Evolution of Stellar-to-Halo Mass Ratio at z = 0 - 7 Identified by Clustering Analysis with the Hubble Legacy Imaging and Early Subaru/Hyper Suprime-Cam Survey Data
Abstract
We present clustering analysis results from 10,381 Lyman break galaxies (LBGs) at z ∼ 4-7, identified in the Hubble legacy deep imaging and new complimentary large-area Subaru/Hyper Suprime-Cam data. We measure the angular correlation functions of these LBGs at z ∼ 4, 5, 6, and 7 and fit these measurements using halo occupation distribution (HOD) models that provide an estimate of halo masses, {M}{{h}}∼ (1-20)× {10}11 {M}⊙ . Our Mh estimates agree with those obtained by previous clustering studies in a UV-magnitude versus Mh plane and allow us to calculate stellar-to-halo mass ratios (SHMRs) of LBGs. By comparison with the z∼ 0 SHMR, we identify evolution of the SHMR from z∼ 0 to z∼ 4 and from z∼ 4 to z∼ 7 at the >98% confidence levels. The SHMR decreases by a factor of ∼2 from z∼ 0 to 4 and increases by a factor of ∼4 from z∼ 4 to 7 at the dark matter halo mass of {M}{{h}}∼ {10}11 {M}⊙ . We compare our SHMRs with results of a hydrodynamic simulation and a semianalytic model and find that these theoretical studies do not predict the SHMR increase from z∼ 4 to 7. We obtain the baryon conversion efficiency (BCE) of LBGs at z∼ 4 and find that the BCE increases with increasing dark matter halo mass. Finally, we compare our clustering+HOD estimates with results from abundance matching techniques and conclude that the Mh estimates of the clustering+HOD analyses agree with those of the simple abundance matching within a factor of 3, and that the agreement improves when using more sophisticated abundance matching techniques that include subhalos, incompleteness, and/or evolution in the star formation and stellar mass functions.
- Publication:
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The Astrophysical Journal
- Pub Date:
- April 2016
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1511.07873
- Bibcode:
- 2016ApJ...821..123H
- Keywords:
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- galaxies: evolution;
- galaxies: formation;
- galaxies: high-redshift;
- Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies;
- Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- 25 pages, 17 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