Alignment of Blue/Green and Red Early-type Galaxies with Large-scale Filaments Reveals Distinct Evolutionary Pathways

We investigate the alignment of nonred early-type galaxies (ETGs) with blue or green colors within large-scale filaments and compare this alignment pattern with that of red ETGs. Our analysis reveals a significant alignment of the major axes of red ETGs with the orientations of their host cosmic fil...

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Main Authors: Yu Rong, Peng Wang
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Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2025-01-01
Series:The Astrophysical Journal
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/adc4de
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description We investigate the alignment of nonred early-type galaxies (ETGs) with blue or green colors within large-scale filaments and compare this alignment pattern with that of red ETGs. Our analysis reveals a significant alignment of the major axes of red ETGs with the orientations of their host cosmic filaments, consistent with prior research. In contrast, nonred ETGs show no significant alignment signal. This divergence in alignment behavior between nonred and red ETGs plausibly suggests distinct evolutionary pathways for nonred and red ETGs.
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spelling doaj-art-d95a2c8c18604adca261f3b044c64bb52025-08-20T02:12:19ZengIOP PublishingThe Astrophysical Journal1538-43572025-01-01983212210.3847/1538-4357/adc4deAlignment of Blue/Green and Red Early-type Galaxies with Large-scale Filaments Reveals Distinct Evolutionary PathwaysYu Rong0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2204-6558Peng Wang1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2504-3835Department of Astronomy, University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei, Anhui 230026, People’s Republic of China; School of Astronomy and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei 230026, Anhui, People’s Republic of ChinaShanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Acedemy of Sciences , 80 Nandan Road, Shanghai 200030, People’s Republic of ChinaWe investigate the alignment of nonred early-type galaxies (ETGs) with blue or green colors within large-scale filaments and compare this alignment pattern with that of red ETGs. Our analysis reveals a significant alignment of the major axes of red ETGs with the orientations of their host cosmic filaments, consistent with prior research. In contrast, nonred ETGs show no significant alignment signal. This divergence in alignment behavior between nonred and red ETGs plausibly suggests distinct evolutionary pathways for nonred and red ETGs.https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/adc4deEarly-type galaxiesGalaxy evolutionPhotometry
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Alignment of Blue/Green and Red Early-type Galaxies with Large-scale Filaments Reveals Distinct Evolutionary Pathways
The Astrophysical Journal
Early-type galaxies
Galaxy evolution
Photometry
title Alignment of Blue/Green and Red Early-type Galaxies with Large-scale Filaments Reveals Distinct Evolutionary Pathways
title_full Alignment of Blue/Green and Red Early-type Galaxies with Large-scale Filaments Reveals Distinct Evolutionary Pathways
title_fullStr Alignment of Blue/Green and Red Early-type Galaxies with Large-scale Filaments Reveals Distinct Evolutionary Pathways
title_full_unstemmed Alignment of Blue/Green and Red Early-type Galaxies with Large-scale Filaments Reveals Distinct Evolutionary Pathways
title_short Alignment of Blue/Green and Red Early-type Galaxies with Large-scale Filaments Reveals Distinct Evolutionary Pathways
title_sort alignment of blue green and red early type galaxies with large scale filaments reveals distinct evolutionary pathways
topic Early-type galaxies
Galaxy evolution
Photometry
url https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/adc4de
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