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The evolution of the faint end of the UV luminosity function during the peak epoch of star formation (1

Journal Article · · Astrophysical Journal
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  1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521 (United States)
  2. Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, 9 Avenue Charles André, F-69561 Saint Genis Laval Cedex (France)
  3. Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 665, Greenbelt, MD 20771 (United States)
  4. Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD (United States)
  5. Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, LAM, Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille, Marseille (France)
  6. Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455 (United States)
  7. Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064,USA (United States)
  8. Infrared Processing and Analysis Center, Caltech, Pasadena, CA 91125 (United States)
We present a robust measurement of the rest-frame UV luminosity function (LF) and its evolution during the peak epoch of cosmic star formation at 150% completeness in order to minimize these systematics, we still find that the faint-end slope is steep and getting steeper with redshift, though with slightly shallower (less negative) values (α=−1.55±0.06, −1.69 ± 0.07, and −1.79 ± 0.08 for z∼1.3, 1.9, and 2.6, respectively). Finally, we conclude that the faint star-forming galaxies with UV magnitudes of −18.5
OSTI ID:
22868447
Journal Information:
Astrophysical Journal, Journal Name: Astrophysical Journal Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 832; ISSN ASJOAB; ISSN 0004-637X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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