Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1997-02-28
Astrophys.J. 481 (1997) L9-L13
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
12 pages, LaTeX (aaspp4.sty), 3 PostScript figures included. ApJ (Letters) in press
Scientific paper
10.1086/310648
A large deep and nearly complete B<24.5 redshift sample is used to measure the change in distribution function of the stellar mass production rate in individual galaxies with redshift. The evolution of the star formation rate distribution with redshift is interpreted in terms of the history of spiral galaxy formation, with the disk component modelled as a single evolving entity, and the characteristic timescales, luminosities, and epochs varying according to galaxy type. The more massive forming galaxies seen at z=1 to 3 are identified as earlier type spirals, whose star formation rates are initially high and then decline rapidly at z<1, while for later type spirals and smaller mass irregulars the mass formation rates at z<1 are lower, and the formation process persists to redshifts much closer to the present epoch. We find that these models can be consistent with the data and fit well into a broad picture of other recent results if qnought=0.02 and many of the disks begin their growth at z<<3, but that they predict too many bright star formers at high z in flat universes.
Cowie Lennox L.
Egami Eiichi E.
Hu Esther M.
Songaila Antoinette
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