The evolution of the near-infrared galaxy luminosity function and colour bimodality up to z≃2 rom the UKIDSS Ultra Deep Survey Early Data Release

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作者
Cirasuolo, M. [1 ]
McLure, R. J.
Dunlop, J. S.
Almaini, O.
Foucaud, S.
Smail, Ian
Sekiguchi, K.
Simpson, C.
Eales, S.
Dye, S.
Watson, M. G.
Page, M. J.
Hirst, P.
机构
[1] Univ Edinburgh, Inst Astron, Royal Observ, SUPA, Edinburgh EH9 3HJ, Midlothian, Scotland
[2] Univ Nottingham, Sch Phys & Astron, Nottingham NG7 2RD, England
[3] Univ Durham, Inst Computat Cosmol, Durham DH1 3LE, England
[4] Natl Astron Observ Japan, Subaru Telecope, Hilo, HI 96720 USA
[5] Liverpool John Moores Univ, Astrophys Res Inst, Birkenhead CH41 1LD, Merseyside, England
[6] Cardiff Univ, Sch Phys & Astron, Cardiff CF24 3YB, Wales
[7] Univ Leicester, Dept Phys & Astron, Leicester LE1 7RH, Leics, England
[8] UCL, Mullard Space Sci Lab, Surrey RH5 6NT, England
[9] Joint Astron Ctr, Hilo, HI 96720 USA
[10] Gemini Observ, Hilo, HI 96720 USA
基金
英国科学技术设施理事会;
关键词
galaxies : evolution; galaxies : formation; cosmology : observations;
D O I
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.12038.x
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We present new results on the cosmological evolution of the near-infrared (near-IR) galaxy luminosity function (LF), derived from the analysis of a new sample of similar to 22000K(AB) <= 22.5 galaxies selected over an area of 0.6 deg(2) from the Early Data Release of the UKIDSS Ultra Deep Survey (UDS). Our study has exploited the multiwavelength coverage of the UDS field provided by the new UKIDSS WFCAM K- and J- band imaging, the Subaru/XMM-Newton Deep Survey and the SpitzerWide-Area Infrared Extragalactic survey. The unique combination of large area and depth provided by this newsurvey minimizes the complicating effect of cosmic variance and has allowed us, for the first time, to trace the evolution of the brightest sources out to z similar or equal to 2 with good statistical accuracy. In agreement with previous studies, we find that the characteristic luminosity of the near-IR LF brightens by similar or equal to 1 mag between z = 0 and z similar or equal to 2, while the total density decreases by a factor of similar or equal to 2. Using the rest-frame (U - B) colour to split the sample into red and blue galaxies, we confirm the classic luminosity-dependent colour bimodality at z less than or similar to 1. However, the strength of the colour bimodality is found to be a decreasing function of redshift, and seems to disappear by z greater than or similar to 1.5. Due to the large size of our sample, we are able to investigate the differing cosmological evolution of the red and blue galaxy populations. It is found that the space density of the brightest red galaxies (MK <= - 23) stays approximately constant with redshift, and that these sources dominate the bright end of the LF at redshifts z less than or similar to 1. In contrast, the brightening of the characteristic luminosity and mild decrease in space density displayed by the blue galaxy population leads them to dominate the bright end of the LF at redshifts z greater than or similar to 1..
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