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The Hubble Deep Field (HDF) is the deepest set of multicolor optical photometric observations ever undertaken, and offers a valuable data set with which to study galaxy evolution. Combining the optical WFPC2 data with ground-based…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 A. J. Connolly , A. S. Szalay , Mark Dickinson , M. U. SubbaRao , R. J. Brunner

The evolution of the galaxy stellar mass function is especially useful to test the current model of galaxy formation. Observational data have revealed a few inconsistencies with predictions from the $\Lambda {\rm CDM}$ model. For example,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 Xi Kang , WeiPeng Lin , Ramin A. Skibba , Dongni Chen

We study the stellar mass content of massive haloes in the redshift range 0.86<z<1.34, by measuring: (1) The stellar mass in the central galaxy versus total dynamical halo mass. (2) The total stellar mass (including satellites) versus total…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-01-06 Remco F. J. van der Burg , Adam Muzzin , Henk Hoekstra , Gillian Wilson , Chris Lidman , H. K. C. Yee

Stellar mass, size, and star formation rate (SFR) are fundamental properties that encode the structural and evolutionary states of galaxies. Observations reveal a mass-SFR-size relation whereby galaxies become more compact both above and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-03-03 Jiani Chu , Dandan Xu , Enci Wang , Stijn Wuyts

The modification of star formation (SF) in galaxy interactions is a complex process, with SF observed to be both enhanced in major mergers and suppressed in minor pair interactions. Such changes likely to arise on short timescales and be…

Using observations in the COSMOS field, we report an intriguing correlation between the star formation activity of massive (~10^{11.4}\msol) central galaxies, their stellar masses, and the large-scale (~10 Mpc) environments of their…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Jeremy L. Tinker , Matthew R. George , Alexie Leauthaud , Kevin Bundy , Alexis Finoguenov , Richard Massey , Jason Rhodes , Risa H. Wechsler

Galaxy-galaxy weak lensing is a direct probe of the mean matter distribution around galaxies. The depth and sky coverage of the CFHT Legacy Survey yield statistically significant galaxy halo mass measurements over a much wider range of…

The star formation rate in spiral galaxies is considered to be decreasing continuously with time in a time scale of $10^{9}$ yr. The present star formation activity, on the other hand, shows various degrees among galaxies. We make a new…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Akihiko Tomita , Yoshio Tomita , Mamoru Saito

We measure the star formation properties of two large samples of galaxies from the SDSS in large-scale cosmic voids on time scales of 10 Myr and 100 Myr, using H$\alpha$ emission line strengths and GALEX FUV fluxes, respectively. The first…

Discerning the exact nature of the sub-mJy radio population has been historically difficult due to the low luminosity of these sources at most wavelengths. Using deep ground based optical follow-up and observations from the Spitzer Space…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 N. Seymour , T. Dwelly , D. Moss , I. McHardy , A. Zoghbi , G. Rieke , M. Page , A. Hopkins , N. Loaring

We investigated the evolution of the physical properties of the brightest galaxies in clusters and their protohalos from $z = 4$ to $z = 0$. Galaxy clusters and groups are identified using a halo-based group finder applied to the COSMOS2020…

We use a SDSS galaxy group catalogue to study the dependence of galaxy activity on stellar mass, halo mass, and group hierarchy (centrals vs. satellites). We split our galaxy sample in star-forming galaxies, galaxies with optical AGN…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Anna Pasquali , Frank C. van den Bosch , H. J. Mo , Xiaohu Yang , Rachel Somerville

The evolution of galaxies depends on their masses and local environments; understanding when and how environmental quenching starts to operate remains a challenge. Furthermore, studies of the high-redshift regime have been limited to…

We present new determinations of the stellar-to-halo mass relation (SHMR) at $z=0-10$ that match the evolution of the galaxy stellar mass function, the SFR$-M_*$ relation,and the cosmic star formation rate. We utilize a compilation of 40…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-06-28 Aldo Rodriguez-Puebla , Joel R. Primack , Vladimir Avila-Reese , S. M. Faber

Here we explore the evolution of galaxy ensembles at early times by writing the in situ stellar mass growth of galaxies purely as a stationary stochastic (e.g., quasi-steady state) process. By combining the mathematics of such processes…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-10-24 Daniel D. Kelson , Andrew J. Benson , Louis E. Abramson

We present results from SPH-cosmological simulations, including self-consistent modelling of SN feedback and chemical evolution, of galaxies belonging to two clusters and twelve groups. We reproduce the mass-metallicity (ZM) relation of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-09-08 A. D. Romeo Velonà , J. Sommer-Larsen , N. R. Napolitano , V. Antonuccio-Delogu , S. Cielo , I. Gavignaud

We investigate how star-forming galaxies typically assemble their masses at high redshift. Using the deep multi-wavelength coverage of the GOODS dataset, we measure stellar mass of a large sample of star-forming galaxies at z~4 and 5, and…

We model the luminosity-dependent projected two-point correlation function of DEEP2 (z~1) and SDSS (z~0) galaxies within the Halo Occupation Distribution (HOD) framework. At both epochs, there is a tight correlation between central galaxy…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Zheng Zheng , Alison L. Coil , Idit Zehavi

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

We derive and analyse the star formation histories of 393 intermediate-redshift (0.1 $\leq$ z $\leq$ 0.9) galaxies with stellar masses between $\sim$10$^{8}$ - 10$^{12}$ M$_{\odot}$. We probe a cosmic time of approximately 6 Gyr and a range…