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关于高红移星系宇宙恒星形成率和恒星质量密度估计的不一致性

On the inconsistency between the estimates of cosmic star formation rate and stellar mass density of high redshift galaxies

Jun-Hwan Choi, Kentaro Nagamine

摘要:

测量宇宙恒星形成历史的方法主要有两种:直接恒星形成速率密度(SFRD)和恒星质量密度ρ随红移的变化。目前的观测结果的解释似乎显示了两个量的差异,在这个意义上,SFRD的积分高于观察到的rhostar(考虑气体再循环后)。利用宇宙学光滑粒子流体动力学模拟的基础上的一致性λ冷暗物质模型,我们表明,这两个量变得更加一致,彼此时,我们考虑到所观察到的星系质量限制。模拟和(尘埃校正)观测到的宇宙SFRD之间的比较显示出良好的一致性,而观测到的rhostar显着低于模拟结果。如果目前的高$z$星系巡天由于通量限制而遗漏了微弱的低质量星系,这一点可以得到调和。我们模拟的GSMF具有陡峭的低质量α 3端斜率< -2 at z>,当包括这些众多的低质量星系时,总rhostar与SFRD的积分相匹配。

英文摘要:

There are mainly two different approaches to measure the cosmic star formation history: direct star formation rate density (SFRD) and stellar mass density rhostar as functions of redshift. Compilations of current observations seem to show a disparity in the two quantities, in the sense that the integral of SFRD is higher than the observed rhostar (after considering gas recycling). Using cosmological smoothed particle hydrodynamics simulations based on the concordance Lambda cold dark matter model, we show that the two quantities become more consistent with each other when we consider the observed galaxy mass limit. The comparison between simulations and (dust corrected) observed cosmic SFRD shows a good agreement, while the observed rhostar is significantly lower than the simulation results. This can be reconciled if the current high-$z$ galaxy surveys are missing faint low-mass galaxies due to their flux limit. Our simulated GSMFs have steep low-mass end slopes of alpha < -2 at z>3, and when these numerous low-mass galaxies are included, the total rhostar matches with the integral of SFRD.

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