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用深WFC3数据计算0.6 <= z < 4.5时恒星质量函数的演化斜率

The evolving slope of the stellar mass function at 0.6 <= z < 4.5 from deep WFC3 data

P. Santini, A. Fontana, A. Grazian, S. Salimbeni, F. Fontanot, D. Paris, K. Boutsia, M. Castellano, F. Fiore, S. Gallozzi, E. Giallongo, A. M. Koekemoer, N. Men… 展开作者

P. Santini, A. Fontana, A. Grazian, S. Salimbeni, F. Fontanot, D. Paris, K. Boutsia, M. Castellano, F. Fiore, S. Gallozzi, E. Giallongo, A. M. Koekemoer, N. Menci, L. Pentericci, R. S. Somerville

摘要:

我们使用早期发布科学(ERS)的观测与宽视场相机3(WFC 3)在GOODS-S领域研究星系恒星质量函数(GSMF)在0.6<=z<4.5。WFC 3的深层近红外数据(在5 sigma时,Y的亮度为27.3,J和H的亮度为27.4 AB等),以及深度Ks(在5 sigma时亮度为25.5)的Hawk-I波段数据,提供了一个精确的数据集,它以前所未有的方式确定了GSMF的低质量端,从而可以精确探测z~3时低至M~7.6 × 10^9 Msun的质量。尽管所用的面积相对较小(约为33弧分^[2]),但我们发现,在整个质量范围内,它与先前的研究结果基本一致。我们的结果表明,暗端的斜率随着红移的增加而增加,从z~0.8处的α =-1.44+/-0.03到z~3处的α =-1.86+/-0.16,尽管有迹象表明它在z~3和z~4之间没有进一步变陡。该结果对M* 参数中的任何不确定性不敏感。GSMF暗端的陡度解决了众所周知的恒星质量密度(SMD)和z>2时的恒星形成历史之间的不一致。然而,我们证实,似乎有一个过量的综合恒星形成相对于SMD在z<2,由一个因素~2-3。我们的观测结果与理论预测的比较表明,模型预测的低质量星系更丰富,至少到z~3,以及相对于数据的z~4的大质量星系的缺乏,和预测的SMD通常高估了z<~2。

英文摘要:

We used Early Release Science (ERS) observations taken with the Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) in the GOODS-S field to study the galaxy stellar mass function (GSMF) at 0.6<=z<4.5. Deep WFC3 near-IR data (for Y as faint as 27.3, J and H as faint as 27.4 AB mag at 5 sigma), as well as deep Ks (as faint as 25.5 at 5 sigma) Hawk-I band data, provide an exquisite data set with which determine in an unprecedented way the low-mass end of the GSMF, allowing an accurate probe of masses as low as M~7.6 10^9 Msun at z~3. Although the area used is relatively small (~33 arcmin^2), we found generally good agreement with previous studies on the entire mass range. Our results show that the slope of the faint-end increases with redshift, from alpha=-1.44+/-0.03 at z~0.8 to alpha=-1.86+/-0.16 at z~3, although indications exist that it does not steepen further between z~3 and z~4. This result is insensitive to any uncertainty in the M* parameter. The steepness of the GSMF faint-end solves the well-known disagreement between the stellar mass density (SMD) and the integrated star formation history at z>2. However, we confirm the that there appears to be an excess of integrated star formation with respect to the SMD at z<2, by a factor of ~2-3. Our comparison of the observations with theoretical predictions shows that the models forecast a greater abundance of low mass galaxies, at least up to z~3, as well as a dearth of massive galaxies at z~4 with respect to the data, and that the predicted SMD is generally overestimated at z<~2.

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