Modelling Galaxy Formation at high z
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
I describe a semi-analytical model for the formation and evolution of galaxies in hierarchical clustering models, and its predictions for the properties of the galaxy population at high z. The predictions are found to agree well with the observed properties of the Lyman break galaxies found at z sim 3 by Steidel et al. The models predict that the star formation rate per comoving volume should have peaked at z sim 1-2, which also agrees well with recent observational data.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9709163,
title = {Modelling Galaxy Formation at high z},
author = {Cedric Lacey and Carlton Baugh and Shaun Cole and Carlos Frenk},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9709163},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
6 pages, LaTeX, 3 postscript figures, uses conf_iap.sty. To appear in Proceedings of 13th IAP Colloquium: Structure and Evolution of the IGM from QSO Absorption Line Systems, eds. P. Petitjean, S. Charlot. Also available at http://www.tac.dk/~lacey/papers/iap97.ps.gz