Assessing the Predictive Power of Galaxy Formation Models: A Comparison of Predicted and Observed Rest-frame Optical Luminosity Functions at 2.0 < z < 3.3

May, 2007
4 pages
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  • Astrophys.J.Lett. 663 (2007) L89
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Abstract: (arXiv)
Recent galaxy formation models successfully reproduce the local luminosity function (LF) of galaxies, by invoking mechanisms to suppress star formation in low- and high-mass galaxies. As these models are optimized to fit the LF at low redshift, a crucial question is how well they predict the LF at earlier times. Here we compare recently measured rest-frame V-band LFs of galaxies at redshifts 2.0