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The GALEX-VVDS measurement of the evolution of the far-ultraviolet luminosity density and the cosmic star formation rate

GALEX-VVDS

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David Schiminovich

Nov, 2004

Published in:

Astrophys.J.Lett. 619 (2005) L47

e-Print:

astro-ph/0411424 [astro-ph]

DOI:

10.1086/427077

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Abstract: (arXiv)

In a companion paper (Arnouts et al. 2004) we presented new measurements of the galaxy luminosity function at 1500 Angstroms out to z~1 using GALEX-VVDS observations (1039 galaxies with NUV<24.5 and z>0.2) and at higher z using existing data sets. In this paper we use the same sample to study evolution of the FUV luminosity density. We detect evolution consistent with a (1+z)^{2.5+/-0.7} rise to z~1 and (1+z)^{0.5+/-0.4} for z>1. The luminosity density from the most UV-luminous galaxies (UVLG) is undergoing dramatic evolution (x30) between 025%) of the total FUV luminosity density at z<1. We measure dust attenuation and star formation rates of our sample galaxies and determine the star formation rate density as a function of redshift, both uncorrected and corrected for dust. We find good agreement with other measures of the SFR density in the rest ultraviolet and Halpha given the still significant uncertainties in the attenuation correction.

Note:

This paper will be published as part of the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) Astrophysical Journal Letters Special Issue. Links to the full set of papers will be available at http://www.galex.caltech.edu/PUBLICATIONS/ after November 22, 2004

cosmology: observations
galaxies: evolution
galaxies: luminosity function, mass function
ultraviolet: galaxies

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