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The dual effect of group-scale environments on galaxy quenching during cluster infall: pre-processing and protection

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The pith

Group-scale environments pre-process galaxies to higher quenching before cluster entry and then delay their quenching inside the cluster.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

The paper tracks galaxies falling into massive clusters and separates those that arrive already bound in groups from those that arrive alone. Group galaxies start with a higher fraction already quiescent at large distances, showing the effect of earlier processing inside their groups. Once deeper in the cluster, the quiescent fraction of these group galaxies rises more slowly than for isolated galaxies, pointing to a temporary shielding by the group halo. The result is a two-part influence: groups begin the quenching process earlier but then slow the final stages driven by the cluster. This path-dependent behavior refines how environment shapes when and how star formation ends in cluster members.

Core claim

Along the infall process quantified by the d_R proxy in the R-V diagram, the quiescent fraction stays roughly constant at large radii before rising toward the cluster center around d_R ~ 2.5. Group-associated galaxies identified by the Blooming Tree algorithm show a higher quiescent fraction than isolated galaxies at early infall stages, consistent with pre-processing, yet their quiescent fraction rises only at smaller d_R values, indicating a subsequent protection effect in which group halos buffer against rapid cluster-driven quenching.

What carries the argument

The Blooming Tree algorithm for identifying group-scale substructures combined with the d_R infall proxy in the projected radius-velocity diagram to separate group-associated from isolated galaxies and track their quenching along the accretion path.

If this is right

  • Group galaxies begin with elevated quiescent fractions at large d_R due to pre-processing in group halos.
  • The rise in quiescent fraction for group galaxies is shifted inward to smaller d_R compared with isolated galaxies.
  • Group-scale halos therefore buffer their members against rapid quenching once inside the cluster.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • Accounting for this path dependence may be needed to match observed quenching timelines in cosmological simulations.
  • The protection effect could be tested by checking whether group galaxies retain more cold gas reservoirs at intermediate cluster radii.
  • Improved three-dimensional velocity data would reduce projection uncertainties and strengthen or weaken the separation of the two populations.

Load-bearing premise

The Blooming Tree algorithm and d_R proxy correctly separate group galaxies from isolated ones and measure their true position along the infall track without major bias from projection or velocity errors.

What would settle it

Repeating the analysis with an independent substructure finder or a different infall metric and finding identical quiescent-fraction tracks for group and isolated galaxies would falsify the reported dual effect.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2605.23314 by Haoran Dou, Heng Yu, Xiaolan Hou.

Figure 1
Figure 1. Figure 1: Stellar mass as a function of redshift. The top panel shows the observed stellar masses (gray dots) and the corre￾sponding limiting masses (black dots) of all galaxies. The mid￾dle and bottom panels show the same relations for star-forming (blue) and quiescent (red) galaxies, respectively. Open circles mark the 95th percentiles of the limiting-mass distributions in redshift bins of width ∆z = 0.01. Solid c… view at source ↗
Figure 2
Figure 2. Figure 2: Star formation activity as a function of stellar mass for the full sample (left column) and the mass-complete sample (right column). Panels (a) and (b) show log SFR versus log(M⋆/M⊙), while panels (c) and (d) show log sSFR versus log M⋆/M⊙. The red lines indicate the adopted threshold of log10 sSFR/yr−1 = −11 for separating star-forming and quiescent galaxies. The solid black lines mark the stellar-mass cu… view at source ↗
Figure 3
Figure 3. Figure 3: Quiescent fraction fQ in the R–V diagram. Top: the raw, binned distribution in the R–V diagram. Bins containing fewer than five galaxies are left blank (white). Bottom: the same distribution after smoothing. Dashed lines illustrate the parallel lines (slope k = −3.7, Dou & Yu 2025) used to define the infall proxy dR. total number of galaxies. Uncertainties in fQ are com￾puted using the Wilson score interva… view at source ↗
Figure 4
Figure 4. Figure 4: The distribution in the R–V diagram for cluster galaxies (red), group galaxies (orange), and isolated galaxies (blue), respectively, with colors indicating the number densities. The dashed lines illustrate the parallel lines of Dou & Yu (2025). 0 1 2 3 4 5 dR 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 lo g M /M 0.6 0.8 1.0 fQ 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 fQ 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 fQ [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p007_4.png] view at source ↗
Figure 5
Figure 5. Figure 5: Quiescent fraction fQ as a function of stellar mass and the infall proxy dR for the full galaxy sample. The bottom-left panel shows fQ in the log M⋆/M⊙ −dR plane with colors indicat￾ing fQ. The top and right panels show the corresponding one￾dimensional trends of fQ as a function of dR and log M⋆/M⊙, respectively. The bin sizes ∆dR and ∆ log M⋆/M⊙ are both 0.25. The fQ values in each bin are indicated by t… view at source ↗
Figure 6
Figure 6. Figure 6: Quiescent fraction fQ for galaxies in three local environments as a function of stellar mass (left) and the infall proxy dR (right). The bin sizes are ∆ log M⋆/M⊙ = 0.5 and ∆dR = 0.6, respectively. Cluster, group, and isolated galaxies are shown by the red, orange, and blue curves, respectively. Shaded squares indicate the uncertainties in fQ. 0 1 2 3 4 5 dR 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0 fQ 9.5 logM … view at source ↗
Figure 7
Figure 7. Figure 7: Quiescent fraction fQ as a function of the infall proxy dR for galaxies across different local environments and different stellar-mass bins. The bin size is ∆dR = 0.6. plateau at the beginning of infall and a steady quenching after a transition point. This behavior is broadly consistent with the well known “delay-then-rapid” quenching scenario (Wetzel et al. 2013; Haines et al. 2013). In this framework, ga… view at source ↗
Figure 5
Figure 5. Figure 5: Furthermore, it is crucial to recognize the diluting im￾pact of any residual contamination. The quiescent fraction of group galaxies will be lower than the genuine value if they are contaminated by interlopers, thus reducing the offset between group and isolated galaxies we have ob￾served. Therefore, the conclusions about “pre-processing” and “protection” can be safely regarded as a conservative lower limi… view at source ↗
Figure 8
Figure 8. Figure 8: Distributions of the Dn4000 index for cluster (red), group (orange), and isolated (blue) galaxies across different dR intervals. The p-values derived from two-sample Kolmogorov-Smirnov (KS) tests comparing these populations are provided in the upper left corner of each panel. The subscripts ’i’, ’g’, and ’c’ denote the isolated, group, and cluster galaxies, respectively. 6. Summary In this paper, we invest… view at source ↗
read the original abstract

