scholarly journals The Hα‐based Star Formation Rate Density of the Universe atz= 0.84

2008 ◽  
Vol 677 (1) ◽  
pp. 169-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Víctor Villar ◽  
Jesús Gallego ◽  
Pablo G. Pérez‐González ◽  
Sergio Pascual ◽  
Kai Noeske ◽  
...  
1999 ◽  
Vol 190 ◽  
pp. 8-14
Author(s):  
F.D.A. Hartwick

We use observations and evolutionary models of local objects to interpret a recent determination of the star-formation history of the universe. By fitting the global star-formation rate, the model predicts the ratio of spheroid to disk mass of ~1, an intergalactic medium (IGM) whose mass is ~2.3 times the mass in stars, and whose metallicity is ~0.1 Z⊙.


2010 ◽  
Vol 713 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valentino González ◽  
Ivo Labbé ◽  
Rychard J. Bouwens ◽  
Garth Illingworth ◽  
Marijn Franx ◽  
...  

2006 ◽  
Vol 2 (14) ◽  
pp. 248-248
Author(s):  
Andrew J. Bunker ◽  
Elizabeth R. Stanway ◽  
Laurence P. Eyles ◽  
Richard S. Ellis ◽  
Richard G. McMahon ◽  
...  

AbstractWe discuss the selection of star-forming galaxies at z≃6 through the Lyman-break technique. Spitzer imaging implies many of these contain older stellar populations (>200Myr) which produce detectable Balmer breaks. The ages and stellar masses (∼1010M⊙) imply that the star formation rate density at earlier epochs may have been significantly higher than at z≃6, and might have played a key role in re-ionizing the universe.


Science ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 340 (6140) ◽  
pp. 1229229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mordecai-Mark Mac Low

From the time the first stars formed over 13 billion years ago to the present, star formation has had an unexpectedly dynamic history. At first, the star-formation rate density increased dramatically, reaching a peak 10 billion years ago of more than 10 times the present-day value. Observations of the initial rise in star formation remain difficult, poorly constraining it. Theoretical modeling has trouble predicting this history because of the difficulty in following the feedback of energy from stellar radiation and supernova explosions into the gas from which further stars form. Observations from the ground and space with the next generation of instruments should reveal the full history of star formation in the universe, and simulations appear poised to accurately predict the observed history.


2006 ◽  
Vol 2 (S235) ◽  
pp. 394-394
Author(s):  
Andrew Bunker ◽  
Michelle Doherty ◽  
Rob Sharp ◽  
Ian Parry ◽  
Gavin Dalton ◽  
...  

AbstractWe have demonstrated the first near-infrared multi-object spectrograph, CIRPASS, on the 4.2-m William Herschel Telescope (WHT) and the 3.9-m Anglo-Australian Telescope. We have conducted an Hα survey of 38 0.77 < z < 1 galaxies over ~100 arcmin2 of the Hubble Deep Field North and Flanking Fields, to determine star formation rates (SFRs) using CIRPASS on the WHT. This represents the first successful application of this technique to observing high redshift galaxies (Doherty et al. 2004). Stacking the spectra in the rest-frame, we find a lower limit (uncorrected for dust reddening) on the star formation rate density at redshift z = 1 of 0.04 M⊙ yr−1 Mpc−3 (Doherty et al. 2006). This implies rapid evolution in the star formation rate density from z = 0 to z = 1 which is proportional to (1 + z)3.1. We intend to extend our work with FMOS on Subaru as the evolSMURF project (the Evolution of Star-formation and Metallicity in the Universe at high Redshift with FMOS). This will represent nearly two orders-of-magnitude improvement on previous work, and for the first time will provide a sample of sufficient size to measure accurately the Hα luminosity function, and so determine the global star formation rate using the same indicator as used in local surveys. Using [O II]3727 Å, Hβ, [O III] 5007 Å and Hα redshifted into the z, J & H bands, we can chart the star formation history over 70% of the age of the Universe, affording complete coverage up to z = 1.6 with the same well-understood diagnostics. The line ratios will also allow the extinction and metallicity to be measured at z>1. This will resolve one of the long-standing puzzles in extragalactic astrophysics – the true evolution of the Madau-Lilly diagram of star formation density.


2002 ◽  
Vol 570 (2) ◽  
pp. 492-501 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth M. Lanzetta ◽  
Noriaki Yahata ◽  
Sebastian Pascarelle ◽  
Hsiao‐Wen Chen ◽  
Alberto Fernandez‐Soto

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. T. Takeuchi ◽  
V. Buat ◽  
D. Burgarella ◽  
E. Giovannoli ◽  
K. L. Murata ◽  
...  

2004 ◽  
Vol 355 (2) ◽  
pp. 374-384 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew J. Bunker ◽  
Elizabeth R. Stanway ◽  
Richard S. Ellis ◽  
Richard G. McMahon

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