Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2004-06-02
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.356:1191-1200,2005
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Minor revisions to match version published in MNRAS. Colour versions of selected plots are available at http://star-www.dur.ac
Scientific paper
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.08553.x
We present predictions for the abundance of sub-mm galaxies (SMGs) and Lyman-break galaxies (LBGs) in the $\Lambda$CDM cosmology. A key feature of our model is the self-consistent calculation of the absorption and emission of radiation by dust. The new model successfully matches the LBG luminosity function, as well reproducing the properties of the local galaxy population in the optical and IR. The model can also explain the observed galaxy number counts at $850\mum$, but only if we assume a top-heavy IMF for the stars formed in bursts. The predicted redshift distribution of SMGs depends relatively little on their flux over the range 1-$10\mjy$, with a median value of $z\approx 2.0$ at a flux of $5\mjy$, in very good agreement with the recent measurement by Chapman et al The counts of SMGs are predicted to be dominated by ongoing starbursts. However, in the model these bursts are responsible for making only a few per cent of the stellar mass locked up in massive ellipticals at the present day.
Baugh Carlton M.
Benson Andrew J.
Bressan Alberto
Cole Shaun
Frenk Carlos S.
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