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Herschel PEP/HerMES: the redshift evolution (0 ≤ z ≤ 4) of dust attenuation and of the total (UV+IR) star formation rate density

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  • 1. ROR icon Aix-Marseille University
  • 2. ROR icon Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
  • 3. ROR icon CEA Saclay
  • 4. ROR icon California Institute of Technology
  • 5. ROR icon Jet Propulsion Lab
  • 6. ROR icon University of California, Berkeley
  • 7. ROR icon University of Edinburgh
  • 8. ROR icon University of Sussex
  • 9. ROR icon Virginia Tech
  • 10. ROR icon University of Padua
  • 11. ROR icon University College London
  • 12. ROR icon Astronomical Observatory of Rome
  • 13. ROR icon University of the Western Cape

Abstract

Using new homogeneous luminosity functions (LFs) in the far-ultraviolet (FUV) from VVDS and in the far-infrared (FIR) from Herschel/PEP and Herschel/HerMES, we studied the evolution of the dust attenuation with redshift. With this information, we were able to estimate the redshift evolution of the total (FUV + FIR) star formation rate density (SFRD_TOT). By integrating SFRD_TOT, we followed the mass building and analyzed the redshift evolution of the stellar mass density (SMD). This article aims at providing a complete view of star formation from the local Universe to z ~ 4 and, using assumptions on earlier star formation history, compares this evolution with previously published data in an attempt to draw a homogeneous picture of the global evolution of star formation in galaxies. Our main conclusions are that: 1) the dust attenuation A_FUV is found to increase from z = 0 to z ~ 1.2 and then starts to decrease until our last data point at z = 3.6; 2) the estimated SFRD confirms published results to z ~ 2. At z > 2, we observe either a plateau or a small increase up to z ~ 3 and then a likely decrease up to z = 3.6; 3) the peak of AFUV is delayed with respect to the plateau of SFRD_TOT and a probable origin might be found in the evolution of the bright ends of the FUV and FIR LFs; 4) using assumptions (exponential rise and linear rise with time) for the evolution of the star formation density from z = 3.6 to z_form = 10, we integrated SFRDTOT and obtained a good agreement with the published SMDs.

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© 2013 ESO. Article published by EDP Sciences. Received 5 April 2013; Accepted 29 April 2013. Published online 05 June 2013. PACS has been developed by a consortium of institutes led by MPE (Germany) and including UVIE (Austria); KU Leuven, CSL, IMEC (Belgium); CEA, LAM (France); MPIA (Germany); INAF-IFSI/OAA/OAP/OAT, LENS, SISSA (Italy); IAC (Spain). This development has been supported by the funding agencies BMVIT (Austria), ESA-PRODEX (Belgium), CEA/CNES (France), DLR (Germany), ASI/INAF (Italy), and CICYT/MCYT (Spain). SPIRE has been developed by a consortium of institutes led by Cardiff Univ. (UK) and including: Univ. Lethbridge (Canada); NAOC (China); CEA, LAM (France); IFSI, Univ. Padua (Italy); IAC (Spain); Stockholm Observatory (Sweden); Imperial College London, RAL, UCL-MSSL, UKATC, Univ. Sussex (UK); and Caltech, JPL, NHSC, Univ. Colorado (USA). This development has been supported by national funding agencies: CSA (Canada); NAOC (China); CEA, CNES, CNRS (France); ASI (Italy); MCINN (Spain); SNSB (Sweden); STFC, UKSA (UK); and NASA (USA). The authors acknowledge financial contribution from the contracts PRIN-INAF 1.06.09.05 and ASI-INAF I00507/1 and I005110. SPIRE has been developed by a consortium of institutes led by Cardiff University (UK) and including University of Lethbridge (Canada); NAOC (China); CEA, OAMP (France); IFSI, University of Padua (Italy); IAC (Spain); Stockholm Observatory (Sweden); Imperial College London, RAL, UCL-MSSL, UKATC, University of Sussex (UK); and Caltech/ JPL, IPAC, University of Colorado (USA). This development has been supported by national funding agencies: CSA (Canada); NAOC (China); CEA, CNES, CNRS (France); ASI (Italy); MCINN (Spain); Stockholm Observatory (Sweden); STFC (UK); and NASA (USA). The data presented in this paper will be released through the Herschel Database in Marseille (HeDaM; http://hedam.oamp.fr/HerMES). This work makes use of TOPCAT (http://www.star.bristol.ac.uk/?mbt/topcat/). Herschel is an ESA space observatory with science instruments provided by European-led Principal Investigator consortia and with important participation from NASA.

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On the redshift evolution (0 ≤ z ≤ 4) of dust attenuation and of the total (UV+IR) star formation rate density

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http://arxiv.org/abs/1304.7000 (URL)

Funding

Canadian Space Agency (CSA)
National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC)
Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (CEA)
Centre National d'Études Spatiales (CNES)
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MCINN)
Swedish National Space Board (SNSB)
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
United Kingdom Space Agency (UKSA)
NASA
Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF)
1.06.09.05
Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI)
I00507/1
Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI)
I005110
Stockholm Observatory

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2013-08-12
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