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[https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014703]


Issue
A&A
Volume 596, December 2016
Article Number C1
Number of page(s) 3
Section Extragalactic astronomy
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014703e
Published online 16 December 2016

© ESO, 2016

The paper “The fundamental plane of EDisCS galaxies. The effect of size evolution” was published in A&A, 524, A6. We discovered a mistake in Eqs. (7) and (10), the corrected version of which read:ΔlogL=10β025β0ΔlogRe+2α05β0Δlogσ2ΔZP5β0,\begin{equation} \Delta\! \log L = \frac{10\beta_0-{2}}{5\beta_0} \Delta\!\log R_{\rm e}+\frac{2\alpha_0}{5\beta_0} \Delta\! \log \sigma-\frac{2\Delta ZP}{5\beta_0}, \label{eq_DeltaL} \end{equation}(7)andΔlogL=(10β025β0ν+2α05β0μ25β0κ)log(1+z)+φz,\begin{equation} \Delta\! \log L = \left(\frac{10\beta_0-{2}}{5\beta_0}\nu+\frac{2\alpha_0}{5\beta_0}\mu -\frac{2}{5\beta_0}\kappa\right)\log(1+z)+\phi z, \label{eq_DeltaLz} \end{equation}(10)while Saglia et al. (2010) had 10β015β0\hbox{$\frac{10\beta_0-1}{5\beta_0}$} instead of 10β025β0\hbox{$\frac{10\beta_0-2}{5\beta_0}$} of. The mistake propagates to the 6th, 7th and 8th column of Table 8, to the 4th column of Table 9 and to the triangles pointing upwards in Fig. 25. Also, in these tables and figure the value β0 = 0.3 was used, instead of the correct β0 = 0.33.

Table 8

Ages derived from the evolution of the FP ZP, averaged for Mdyn < 1011M and Mdyn > 1011M.

Here we provide a revised version of Tables 8, 9 and Fig. 25. As a result, the reduction in the luminosity evolution due to the effects of the size and velocity dispersion evolution is smaller than claimed in Saglia et al. (2010). The statements that need revision are the following.

In the Abstract, the statement:

For stellar masses, the luminosity evolution is reduced to LB ∝ (1 + z)1.35 for cluster galaxies and LB ∝ (1 + z)1.98 for field galaxies.

should read:

For stellar masses, the maximum reduction of the inferred luminosity evolution is by −0.38 units, from LB ∝ (1 + z)1.61 to LB ∝ (1 + z)1.23 for cluster galaxies, and from LB ∝ (1 + z)2.27 to LB ∝ (1 + z)1.89 for field galaxies.

Moreover, the final statement:

Taking into account the size and velocity dispersion evolution quoted above pushes all formation ages upwards by 1 to 4 Gyr.

should read:

Taking into account the size and velocity dispersion evolution quoted above pushes all formation ages upwards byup to 2 Gyr.

In Sect. 4.1, the statement:

Using ν = −0.5 , μ = + 0.1 , the change in the slope Δ τ = 10 β 0 1 5 β 0 ν + 2 α 0 5 β 0 μ \hbox{$\Delta \tau=\frac{10\beta_0-1}{5\beta_0}\nu+\frac{2\alpha_0}{5\beta_0}\mu$} of the luminosity evolution Δlog L = τlog (1 + z) (see Eq. ( 1 )) is −0.5 units.

should read:

Using ν = −0.5, μ = + 0.1, the change in the slope Δτ=10β025β0ν+2α05β0μ\hbox{$\Delta \tau=\frac{10\beta_0-{2}}{5\beta_0}\nu+\frac{2\alpha_0}{5\beta_0}\mu$} of the luminosity evolution Δlog L = τlog (1 + z) (see Eq. (1)) is -0.25 units.

In Sect. 4.2, the statement:

Table 9 lists the changes in the slope Δ τ = 10 β 0 1 5 β 0 ν + 2 α 0 5 β 0 μ \hbox{$\Delta \tau=\frac{10\beta_0-1}{5\beta_0}\nu+\frac{2\alpha_0}{5\beta_0}\mu$}

should read:

Table 9 lists the changes in the slope Δτ=10β025β0ν+2α05β0μ\hbox{$\Delta \tau=\frac{10\beta_0-{2}}{5\beta_0}\nu+\frac{2\alpha_0}{5\beta_0}\mu$}

In the same section the statement:

obtaining Δτ = −0.39 . This implies that the luminosity evolution inferred from the ZP evolution of the EDisCS clusters without selection weighting ( L ~ (1 + z)1.61 , see Table 5) would reduce to L ~ (1 + z)1.22 .

should read:

obtaining Δτ = + 0.07. This implies that the luminosity evolution inferred from the ZP evolution of the EDisCS clusters without selection weighting (L ~ (1 + z)1.61, see Table 5) becomes L ~ (1 + z)1.68.

