STAR FORMATION AT 4 < z < 6 FROM THE SPITZER LARGE AREA SURVEY WITH HYPER-SUPRIME-CAM (SPLASH)

Journal Article · Wed Aug 20 00:00:00 EDT 2014 · Astrophysical Journal Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/791/2/L25· OSTI ID:22365277

Steinhardt, Charles L.; Capak, Peter; Masters, Dan; Petric, Andreea ^[1]; Speagle, Josh S.; Silverman, John D. ^[2]; Carollo, Marcella ^[3]; Dunlop, James ^[4]; Hashimoto, Yasuhiro ^[5]; Hsieh, Bau-Ching; Lin, Lihwai; Lin, Yen-Ting ^[6]; Ilbert, Olivier; Le Fevre, Olivier ^[7]; Le Floc'h, Emeric ^[8]; Lee, Nicholas; Sanders, Dave ^[9]; McCracken, Henry J. ^[10]; Nagao, Tohru ^[11]; Salvato, Mara ^[12] ; others, and

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1. Caltech, 1200 E. California Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91125 (United States)
2. Kavli IPMU, University of Tokyo, Kashiwanoha 5-1-5, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba 277-8583 (Japan)
3. ETH Zurich, Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 27, 8093 Zurich (Switzerland)
4. Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Royal Observatory, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh EH9 3HJ (United Kingdom)
5. National Taiwan Normal University, No. 88, Sec. 4, Tingzhou Rd., Taipei 11677, Taiwan R.O.C. (China)
6. ASIAA Sinica, AS/NTU. No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Rd., Taipei 10617, Taiwan, R.O.C. (China)
7. Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille, 38 rue Frederic Joliot Curie, F-13388 Marseille (France)
8. Service d'Astrophysique, CEA-Saclay, Orme des Merisiers, Bat. 709, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette (France)
9. Institute for Astronomy, 2680 Woodlawn Drive, Honolulu, HI 96822 (United States)
10. Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, 98 bis boulevard Arago, F-75014 Paris (France)
11. Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa-Oiwake-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502 (Japan)
12. Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE), Giessenbachstr. 1, D-85748 Garching (Germany)

Using the first 50% of data collected for the Spitzer Large Area Survey with Hyper-Suprime-Cam observations on the 1.8 deg{sup 2} Cosmological Evolution Survey we estimate the masses and star formation rates of 3398 M {sub *} > 10{sup 10} M {sub ☉} star-forming galaxies at 4 < z < 6 with a substantial population up to M {sub *} ≳ 10{sup 11.5} M {sub ☉}. We find that the strong correlation between stellar mass and star formation rate seen at lower redshift (the ''main sequence'' of star-forming galaxies) extends to z ∼ 6. The observed relation and scatter is consistent with a continued increase in star formation rate at fixed mass in line with extrapolations from lower-redshift observations. It is difficult to explain this continued correlation, especially for the most massive systems, unless the most massive galaxies are forming stars near their Eddington-limited rate from their first collapse. Furthermore, we find no evidence for moderate quenching at higher masses, indicating quenching either has not occurred prior to z ∼ 6 or else occurs rapidly, so that few galaxies are visible in transition between star-forming and quenched.

• OSTI ID: 22365277
• Journal Information: Astrophysical Journal Letters, Vol. 791, Issue 2; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 2041-8205
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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STAR EVOLUTION
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