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High redshift evolution of optically and IR-selected galaxies: a comparison with CDM scenarios
Astrophysics · Submitted 7 Sep 1999
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The authors' main claim We conclude that improvements are required in the treatment of the physical processes directly related to the SFR, e.g. the starbust activity in merger processes and/or different feedback to the star formation activity.
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A combination of ground-based (NTT and VLT) and HST (HDF-N and HDF-S) public imaging surveys have been used to collect a sample of 1712 I-selected and 319 $K\leq 21$ galaxies. Photometric redshifts have been obtained for all these galaxies. The results have been compared with the prediction of an analytic rendition of the current CDM hierarchical models for galaxy formation. We focus in particular on two observed quantities: the galaxy redshift distribution at K<21 and the evolution of the UV luminosity density. The derived photometric redshift distribution is in agreement with the hierarchical CDM prediction, with a fraction of only 5% of galaxies detected at z>2. This result strongly supports hierarchical scenarios where present-day massive galaxies are the result of merging processes. The observed UV luminosity density in the I-selected sample is confined within a factor of 4 over the whole range 0<z<4.5. CDM models in a critical Universe are not able to produce the density of UV photons that is observed at z>3. CDM models in $\Lambda$-dominated universe are in better agreement at 3<z<4.5, but predict a pronounced peak at z~1.5 and a drop by a factor of 8 from z=1.5 to z=4 that is not observed in the data. We conclude that improvements are required in the treatment of the physical processes directly related to the SFR, e.g. the starbust activity in merger processes and/or different feedback to the star formation activity.
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| s0 | A combination of ground-based (NTT and VLT) and HST (HDF-N and HDF-S) public imaging surveys have been used to collect a sample of 1712 I-selected and 319 $K\leq 21$ galaxies. | method 0.99 | 0.86 | 0.02 | asserted 1.00 |
| s1 | Photometric redshifts have been obtained for all these galaxies. | method 0.98 | 0.90 | 0.01 | asserted 1.00 |
| s2 | The results have been compared with the prediction of an analytic rendition of the current CDM hierarchical models for galaxy formation. | method 0.86 | 0.74 | 0.03 | asserted 0.93 |
| s3 | We focus in particular on two observed quantities: the galaxy redshift distribution at K<21 and the evolution of the UV luminosity density. | contribution 0.76 | 0.55 | 0.02 | asserted 0.68 |
| s4 | The derived photometric redshift distribution is in agreement with the hierarchical CDM prediction, with a fraction of only 5% of galaxies detected at z>2. | result 1.00 | 0.94 | 0.18 | asserted 0.99 |
| s5 | This result strongly supports hierarchical scenarios where present-day massive galaxies are the result of merging processes. | interpretation 1.00 | 0.31 | 0.24 | asserted 0.94 |
| s6 | The observed UV luminosity density in the I-selected sample is confined within a factor of 4 over the whole range 0<z<4.5. | result 1.00 | 0.93 | 0.06 | asserted 1.00 |
| s7 | CDM models in a critical Universe are not able to produce the density of UV photons that is observed at z>3. | result 0.87 | 0.39 | 0.08 | asserted 1.00 |
| s8 | CDM models in $\Lambda$-dominated universe are in better agreement at 3<z<4.5, but predict a pronounced peak at z~1.5 and a drop by a factor of 8 from z=1.5 to z=4 that is not observed in the data. | result 0.91 | 0.37 | 0.08 | asserted 0.99 |
| s9 | We conclude that improvements are required in the treatment of the physical processes directly related to the SFR, e.g. the starbust activity in merger processes and/or different feedback to the star formation activity. | future work 0.76 | 0.37 | 0.75 | asserted 0.55 |
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A combination of ground-based (NTT and VLT) and HST (HDF-N and HDF-S) public imaging surveys have been used to collect a sample of 1712 I-selected and 319 $K\leq 21$ galaxies. Photometric redshifts have been obtained for all these galaxies. The results have been compared with the prediction of an analytic rendition of the current CDM hierarchical models for galaxy formation. We focus in particular on two observed quantities: the galaxy redshift distribution at K<21 and the evolution of the UV luminosity density. The derived photometric redshift distribution is in agreement with the hierarchical CDM prediction, with a fraction of only 5% of galaxies detected at z>2. This result strongly supports hierarchical scenarios where present-day massive galaxies are the result of merging processes. The observed UV luminosity density in the I-selected sample is confined within a factor of 4 over the whole range 0<z<4.5. CDM models in a critical Universe are not able to produce the density of UV photons that is observed at z>3. CDM models in $\Lambda$-dominated universe are in better agreement at 3<z<4.5, but predict a pronounced peak at z~1.5 and a drop by a factor of 8 from z=1.5 to z=4 that is not observed in the data. We conclude that improvements are required in the treatment of the physical processes directly related to the SFR, e.g. the starbust activity in merger processes and/or different feedback to the star formation activity.
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