On the inconsistency between the estimates of cosmic star formation rate and stellar mass density of high-redshift galaxies

被引:17
作者
Choi, Jun-Hwan [1 ]
Nagamine, Kentaro [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Nevada, Dept Phys & Astron, Las Vegas, NV 89154 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会; 美国国家航空航天局;
关键词
galaxies: evolution; galaxies: formation; galaxies: high-redshift; galaxies: luminosity function; mass function; cosmology: theory; LYMAN-BREAK GALAXIES; ULTRA DEEP FIELD; TO; 8; GALAXIES; LUMINOSITY FUNCTION; HISTORY; EVOLUTION; SIMULATIONS; UNIVERSE; SCHMIDT; PHYSICS;
D O I
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.19788.x
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
There are mainly two different approaches to measure the cosmic star formation history: direct star formation rate density (SFRD) and stellar mass density ?* as functions of redshift. Compilations of current observations seem to show a disparity in the two quantities, in the sense that the integral of SFRD is higher than the observed ?* (after considering gas recycling). Using cosmological smoothed particle hydrodynamics simulations based on the concordance ? cold dark matter model, we show that the two quantities become more consistent with each other when we consider the observed galaxy mass limit. The comparison between the simulations and (dust-corrected) observed cosmic SFRD shows good agreement, while the observed ?* is significantly lower than the simulation results. This can be reconciled if the current high-z galaxy surveys are missing faint low-mass galaxies due to their flux limit. Our simulated galaxy stellar mass functions have steep low-mass end slopes of a?-2 at z > 3, and when these numerous low-mass galaxies are included, the total ?* matches with the integral of SFRD.
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页码:1280 / 1284
页数:5
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