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Title: Mapping the Dark Matter From UV Light at High Redshift: An Empirical Approach to Understand Galaxy Statistics

Abstract

We present a simple formalism to interpret the observations of two galaxy statistics, the UV luminosity function (LF) and two-point correlation functions for star-forming galaxies at z {approx} 4, 5 and 6 in the context of {Lambda}CDM cosmology. Both statistics are the result of how star formation takes place in dark matter halos, and thus are used to constrain how UV light depends on halo properties, in particular halo mass. The two physical quantities we explore are the star formation duty cycle, and the range of UV luminosity that a halo of mass M can have (mean and variance). The former directly addresses the typical duration of star formation activity in halos while the latter addresses the averaged star formation history and regularity of gas inflow into these systems. In the context of this formalism, we explore various physical models consistent with all the available observational data, and find the following: (1) the typical duration of star formation observed in the data is {approx}< 0.4 Gyr (1{sigma}), (2) the inferred scaling law between the observed L{sub UV} and halo mass M from the observed faint-end slope of the luminosity functions is roughly linear out to M {approx} 10{sup 11.5} -more » 10{sup 12} h{sup -1} M{sub {circle_dot}} at all redshifts probed in this work, and (3) the observed L{sub UV} for a fixed halo mass M decreases with time, implying that the star formation efficiency (after dust extinction) is higher at earlier times. We explore several different physical scenarios relating star formation to halo mass, but find that these scenarios are indistinguishable due to the limited range of halo mass probed by our data. In order to discriminate between different scenarios, we discuss the possibility of using the bright-faint galaxy cross-correlation functions and more robust determination of luminosity-dependent galaxy bias for future surveys.« less

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
962091
Report Number(s):
SLAC-PUB-13733
arXiv:0808.1727; TRN: US200916%%43
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-76SF00515
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Astrophys.J.695:368-390,2009
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Astrophys.J.695:368-390,2009
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; CORRELATION FUNCTIONS; COSMOLOGY; DUSTS; EFFICIENCY; GALAXIES; LUMINOSITY; NONLUMINOUS MATTER; SCALING LAWS; STARS; STATISTICS; Astrophysics,

Citation Formats

Lee, Kyoung-Soo, /Yale Ctr. Astron. Astrophys., Giavalisco, Mauro, /Massachusetts U., Amherst, Conroy, Charlie, /Princeton U. Observ., Wechsler, Risa H, /KIPAC, Menlo Park, Ferguson, Henry C, Somerville, Rachel S, /Baltimore, Space Telescope Sci., Dickinson, Mark E, /NOAO, Tucson, Urry, Claudia M, and /Yale Ctr. Astron. Astrophys. Mapping the Dark Matter From UV Light at High Redshift: An Empirical Approach to Understand Galaxy Statistics. United States: N. p., 2009. Web. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/695/1/368.
Lee, Kyoung-Soo, /Yale Ctr. Astron. Astrophys., Giavalisco, Mauro, /Massachusetts U., Amherst, Conroy, Charlie, /Princeton U. Observ., Wechsler, Risa H, /KIPAC, Menlo Park, Ferguson, Henry C, Somerville, Rachel S, /Baltimore, Space Telescope Sci., Dickinson, Mark E, /NOAO, Tucson, Urry, Claudia M, & /Yale Ctr. Astron. Astrophys. Mapping the Dark Matter From UV Light at High Redshift: An Empirical Approach to Understand Galaxy Statistics. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/695/1/368
Lee, Kyoung-Soo, /Yale Ctr. Astron. Astrophys., Giavalisco, Mauro, /Massachusetts U., Amherst, Conroy, Charlie, /Princeton U. Observ., Wechsler, Risa H, /KIPAC, Menlo Park, Ferguson, Henry C, Somerville, Rachel S, /Baltimore, Space Telescope Sci., Dickinson, Mark E, /NOAO, Tucson, Urry, Claudia M, and /Yale Ctr. Astron. Astrophys. 2009. "Mapping the Dark Matter From UV Light at High Redshift: An Empirical Approach to Understand Galaxy Statistics". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/695/1/368. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/962091.
@article{osti_962091,
title = {Mapping the Dark Matter From UV Light at High Redshift: An Empirical Approach to Understand Galaxy Statistics},
author = {Lee, Kyoung-Soo and /Yale Ctr. Astron. Astrophys. and Giavalisco, Mauro and /Massachusetts U., Amherst and Conroy, Charlie and /Princeton U. Observ. and Wechsler, Risa H and /KIPAC, Menlo Park and Ferguson, Henry C and Somerville, Rachel S and /Baltimore, Space Telescope Sci. and Dickinson, Mark E and /NOAO, Tucson and Urry, Claudia M and /Yale Ctr. Astron. Astrophys.},
abstractNote = {We present a simple formalism to interpret the observations of two galaxy statistics, the UV luminosity function (LF) and two-point correlation functions for star-forming galaxies at z {approx} 4, 5 and 6 in the context of {Lambda}CDM cosmology. Both statistics are the result of how star formation takes place in dark matter halos, and thus are used to constrain how UV light depends on halo properties, in particular halo mass. The two physical quantities we explore are the star formation duty cycle, and the range of UV luminosity that a halo of mass M can have (mean and variance). The former directly addresses the typical duration of star formation activity in halos while the latter addresses the averaged star formation history and regularity of gas inflow into these systems. In the context of this formalism, we explore various physical models consistent with all the available observational data, and find the following: (1) the typical duration of star formation observed in the data is {approx}< 0.4 Gyr (1{sigma}), (2) the inferred scaling law between the observed L{sub UV} and halo mass M from the observed faint-end slope of the luminosity functions is roughly linear out to M {approx} 10{sup 11.5} - 10{sup 12} h{sup -1} M{sub {circle_dot}} at all redshifts probed in this work, and (3) the observed L{sub UV} for a fixed halo mass M decreases with time, implying that the star formation efficiency (after dust extinction) is higher at earlier times. We explore several different physical scenarios relating star formation to halo mass, but find that these scenarios are indistinguishable due to the limited range of halo mass probed by our data. In order to discriminate between different scenarios, we discuss the possibility of using the bright-faint galaxy cross-correlation functions and more robust determination of luminosity-dependent galaxy bias for future surveys.},
doi = {10.1088/0004-637X/695/1/368},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/962091}, journal = {Astrophys.J.695:368-390,2009},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Aug 03 00:00:00 EDT 2009},
month = {Mon Aug 03 00:00:00 EDT 2009}
}