{"paper":{"title":"Matching the Evolution of the Stellar Mass Function Using Log-normal Star Formation Histories","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":["astro-ph.CO"],"primary_cat":"astro-ph.GA","authors_text":"(2) Carnegie Observatories, (3) Padova Astronomical Observatory/INAF, (4) Kavli IPMU), Alan Dressler (2), Augustus Oemler (2), Benedetta Vulcani (4) ((1) UChicago/KICP, Bianca Poggianti (3), Louis E. Abramson (1), Michael D. Gladders (1)","submitted_at":"2014-11-05T22:21:07Z","abstract_excerpt":"We show that a model consisting of individual, log-normal star formation histories for a volume-limited sample of $z\\approx0$ galaxies reproduces the evolution of the total and quiescent stellar mass functions at $z\\lesssim2.5$ and stellar masses $M_*\\geq10^{10}\\,{\\rm M_\\odot}$. This model has previously been shown to reproduce the star formation rate/stellar mass relation (${\\rm SFR}$--$M_*$) over the same interval, is fully consistent with the observed evolution of the cosmic ${\\rm SFR}$ density at $z\\leq8$, and entails no explicit \"quenching\" prescription. We interpret these results/feature"},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"1411.1431","kind":"arxiv","version":1},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"}