Spatially-resolved stellar population properties of galaxies in voids with the CAVITY project

Conrado, A.; González Delgado, R. M.; García-Benito, R.; Pérez, I.; Verley, S.; Ruiz-Lara, T.; Sánchez-Menguiano, L.; Duarte Puertas, S.; Jiménez, A.; Domínguez-Gómez, J.; Espada, D.; Argudo-Fernández, M.; Alcázar-Laynez, M.; Blázquez-Calero, G.; Bidaran, B.; Zurita, A.; Peletier, R.; Torres-Ríos, G.; Florido, E.; Rodríguez Martínez, M.; del Moral-Castro, I.; van de Weygaert, R.; Falcón-Barroso, J.; Lugo-Aranda, A.; Sánchez, S. F.; van der Hulst, J. M.; Courtois, H.; Ferré-Mateu, A.; Sánchez-Blázquez, P.; Román, J.; Aceituno, J.
Bibliographical reference

Highlights of Spanish Astrophysics XII

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2025
Number of authors
31
IAC number of authors
3
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Description
Galaxies in voids have been found to be of a later type, bluer, less massive, and to have a slower evolution than galaxies in denser environments (filaments and walls). However, the effect of the void environment on their stellar population properties is still unclear. We aim to address this question using 118 optical integral field unit datacubes from the CAVITY project, to study the effect of the void environment on different regions of the galaxies for the first time. We used the non-parametric full spectral fitting code STARLIGHT to estimate their stellar population properties: stellar mass, stellar mass surface density, age, star formation rate (SFR), and specific star formation rate (sSFR), and compared them with a control sample of galaxies in filaments and walls from the CALIFA survey, matched in stellar mass and morphological type. Key findings include void galaxies having a slightly higher half-light radius (HLR), lower stellar mass surface density, and younger ages across all morphological types, and slightly elevated SFR and sSFR (only significant enough for Sas). Many of these differences appear in the outer parts of spiral galaxies in voids (HLR > 1), which are younger and exhibit a higher sSFR, indicative of less evolved discs. This trend is also found for early-type spirals, suggesting a slower transition from star-forming to quiescent states in voids. Our analysis indicates that void galaxies, influenced by their surroundings, undergo a more gradual evolution, especially in their outer regions, with a more pronounced effect for low-mass galaxies.