Values of the transition mass ℳ_cross as computed from Fig. 12, plotted as a function of redshift. The VIPERS measurements are given as black open circles, with a downward arrow when the transition mass is below the completeness mass of at least one of the two classes. The solid line is a fit with a (1 + z)³ power law to the VIPERS points between z = 0.5 and z = 0.8. These are compared to literature estimates in grey. Points from Pozzetti et al. (2010) are obtained using three different classifications: a separation according to specific SFR (diamonds), a best-fit SED classification (triangles), and a morphological classification (squares). The points of Bundy et al. (2006) are based on either the (U − B) bimodality or [OII] emission (upper and lower half-circles respectively). The points by Vergani et al. (2008) (asterisks) are based on a spectral classification (D4000 break). The value from PRIMUS (Moustakas et al. 2013) at z = 0.9 is reported as a cross, while the dashed line traces an evolution ∝ (1 + z)^1.5, as suggested in that paper; these authors classified active and quiescent galaxies with respect to their position in the SFR vs. ℳ diagram.