6.3 per cent after correcting for incompleteness) does not significantly evolve. We discuss the implications of this discovery in the context of existing simulations and our current understanding of the way disc galaxies have evolved over the last 11 billion years.
AB - The formation of bars in disc galaxies is a tracer of the dynamical maturity of the population. Previous studies have found that the incidence of bars in discs decreases from the local Universe to z ∼ 1, and by z > 1 simulations predict that bar features in dynamically mature discs should be extremely rare. Here, we report the discovery of strong barred structures in massive disc galaxies at z ∼ 1.5 in deep rest-frame optical images from the Cosmic Assembly Near-Infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey. From within a sample of 876 disc galaxies identified by visual classification in Galaxy Zoo, we identify 123 barred galaxies. Selecting a subsample within the same region of the evolving galaxy luminosity function (brighter than L*), we find that the bar fraction across the redshift range 0.5 ≤ z ≤ 2 ( fbar=10.7+6.3−3.5fbar=10.7−3.5+6.3 per cent after correcting for incompleteness) does not significantly evolve. We discuss the implications of this discovery in the context of existing simulations and our current understanding of the way disc galaxies have evolved over the last 11 billion years.
U2 - 10.1093/mnras/stu1817
DO - 10.1093/mnras/stu1817
M3 - Journal article
VL - 445
SP - 3466
EP - 3474
JO - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
JF - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
SN - 0035-8711
IS - 4
ER -