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We investigate the optimal approach for recovering the star formation histories (SFHs) and spatial distribution of stellar mass in high-redshift galaxies ($z\sim 2-5$), focusing on the impact of assumed SFH models on derived galaxy…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-03-20 Moein Mosleh , Mohammad Riahi-Zamin , Sandro Tacchella

Fitting synthetic spectral energy distributions (SED) to the multi-band photometry of galaxies to derive their star formation rates (SFR), stellar masses, ages, etc. requires making a priori assumptions about their star formation histories…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 C. Maraston , J. Pforr , A. Renzini , E. Daddi , M. Dickinson , A. Cimatti , C. Tonini

Nonparametric star formation histories (SFHs) have long promised to be the `gold standard' for galaxy spectral energy distribution (SED) modeling as they are flexible enough to describe the full diversity of SFH shapes, whereas parametric…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-05-01 Joel Leja , Adam C. Carnall , Benjamin D. Johnson , Charlie Conroy , Joshua S. Speagle

Understanding the diversity of star formation histories (SFHs) of galaxies is key to reconstructing their evolutionary paths. Traditional models often assume parametric forms such as delayed-tau or exponentially declining models, which may…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-10-31 Robin Eappen , Pavel Kroupa

Parameter estimation in astrophysics often requires the use of complex physical models. In this paper we study the problem of estimating the parameters that describe star formation history (SFH) in galaxies. Here, high-dimensional spectral…

Applications · Statistics 2012-03-21 Joseph W. Richards , Ann B. Lee , Chad M. Schafer , Peter E. Freeman

Parametric models for galaxy star-formation histories (SFHs) are widely used, though they are known to impose strong priors on physical parameters. This has consequences for measurements of the galaxy stellar-mass function (GSMF),…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-03-27 A. C. Carnall , J. Leja , B. D. Johnson , R. J. McLure , J. S. Dunlop , C. Conroy

The estimation of galaxy stellar masses depends on the assumed prior of the star-formation history (SFH) and spatial scale of the analysis (spatially resolved versus integrated scales). In this paper, we connect the prescription of the SFH…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-10-31 Shweta Jain , Sandro Tacchella , Moein Mosleh

We adapt the L-Galaxies semi-analytic model to follow the star-formation histories (SFH) of galaxies -- by which we mean a record of the formation time and metallicities of the stars that are present in each galaxy at a given time. We use…

We test the impact of using variable star forming histories (SFHs) and the use of the IR luminosity (LIR) as a constrain on the physical parameters of high redshift dusty star-forming galaxies. We explore in particular the stellar…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-09-13 P. Sklias , D. Schaerer , D. Elbaz , M. Pannella , C. Schreiber , A. Cava

We use empirical star formation histories (SFHs), measured from HST-based resolved star color-magnitude diagrams, as input into population synthesis codes to model the broadband spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of ~50 nearby dwarf…

A large sample of spectroscopically confirmed galaxies at 1.4<z<3.7, with complementary imaging in the near- and mid-IR from the ground and from Hubble and Spitzer, is used to infer the average star formation histories (SFHs) of typical…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Naveen A. Reddy , Max Pettini , Charles C. Steidel , Alice E. Shapley , Dawn K. Erb , David R. Law

The spectral energy distribution (SED) of galaxies is essential for deriving fundamental properties like stellar mass and star formation history (SFH). However, conventional methods, including both parametric and non-parametric approaches,…

Observations of the early Universe (z > 4) with the James Webb Space Telescope reveal galaxy populations with a wide range of intrinsic luminosities and colors. Bursty star formation histories (SFHs), characterized by short-term…

The star formation histories (SFHs) of galaxies contain imprints of the physical processes responsible for regulating star formation during galaxy growth and quenching. We improve the Dense Basis SFH reconstruction method of Iyer & Gawiser…

The star formation history (SFH) is a key issue in the evolution of galaxies. In this work, we developed a model based on a Gaussian and gamma function mixture to fit SFHs with varying numbers of components. Our primary objective was to use…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-06-21 Yang Wang , Chengxing Dong , Hengxin Ruan , Qiufan Lin , Yucheng Zhang , Shupei Chen

This paper addresses the challenge of understanding the typical star formation histories of red sequence galaxies, using linestrength indices and mass-to-light ratios as complementary constraints on their stellar age distribution. We…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-28 Steven P. Allanson , Michael J. Hudson , Russell J. Smith , John R. Lucey

We present a classification of galaxies in the Pan-STARRS1 (PS1) 3$\pi$ survey based on their recent star formation history and morphology. Specifically, we train and test two Random Forest (RF) classifiers using photometric features…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-10-21 A. Baldeschi , A. Miller , M. Stroh , R. Margutti , D. L. Coppejans

Panchromatic spectral energy distribution (SED) fitting is a critical tool for determining the physical properties of distant galaxies, such as their stellar mass and star formation rate. One widely used method is the publicly available…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-09-09 Daniel J. B. Smith , Christopher C. Hayward

The primary method for inferring the stellar mass ($M_*$) of a galaxy is through spectral energy distribution (SED) modeling. However, the technique rests on assumptions such as the galaxy star formation history and dust attenuation law…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-11-24 Sidney Lower , Desika Narayanan , Joel Leja , Benjamin D. Johnson , Charlie Conroy , Romeel Davé

The relation between the Star Formation Rate (SFR) and stellar mass (${\rm M}_{\star}$) of galaxies represents a fundamental constraint on galaxy formation and has been studied extensively both in observations and cosmological simulations.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-07-06 A. Katsianis , E. Tescari , J. S. B. Wyithe
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