Effects of dust grains on early galaxy evolution

Details Effects of dust grains on early galaxy evolution Effects of dust grains on early galaxy evolution

2002-09-02

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0209034v1

Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 337 (2002) 921

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

19 pages, LaTeX, 10 figures, accepted to MNRAS

Scientific paper

10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05968.x

Stars form out of molecular gas and supply dust grains during their last evolutionary stages; in turn hydrogen molecules (H2) are produced more efficiently on dust grains. Therefore, dust can drastically accelerate H2 formation, leading to an enhancement of star formation activity. In order to examine the first formation of stars and dust in galaxies, we model the evolution of galaxies in the redshift range of 55) galaxies in sub-millimetre and near-infrared bands. We find that: i) ALMA can detect dust emission from several thousands of galaxies per square degree, and ii) NGST can detect the stellar emission from 10^6 galaxies per square degree. Further observational checks of our predictions include the integrated flux of metal (oxygen and carbon) lines. We finally discuss possible color selection strategies for high-redshift galaxy searches.

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