D. Sobral
The stellar mass function of star-forming galaxies and the mass-dependent SFR function since z = 2.23 from HiZELS
Sobral, D.; Best, P.N.; Smail, I.; Mobasher, B.; Stott, J.; Nisbet, D.
Authors
P.N. Best
Professor Ian Smail ian.smail@durham.ac.uk
Emeritus Professor
B. Mobasher
J. Stott
D. Nisbet
Abstract
We explore a large uniformly selected sample of Hα selected star-forming galaxies (SFGs) at z = 0.40, 0.84, 1.47, 2.23 to unveil the evolution of the star formation rate (SFR) function and the stellar mass function. We find strong evolution in the SFR function, with the typical SFR of SFGs declining exponentially in the last 11 Gyr as SFR*(T[Gyr]) = 104.23/T + 0.37 M⊙ yr−1, but with no evolution in the faint-end slope, α ≈ −1.6. The stellar mass function of SFGs, however, reveals little evolution: α ≈ −1.4, M* ∼ 1011.2 ± 0.2 M⊙ and just a slight increase of ∼2.3× in Φ* from z = 2.23 to z = 0.4. The stellar mass density within SFGs has been roughly constant since z = 2.23 at ∼107.65 ± 0.08 M⊙ Mpc−3, comprising ≈100 per cent of the stellar mass density in all galaxies at z = 2.23, and declining to ≈20 per cent by z = 0.40, driven by the rise of the passive population. We find that SFGs with ∼1010.0 ± 0.2 M⊙ contribute most to the SFR density (ρSFR) per d log10M, and that there is no significant evolution in the fractional contribution from SFGs of different masses to ρSFR or ρSFR(d log10M)−1 since z = 2.23. Instead, we show that the decline of SFR* and of ρSFR is primarily driven by an exponential decline in SFRs at all masses. Our results have important implications not only on how SFGs need to be quenched across cosmic time, but also on the driver(s) of the exponential decline in SFR* from ∼66 M⊙ yr−1 to 5 M⊙ yr−1 since z ∼ 2.23.
Citation
Sobral, D., Best, P., Smail, I., Mobasher, B., Stott, J., & Nisbet, D. (2014). The stellar mass function of star-forming galaxies and the mass-dependent SFR function since z = 2.23 from HiZELS. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 437(4), 3516-3528. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt2159
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Nov 4, 2013 |
Publication Date | Feb 1, 2014 |
Deposit Date | Apr 15, 2014 |
Publicly Available Date | Jun 20, 2014 |
Journal | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |
Print ISSN | 0035-8711 |
Electronic ISSN | 1365-2966 |
Publisher | Royal Astronomical Society |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 437 |
Issue | 4 |
Pages | 3516-3528 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt2159 |
Keywords | Galaxies: evolution, Galaxies: fundamental parameters, Galaxies: high-redshift, Galaxies: luminosity function, Mass function, Galaxies: star formation, Cosmology: observations. |
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