Efficient satellite quenching at z∼1 from the GEEC2 spectroscopic survey of galaxy groups

We present deep Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph-South spectroscopy for 11 galaxy groups at 0.8 < z < 1.0, for galaxies with rAB < 24.75. Our sample is highly complete (>66 per cent) for eight of the 11 groups. Using an optical–near-infrared colour–colour diagram, the galaxies in the sample were separated with a dust insensitive method into three categories: passive (red), star-forming (blue) and intermediate (green). The strongest environmental dependence is observed in the fraction of passive galaxies, which make …