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Published December 20, 2014 | Submitted + Published
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On the Intermediate-redshift Central Stellar Mass-Halo Mass Relation, and Implications for the Evolution of the Most Massive Galaxies Since z ~ 1

Abstract

The stellar mass-halo mass relation is a key constraint in all semi-analytic, numerical, and semi-empirical models of galaxy formation and evolution. However, its exact shape and redshift dependence remain under debate. Several recent works support a relation in the local universe steeper than previously thought. Based on comparisons with a variety of data on massive central galaxies, we show that this steepening holds up to z ~ 1 for stellar masses M_(star)≳2 × 10^(11) M_☉. Specifically, we find significant evidence for a high-mass end slope of β ≳ 0.35-0.70 instead of the usual β ≾ 0.20-0.30 reported by a number of previous results. When including the independent constraints from the recent Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey clustering measurements, the data, independent of any systematic errors in stellar masses, tend to favor a model with a very small scatter (≾ 0.15 dex) in stellar mass at fixed halo mass, in the redshift range z < 0.8 and for M_(star) > 3 × 10^(11) M_☉, suggesting a close connection between massive galaxies and host halos even at relatively recent epochs. We discuss the implications of our results with respect to the evolution of the most massive galaxies since z ~ 1.

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© 2014 American Astronomical Society. Received 2014 August 21; accepted 2014 November 9; published 2014 December 9. F.S. acknowledges Naresh Shankar, Jeremy Tinker, David Weinberg, Federico Marulli, and Surhud More for several interesting and helpful discussions. V.B. is supported financially by the National Research Foundation of South Africa. D.M. acknowledges the support of the Research Corporation for Science Advancement's Cottrell Scholarship. This work is based on data obtained with the Spitzer Space Telescope, which is operated by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), California Institute of Technology (Caltech), under a contract with NASA. We thank the referee for a constructive report that significantly improved the presentation of the results.

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