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We measure the stellar mass function (SMF) of galaxies in the COSMOS field up to $z\sim6$. We select them in the near-IR bands of the COSMOS2015 catalogue, which includes ultra-deep photometry from UltraVISTA-DR2, SPLASH, and…

We present robust statistical estimates of the accuracy of early-type galaxy stellar masses derived from spectral energy distribution (SED) fitting as functions of various empirical and theoretical assumptions. Using large samples…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 R. Swindle , R. R. Gal , F. La Barbera , R. R. de Carvalho

(Abridged) We explore the dependence of galaxy stellar population properties derived from broad-band SED-fitting - such as age, stellar mass, dust reddening, etc. - on a variety of parameters, such as SFHs, metallicity, IMF, dust reddening…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 Janine Pforr , Claudia Maraston , Chiara Tonini

There has been a long-standing factor-of-two tension between the observed star formation rate density and the observed stellar mass buildup after $z\sim2$. Recently we have proposed that sophisticated panchromatic SED models can resolve…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-04-29 Joel Leja , Joshua S. Speagle , Benjamin D. Johnson , Charlie Conroy , Pieter van Dokkum , Marijn Franx

How stellar mass assembles within galaxies is still an open question. We present measurements of the stellar mass distribution on kpc-scale for $\sim5500$ galaxies with stellar masses above $\log(M_{\ast}/M_{\odot})\geqslant9.8$ up to the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-01-06 Moein Mosleh , Shiva Hosseinnejad , S. Zahra Hosseini-ShahiSavandi , Sandro Tacchella

We determine the importance of redshift-dependent systematic effects in the determination of stellar masses from broad band spectral energy distributions (SEDs), using high quality kinematic and photometric data of early-type galaxies at…

In this paper, we demonstrate that the inference of galaxy stellar masses via spectral energy distribution (SED) fitting techniques for galaxies formed in the first billion years after the Big Bang carries fundamental uncertainties owing to…

We study spatially resolved properties (on spatial scales of $\sim 1-2$ kpc out to at least $3$ effective radii) of the stars, dust, and gas in ten nearby spiral galaxies. The properties of the stellar population and dust are derived by…

In Sedgwick et al. (2019) we introduced and utilised a method to combat surface brightness and mass biases in galaxy sample selection, using core-collapse supernovae (CCSNe) as pointers towards their host galaxies, in order to: (i) search…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-09-11 Thomas M. Sedgwick , Ivan K. Baldry , Philip A. James , Lee S. Kelvin

Broad-band measurements of flux for galaxies at different redshifts measure different regions of the rest-frame galaxy spectrum. Certain astronomical questions, such as the evolution of the luminosity function of galaxies, require…

The stellar masses of galaxies are measured using integrated light via several methods -- however, few of these methods were designed for low-mass ($M_{\star}\lesssim10^{8}\rm{M_{\odot}}$) "dwarf" galaxies, whose properties (e.g.,…

We use the photometric information contained in individual pixels of 44,964 (0.019<z<0.125 and -23.5<M_r<-20.5) galaxies in the Fourth Data Release (DR4) of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey to investigate the effects of environment on galaxy…

(Abridged) We introduce a novel technique to construct spatially resolved maps of stellar mass surface density in galaxies based on optical and near IR imaging. We use optical/NIR colour(s) to infer effective stellar mass-to-light ratios…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-03-28 Stefano Zibetti , Stephane Charlot , Hans-Walter Rix

We derive stellar masses from SED fitting to rest-frame optical and UV fluxes for 401 star-forming galaxies at z 4, 5, and 6 from Hubble-WFC3/IR observations of the ERS combined with the deep GOODS-S Spitzer/IRAC data (and include a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Valentino Gonzalez , Ivo Labbe , Rychard Bouwens , Garth Illingworth , Marijn Franx , Mariska Kriek

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

The star formation rate density (SFRD) is an important tool in galaxy evolution that allows us to identify at which cosmic time galaxies are more efficient at forming stars. For low-mass star-forming galaxies, the SFRD as a function of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-04-07 G. G. Murrell , I. K. Baldry

The stellar mass ($M_\star$) and the star-formation rate (SFR) are among the most important features that characterize galaxies. Measuring these fundamental properties accurately is critical for understanding the present state of galaxies,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-05-03 Konstantinos Kouroumpatzakis , Andreas Zezas , Elias Kyritsis , Samir Salim , Jiri Svoboda

Robust inference of galaxy stellar masses from photometry is crucial for constraints on galaxy assembly across cosmic time. Here, we test a commonly-used Spectral Energy Distribution (SED) fitting code, using simulated galaxies from the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-12-04 R. K. Cochrane , H. Katz , R. Begley , C. C. Hayward , P. N. Best

We trace the specific star formation rate (sSFR) of massive star-forming galaxies ($\gtrsim\!10^{10}\,\mathcal{M}_\odot$) from $z\sim2$ to 7. Our method is substantially different from previous analyses, as it does not rely on direct…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-01-31 Iary Davidzon , Olivier Ilbert , Andreas L. Faisst , Martin Sparre , Peter L. Capak

In this empirical work, we aim to quantify the systematic uncertainties in stellar mass $(M_\star)$ estimates made from spectral energy distribution (SED) fitting through stellar population synthesis (SPS), for galaxies in the local…