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A measurement of the history of cosmic star formation is central to understand the origin and evolution of galaxies. The measurement is extremely challenging using electromagnetic radiation: significant modeling is required to convert…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-02-25 Salvatore Vitale , Will M. Farr , Ken Ng , Carl L. Rodriguez

Star-formation rates (SFR) in galaxies offer a view of various physical processes across them and are measured using various tracers, such as H$\alpha$ and UV. Different physical mechanisms can affect H$\alpha$ and UV emission, resulting in…

In an effort to understand the factors that govern the transition from low- to high-mass star formation, we identify for the first time a sample of intermediate-mass star-forming regions (IM SFRs) where stars up to - but not exceeding - 8…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-19 Kim Arvidsson , Charles R. Kerton , Michael J. Alexander , Henry A. Kobulnicky , Brian Uzpen

We derive H{\alpha} fluxes for a large spectroscopic and photometric-redshift-selected sample of sources over GOODS-North and South in the redshift range z = 3.8-5.0 with deep HST, Spitzer/IRAC, and ground-based observations. The H{\alpha}…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-12-28 Renske Smit , Rychard J. Bouwens , Ivo Labbé , Marijn Franx , Stephen M. Wilkins , Pascal A. Oesch

We obtain constraints on the slope of a universal stellar initial mass function (IMF) over a range of cosmic star-formation histories (SFH) using z=0.1 luminosity densities in the range from 0.2 to 2.2 microns. The age-IMF degeneracy of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-05 I. K. Baldry , K. Glazebrook

The era of the James Webb Space Telescope ushers stellar population models into uncharted territories, particularly at the high-redshift frontier. In a companion paper, we apply the \texttt{Prospector} Bayesian framework to jointly infer…

I briefly review some measures of star formation rates in galaxies and discuss their respective uncertainties before outlining the range of star formation rates encountered in starbursts from isolated dwarf through massive gas-rich…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 U. Fritze-v. Alvensleben

Recent observations indicate a lower Halpha to FUV ratio in dwarf galaxies than in brighter systems, a trend that could be explained by a truncated and/or steeper IMF in small galaxies. However, at low star formation rates (SFRs), the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Michele Fumagalli , Robert L. da Silva , Mark R. Krumholz

We present a new method to estimate the average star formation rate per unit stellar mass (SSFR) of a stacked population of galaxies. We combine the spectra of 600-1000 galaxies with similar stellar masses and parameterise the star…

We investigate the star formation history of the universe using FIREWORKS, a multiwavelength survey of the CDFS. We study the evolution of the specific star formation rate (sSFR) with redshift in different mass bins from z = 0 to z ~ 3. We…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Maaike Damen , Natascha M. Förster Schreiber , Marijn Franx , Ivo Labbé , Sune Toft , Pieter G. van Dokkum , Stijn Wuyts

Observations of star formation rates (SFRs) in galaxies provide vital clues to the physical nature of the Hubble sequence, and are key probes of the evolutionary properties of galaxies. The focus of this review is on the broad patterns in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-27 Robert C. Kennicutt,

In this paper, we test the age matching hypothesis that the star formation rate (SFR) of a galaxy of fixed stellar mass is determined by its dark matter halo formation history, and as such, that more quiescent galaxies reside in older…

Reliable star formation rate (SFR) measurements are essential for understanding early galaxy evolution, yet derived values rely on several assumptions. To address this problem, we investigate the SFRs of 12 massive ($9~<~\log(M_{\star}/{\rm…

Models for the formation and evolution of galaxies readily predict physical properties such as the star formation rates, metal enrichment histories, and, increasingly, gas and dust content of synthetic galaxies. Such predictions are…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-12-15 Charlie Conroy , Martin White , James E. Gunn

Understanding star formation rates (SFR) is a central goal of modern star-formation models, which mainly involve gravity, turbulence and, in some cases, magnetic fields (B-fields). However, a connection between B-fields and SFR has never…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-06-27 Hua-bai Li , Hangjin Jiang , Xiaodan Fan , Qilao Gu , Yapeng Zhang

We measure star formation rates of ~50,000 optically-selected galaxies in the local universe (z~0.1), spanning a range from gas-rich dwarfs to massive ellipticals. We obtain dust-corrected SFRs by fitting the GALEX (UV) and SDSS (optical)…

The initial mass function (IMF) succinctly characterizes a stellar population, provides a statistical measure of the end result of the star-formation process, and informs our under- standing of the structure and dynamical evolution of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-07-25 Kevin R. Covey , Nate Bastian , Michael R. Meyer

Star formation rate (SFR) is a fundamental parameter for describing galaxies and inferring their evolutionary course. HII regions yield the best measure of instantaneous SFR in galaxies, although the derived SFR can have large uncertainties…

We study the star formation rates (SFRs) of galaxies as a function of local galaxy density at 0.6<z<0.9. We used a low-dispersion prism in IMACS on the 6.5-m Baade (Magellan I) telescope to obtain spectra and measured redshifts to a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Shannon G. Patel , Daniel D. Kelson , Bradford P. Holden , Marijn Franx , Garth D. Illingworth