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0.0 < z < 1.2星系的恒星形成率演化

The Evolution of the Star Formation Rate of Galaxies at 0.0 < z < 1.2

Wiphu Rujopakarn, Daniel J. Eisenstein, George H. Rieke, Casey Papovich, Richard J. Cool, John Moustakas, Buell T. Januzzi, Christopher S. Kochanek, Marcia J. R… 展开作者

Wiphu Rujopakarn, Daniel J. Eisenstein, George H. Rieke, Casey Papovich, Richard J. Cool, John Moustakas, Buell T. Januzzi, Christopher S. Kochanek, Marcia J. Rieke, Arjun Dey, Peter Eisenhardt, Steve S. Murray, Michael J. I. Brown, Emeric Le Floc'h

摘要:

本文给出了红移范围为0.0 < z < 0.6的恒星形成星系的24微米静止坐标系光度函数(LF),它是由NOAO深宽视场巡天Bootes场中24微米选定源的AGN和星系演化巡天的4047个光谱红移构造而成的。这个样本提供了大面积(9 deg^2)、深度和统计上完整的光谱观测的最佳组合,使我们能够探测星系在低和中等红移下24微米LF的演化,同时最大限度地减少宇宙方差的影响。为了使用观测到的24微米光度作为恒星形成的示踪剂,根据它们的中红外光谱能量分布或X射线发射的检测,识别出在24微米处可能有显著贡献的活动星系核(AGN),并将其从我们的恒星形成星系样本中排除。在红移z < 0.65的情况下,恒星形成星系的24微米LF的演化与纯光度演化一致,其中特征性的24微米光度演化为(1+z)^(3.8+/-0.3)。我们将我们的进化研究扩展到包括0.0 < z < 1.2,将我们的数据与远红外深河外遗产调查相结合。在这整个红移范围内,24微米光度的特征演化是由一个稍微浅的幂律(1+z)^(3.4+/-0.2)来描述的。我们发现局部恒星形成率密度为(1.09+/-0.21)× 10^-2 Msun/yr/Mpc^-3,在0.0 < z < 1.2的范围内,它的演化规律为(1+z)^(3.5+/-0.2)。这些估计是在良好的协议率使用光学和紫外线通量校正的内在消光的影响,在所观察到的来源。这一一致性证实了z <~ 1.2的恒星形成可以通过24微米的观测得到有力的追踪,而且它主要发生在星系的遮蔽区域。(节录)

英文摘要:

We present the 24 micron rest-frame luminosity function (LF) of star-forming galaxies in the redshift range 0.0 < z < 0.6 constructed from 4047 spectroscopic redshifts from the AGN and Galaxy Evolution Survey of 24 micron selected sources in the Bootes field of the NOAO Deep Wide-Field Survey. This sample provides the best available combination of large area (9 deg^2), depth, and statistically complete spectroscopic observations, allowing us to probe the evolution of the 24 micron LF of galaxies at low and intermediate redshifts while minimizing the effects of cosmic variance. In order to use the observed 24 micron luminosity as a tracer for star formation, active galactic nuclei (AGNs) that could contribute significantly at 24 micron are identified and excluded from our star-forming galaxy sample based on their mid-IR spectral energy distributions or the detection of X-ray emission. The evolution of the 24 micron LF of star-forming galaxies for redshifts of z < 0.65 is consistent with a pure luminosity evolution where the characteristic 24 micron luminosity evolves as (1+z)^(3.8+/-0.3). We extend our evolutionary study to encompass 0.0 < z < 1.2 by combining our data with that of the Far-Infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey. Over this entire redshift range the evolution of the characteristic 24 micron luminosity is described by a slightly shallower power law of (1+z)^(3.4+/-0.2). We find a local star formation rate density of (1.09+/-0.21) x 10^-2 Msun/yr/Mpc^-3, and that it evolves as (1+z)^(3.5+/-0.2) over 0.0 < z < 1.2. These estimates are in good agreement with the rates using optical and UV fluxes corrected for the effects of intrinsic extinction in the observed sources. This agreement confirms that star formation at z <~ 1.2 is robustly traced by 24 micron observations and that it largely occurs in obscured regions of galaxies. (Abridged)

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