The final statement of the section:

... reduce the predicted luminosity evolution with redshift drastically. In contrast, by taking into account the progenitor bias (rows six to nine of Table 9), the correction Δτ to the redshift slope of the luminosity evolution inferred from the FP is far smaller.

should read:

... change the predicted luminosity evolution samewhat. The same applies by taking into account the progenitor bias (rows six to nine of Table 9).

In Sect. 4.4, the statement:

(1) minimal evolution, using Δτ = −0.7 ( M ,case 6+12, of Table 7) and φ = 0 ;

thumbnail Fig. 25

Ages of cluster (top) and field (bottom) galaxies at low (z< 0.5, left), medium (0.5 <z< 0.7, middle), and high (z> 0.7, right) redshifts as a function of dynamical mass. The circles show the ages as derived from the bare FP zero point evolution. The filled triangles pointing upwards take into account size evolution at constant M, case 2+10 (see Table 9);the open triangles pointing upwards show the (wrong) values presented in Fig. 25 of Saglia et al. (2010) for comparison. The triangles pointing downwards take into account the progenitor bias of van Dokkum & Franx (2001). The median redshifts are given and the corresponding ages of the Universe are shown by the dotted lines.

should read:

(1) minimal luminosity evolution, using Δτ =-0.38 (M,case 2+10, of Tables 7 and 9) and φ = 0;

Table 9

Change in slope Δτ=10β025β0ν+2α05β0μ\hbox{$\Delta \tau=\frac{10\beta_0-{2}}{5\beta_0}\nu+\frac{2\alpha_0}{5\beta_0}\mu$} of the luminosity evolution Δlog L = τlog (1 + z) (see Eq. (7)) derived from the measured variation in the FP ZP caused by the size and velocity dispersion evolution for the different cases listed in Table 7.

Moreover, the statement:

Taking into account the size and velocity dispersion evolution considered above in the case 6+12 pushes all formation ages upwards by 1 to 4 Gyr.

should read:

Taking into account the size and velocity dispersion evolution considered above in the case M, 2+10 of Tables 7 and 9 pushes all formation ages upwards byup to 2 Gyr.

In the conclusions the statement:

The corrections computed at constant dynamical masses with a progenitor bias correction almost cancel out

should read:

The corrections computed at constant dynamical masseswithout a progenitor bias correction almost cancel out

The statement:

at constant stellar masses they reduce the slope of the (1 + z) dependence of luminosity by −0.6 units (case 5+11 of Table 7).

should read:

at constant stellar masses they reduce the slope of the (1 + z) dependence of luminosity by −0.38 units (case 2+10 of Table 7).

Finally, the statement:

Fitting directly the luminosity-mass relation, we derived a luminosity evolution that agrees with the one derived from the FP analysis and does not allow for large size and velocity dispersion corrections such as those derived without taking into account the progenitor bias, where a reduction of the slope of the (1 + z) dependence of luminosity by −0.8 is derived at constant M (case 1+9 of Table 7).

should read:

Fitting directly the luminosity-mass relation, we derived a luminosity evolution that agrees with the one derived from the FP analysis and does not allow for large size and velocity dispersion corrections, as indeed it is always the case.

Acknowledgments

R.P.S. thanks Alessandra Beifiori for pointing out the mistake in Eqs. (7) and (10).

All Tables

Table 8

Ages derived from the evolution of the FP ZP, averaged for Mdyn < 1011M and Mdyn > 1011M.

Table 9

Change in slope Δτ=10β025β0ν+2α05β0μ\hbox{$\Delta \tau=\frac{10\beta_0-{2}}{5\beta_0}\nu+\frac{2\alpha_0}{5\beta_0}\mu$} of the luminosity evolution Δlog L = τlog (1 + z) (see Eq. (7)) derived from the measured variation in the FP ZP caused by the size and velocity dispersion evolution for the different cases listed in Table 7.

All Figures

thumbnail Fig. 25

Ages of cluster (top) and field (bottom) galaxies at low (z< 0.5, left), medium (0.5 <z< 0.7, middle), and high (z> 0.7, right) redshifts as a function of dynamical mass. The circles show the ages as derived from the bare FP zero point evolution. The filled triangles pointing upwards take into account size evolution at constant M, case 2+10 (see Table 9);the open triangles pointing upwards show the (wrong) values presented in Fig. 25 of Saglia et al. (2010) for comparison. The triangles pointing downwards take into account the progenitor bias of van Dokkum & Franx (2001). The median redshifts are given and the corresponding ages of the Universe are shown by the dotted lines.

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