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Based on the star formation histories (SFH) of galaxies in halos of different masses, we develop an empirical model to grow galaxies in dark mattet halos. This model has very few ingredients, any of which can be associated to observational…

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We analyse the far-infrared properties of $\sim$ 5,000 star-forming galaxies at $z<4.5$, drawn from the deepest, super-deblended catalogues in the GOODS-N and COSMOS fields. We develop a novel panchromatic SED fitting algorithm,…

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

In this work, I explore an empirically motivated model for investigating the relationship between galaxy stellar masses, star formation rates and their halo masses and mass accretion histories. The core statistical quantity in this model is…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-07-15 Matthew R. Becker

We present a robust method to constrain average galaxy star formation rates, star formation histories, and the intracluster light as a function of halo mass. Our results are consistent with observed galaxy stellar mass functions, specific…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-05-30 Peter S. Behroozi , Risa H. Wechsler , Charlie Conroy

Aims: The relative roles of the physical mechanisms involved in quenching galaxy star formation are still unclear. We tackle this fundamental problem with our cosmological semi-empirical model DECODE (Discrete statistical sEmi-empiriCal…

We study the stellar properties of a sample of simulated ultra-diffuse galaxies (UDGs) with stellar mass $\rm{M_\star=10^{7.5} - 10^{9} ~ M_{\odot}}$, selected from the TNG50 simulation, where UDGs form mainly in high-spin dwarf-mass halos.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-01-13 José A. Benavides , Laura V. Sales , Mario. G. Abadi , Mark Vogelsberger , Federico Marinacci , Lars Hernquist

With the advent of several galaxy surveys targeting star-forming galaxies, it is important to have models capable of interpreting their spatial distribution in terms of astrophysical and cosmological parameters. To address this need, we…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-09-04 Sara Ortega-Martinez , Sergio Contreras , Raul Angulo

Next-generation surveys will provide photometric and spectroscopic data of millions to billions of galaxies with unprecedented precision. This offers a unique chance to improve our understanding of the galaxy evolution and the unresolved…

We use the SED-fitting code Prospector to reconstruct the nonparametric star formation history (SFH) of massive ($\log M_*>10.3$) star-forming galaxies (SFGs) and quiescent galaxies (QGs) at redshift $z_{\rm{obs}}\sim2$ to investigate the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-01-25 Zhiyuan Ji , Mauro Giavalisco

JWST observations have revealed an overabundance of bright galaxies at $z \geq 9$, creating apparent tensions with theoretical predictions within standard $\Lambda$CDM cosmology. We address this challenge using a semi-empirical approach…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-11-13 Abhijnan Kar , Shadab Alam , Joseph Silk

We present a study of spatially-resolved star formation histories (SFHs) for 60 $z\sim2.3$ main-sequence, star-forming galaxies selected from the MOSDEF spectroscopic survey in the GOODS-N field, with median stellar mass…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-03-29 Sam E. Cutler , Mauro Giavalisco , Zhiyuan Ji , Yingjie Cheng

The spectral energy distribution of a galaxy emerges from the complex interplay of many physical ingredients, including its star formation history (SFH), metallicity evolution, and dust properties. Using GALAXPY, a new galaxy spectral…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-07-07 Jonas Chaves-Montero , Andrew Hearin

We propose a novel method to reconstruct the full posterior distribution of the star formation histories (SFHs) of galaxies from broad-band photometry. Our method combines simulation-based inference (SBI) using a neural network trained with…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-07-23 G. Aufort , C. Laigle , H. J. McCracken , D. Le Borgne , R. Arango-Toro , L. Ciesla , O. Ilbert , L. Tresse , Y. Dubois

(Abridged) The hierarchical formation scenario for the stellar halo requires the accretion and disruption of dwarf galaxies, yet low-metallicity halo stars are enriched in alpha-elements compared to similar, low-metallicity stars in dwarf…

We examine the duty cycle and the history of star formation (SFH) for high-redshift galaxies at z>=6 using cosmological hydrodynamic simulations. We find that, even though individual galaxies have bursty SFH, the averaged SFH between z~15…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 Jason Jaacks , Kentaro Nagamine , Jun-Hwan Choi

In this work, we compare galaxies from the NIHAO and HESTIA simulation suites to ultra-diffuse galaxies (UDGs) with spectroscopically measured dynamical masses. For each observed UDG, we identify the simulated dark matter halo that best…

Galaxy formation models, particularly semi-analytic models (SAMs), rely on differential equations with free parameters to describe the physical mechanisms governing galaxy formation and evolution. Traditionally, most SAMs calibrate these…

We perform numerical simulations for the formation of the Galactic stellar halo, based on the currently favored cold dark matter (CDM) theory of galaxy formation. Our numerical models, taking into account both dynamical and chemical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Kenji Bekki , Masashi Chiba

Aims. We aim to investigate the connection between star formation histories (SFHs) and the inner dark matter density profiles of simulated galaxies. In particular, we test whether the burstiness and temporal distribution of star formation…