Context. It is well established that the cluster environment effectively quenches star formation in member galaxies. Amis. We aim to explore how the accretion path of infalling galaxies influences the cluster-driven quenching process. Methods. We compiled a large spectroscopic galaxy sample around 25 low-redshift, X-ray luminous massive clusters. We identified cluster substructures using the Blooming Tree algorithm and distinguished between galaxies accreted as part of group-scale structures and those accreted in isolation. The infall process was quantified using an infall proxy, $d_{\rm R}$, defined in the $R$--$V$ diagram. Results. Along the infall process, the quiescent fraction remains approximately constant at the outskirts and then increases steadily toward cluster center, with a transition occurring around $d_{\rm R}\sim 2.5$. We find that group-associated galaxies follow a distinct quenching track compared to isolated galaxies, indicating a dual effect of group-scale environments. At the early infall stages, group galaxies exhibit a higher quiescent fraction, consistent with ``pre-processing'' in group-scale halos. However, after entering the cluster environment, the rise in their quiescent fraction is delayed to smaller $d_{\rm R}$ compared to isolated galaxies. This suggests a phenomenological ``protection'' effect, in which group-scale halos buffer member galaxies against rapid cluster-driven quenching. Conclusions. We conclude that group-scale environments affect quenching in two ways: via pre-processing prior to cluster infall, and through a subsequent protection effect within the cluster environment.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The paper analyzes a spectroscopic sample of galaxies around 25 low-redshift X-ray luminous clusters. Using the Blooming Tree algorithm to identify substructures, it separates galaxies accreted in groups from those accreted in isolation. An infall proxy d_R is defined in the projected R-V diagram to track position along the accretion path. The central claim is that group-scale environments exert a dual influence on quenching: pre-processing produces a higher quiescent fraction at large d_R (early infall), while a subsequent 'protection' effect delays the rise in quiescent fraction at small d_R inside the cluster relative to isolated galaxies. The quiescent fraction is roughly constant at large d_R then rises toward the center, with a transition near d_R ~ 2.5.

Significance. If the separation of accretion histories and the reported track offset are robust, the result adds a phenomenological 'protection' mechanism to the existing pre-processing literature and offers a way to reconcile apparently contradictory environmental quenching signals. The large cluster sample and explicit algorithmic separation of group vs. isolated accretion paths are strengths that would make the finding useful for refining semi-analytic models and hydrodynamical simulations of cluster infall.

major comments (1)
  1. [Methods] Methods section (Blooming Tree identification and d_R definition): the dual-effect claim rests on the assumption that the Blooming Tree algorithm cleanly separates group-associated galaxies and that d_R accurately orders galaxies along their 3D infall track. No completeness/purity metrics from mocks that incorporate projection and velocity errors are reported; without such tests the observed offset in quiescent-fraction tracks could arise from line-of-sight contamination rather than true pre-processing and protection.
minor comments (1)
  1. [Abstract] Abstract: 'Amis.' is a typographical error for 'Aims.'

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for their constructive review and for recognizing the potential significance of the dual-effect finding. We address the single major comment below and will incorporate the requested validation in the revised manuscript.

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  1. Referee: [Methods] Methods section (Blooming Tree identification and d_R definition): the dual-effect claim rests on the assumption that the Blooming Tree algorithm cleanly separates group-associated galaxies and that d_R accurately orders galaxies along their 3D infall track. No completeness/purity metrics from mocks that incorporate projection and velocity errors are reported; without such tests the observed offset in quiescent-fraction tracks could arise from line-of-sight contamination rather than true pre-processing and protection.

    Authors: We agree that the current manuscript does not report completeness and purity metrics derived from mocks that include projection effects and velocity uncertainties. Although the Blooming Tree algorithm has been validated in earlier studies, dedicated tests tailored to our 25-cluster sample and the d_R definition would strengthen the claim that the observed track offset reflects physical pre-processing and protection rather than contamination. In the revised manuscript we will add a dedicated subsection to the Methods that presents mock-catalog tests quantifying completeness and purity for the group versus isolated classification, together with an assessment of how residual line-of-sight contamination would affect the quiescent-fraction trends. These additions will directly address the referee's concern. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity; empirical sample splits and direct fraction measurements.

full rationale

The paper identifies substructures via Blooming Tree, partitions galaxies into group-associated versus isolated, defines the d_R proxy in the projected R-V diagram, and reports observed differences in quiescent fraction versus d_R. These are direct empirical measurements on the compiled spectroscopic sample rather than any fitted parameter, self-referential definition, or prediction that reduces to the input by construction. No load-bearing self-citations, uniqueness theorems, or ansatzes appear in the abstract or described chain that would force the dual-effect claim tautologically. The derivation remains self-contained observational analysis.

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