Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2007-12-27
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
19 pages, 14 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ
Scientific paper
10.1086/528942
We present the results of an Halpha near-infrared narrow-band survey searching for star-forming galaxies at redshift z=0.84. This work is an extension of our previous narrow-band studies in the optical at lower redshifts. After removal of stars and redshift interlopers (using spectroscopic and photometric redshifts), we build a complete sample of 165 Halpha emitters in the Extended Groth strip and GOODS-N fields with L(Halpha)>10^41 erg/s. We compute the Halpha luminosity function at z=0.84 after corrections for [NII] flux contamination, extinction, systematic errors, and incompleteness. Our sources present an average dust extinction of A(Halpha)=1.5 mag. Adopting Halpha as a surrogate for the instantaneous star formation rate (SFR), we measure a extinction-corrected SFR density of 0.17+-0.03 M_sun/yr/Mpc3. Combining this result to our prior measurements at z=0.02, 0.24, and 0.40, we derive an Halpha-based evolution of the SFR density proportional to (1+z)^beta with beta=3.8+-0.5. This evolution is consistent with that derived by other authors using different SFR tracers.
Barro Guillermo
Gallego Jesus
Koo David C.
Noeske Kai
Pascual Sergio
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