CFRS XIV: Spectral Properties Of Field Galaxies Up To z = 1

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1996-12-06

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9612071v1

Astrophys.J.481:49,1997

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

57 pages including 22 figures, accepted by Ap. J., also available at http://www.dao.nrc.ca/DAO/SCIENCE/

Scientific paper

10.1086/304026

The spectral properties of more than 400 CFRS galaxies and their changes over the redshift interval 0 - 1.3 are investigated. Emission line intensities and equivalent widths for accessible lines have been measured, as well as continuum color indices based on 200A wide spectral regions. Within the CFRS sample, the comoving fraction of galaxies with significant emission lines (EW(OII) > 15A) increases from ~13% locally to over 50% at z > 0.5. The fraction of luminous ( M_{B} < -20) quiescent galaxies (those without [OII] 3727 emission) decreases with redshift from 53% at z = 0.3 to 23% at z > 0.5, the latter fraction being similar to that of early type galaxies at that redshift. There is considerable evidence in the data presented here that star formation increases from z = 0 to z > 0.5 in disk galaxies. However, the absence of extremely blue colors and the presence of significant Balmer absorption suggests that the star formation is primarily taking place over long periods of time, rather than in short-duration, high-amplitude ``bursts''. There are several indications that the average metallicity and dust opacity were lower in emission-line galaxies at high redshift than those typically seen in luminous galaxies locally. Beyond z = 0.7, almost all the emission-line galaxies, including the most luminous (at 1mu at rest) ones, have colors approaching those of present-day irregular galaxies, and a third of them have indications (primarily from the strength of the 4000A break) of metallicities significantly less than solar (Z < 0.2 Z_{sun}). (abbreviated)

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