Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2004-03-10
Astrophys.J. 609 (2004) 122
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
35 pages, accepted by ApJ
Scientific paper
10.1086/420963
We present the first determination of the 15micron luminosity functio galaxies from the European Large Area ISO survey (ELAIS) southern fields. We have adopted a new criterion to separate the quiescent, non-evolving and the starburst, evolving populations based on the ratio of mid-infrared to optical luminosities. Strong evolution is suggested by our data for the starburst galaxy population, while normal spiral galaxies are consistent with no evolution. The starburst population must evolve both in luminosity and in density with rates of the order L(z) (1+z)^(3.5) and rho(z) (1+z)^3.8 up to z~1. The evolutionary parameters of our model have been tested by comparing the model predictions with other observables, like source counts at all flux density levels (from 0.1 to 300 mJy) and redshift distributions and luminosity functions at high-z (0.7 < z < 1.0 from HDF-N data). The agreement between our model predictions and the observed data is remarkably good. We use our data to estimate the star-formation density of the Universe up to z=0.4 and we use the luminosity function model to predict the trend of the star-formation history up to z=1.
Franceschini Alberto
Gruppioni Carlotta
La Franca Fabio
Lari Carlo
Matute I.
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