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MOIRCS深度巡天IV:星系恒星质量函数回到z ~ 3的演化

MOIRCS Deep Survey IV: Evolution of Galaxy Stellar Mass Function Back to z ~ 3

M. Kajisawa, T. Ichikawa, I. Tanaka, M. Konishi, T. Yamada, M. Akiyama, R. Suzuki, C. Tokoku, Y. K. Uchimoto, T. Yoshikawa, M. Ouchi, I. Iwata, T. Hamana, M. Onodera

摘要:

利用MOIRCS深度巡天(MODS)的甚深近红外(NIR)成像数据,研究了星系恒星质量函数在z~3范围内的演化。在GOODS北区,MODS数据在103弧分^2(宽)上达到J=24.2,H=23.1,K=23.1(5西格玛,织女星星等),在28弧分^2(深)上达到J=25.1,H=23.7,K=24.1。宽而深的近红外数据使我们能够测量星系的数密度,即使在高红移下,也能达到很高的统计精度,直到低恒星质量(10^9-10^10 Msun)。质量函数的归一化值随红移的增加而减小,积分质量密度在z~2和z~3处分别为局域值的~ 8-18%和~ 4-9%。此外,我们还发现,随着红移从z~1的α ~- 1.3增加到z~3的α ~- 1.6,低质量星系数密度的斜率变得更陡,并且低质量(10^9-10^10 Msun)星系的数密度演化弱于M*(~10^11 Msun)星系。这表明在高红移时,低质量星系对恒星总质量密度的贡献是显著的。低质量斜率随红移的变陡与先前研究中报道的特定恒星形成率对恒星质量的依赖性所预期的趋势相反。结果表明,星系的等级合并过程超过了恒星形成对恒星质量增长的影响,对1<~z<~3星系的恒星质量组装具有重要意义。

英文摘要:

We use very deep near-infrared (NIR) imaging data obtained in MOIRCS Deep Survey (MODS) to investigate the evolution of the galaxy stellar mass function back to z~3. The MODS data reach J=24.2, H=23.1, K=23.1 (5sigma, Vega magnitude) over 103 arcmin^2 (wide) and J=25.1, H=23.7, K=24.1 over 28 arcmin^2 (deep) in the GOODS-North region. The wide and very deep NIR data allow us to measure the number density of galaxies down to low stellar mass (10^9-10^10 Msun) even at high redshift with high statistical accuracy. The normalization of the mass function decreases with redshift and the integrated stellar mass density becomes ~ 8-18% of the local value at z~2 and ~ 4-9% at z~3, which are consistent with results of previous studies in general fields. Furthermore, we found that the low-mass slope becomes steeper with redshift from alpha ~- 1.3 at z~1 to alpha ~- 1.6 at z~3, and that the evolution of the number density of low-mass (10^9-10^10 Msun) galaxies is weaker than that of M* (~10^11 Msun) galaxies. This indicates that the contribution of low-mass galaxies to the total stellar mass density has been significant at high redshift. The steepening of the low-mass slope with redshift is opposite trend expected from the stellar mass dependence of the specific star formation rate reported in previous studies. The present result suggests that the hierarchical merging process overwhelmed the effect of the stellar mass growth by star formation and was very important for the stellar mass assembly of these galaxies at 1<~z<~3.

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