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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Matthews, A. M.
• Condon, J. J.
• Cotton, W. D.
• Mauch, T.

Titel

Cosmic Star Formation History Measured at 1.4 GHz

Ist Teil von

• The Astrophysical journal, 2021-06, Vol.914 (2), p.126

Ort / Verlag

Philadelphia: The American Astronomical Society

Erscheinungsjahr

2021

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EZB Free E-Journals

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Abstract We matched the 1.4 GHz local luminosity functions of star-forming galaxies (SFGs) and active galactic nuclei to the 1.4 GHz differential source counts from 0.25 μ Jy to 25 Jy using combinations of luminosity and density evolution. We present the most robust and complete local far-infrared (FIR)/radio luminosity correlation to date in a volume-limited sample of ≈4.3 × 10 3 nearby SFGs, finding that it is very tight but distinctly sublinear: L FIR ∝ L 1.4 GHz 0.85 . If the local FIR/radio correlation does not evolve, the evolving 1.4 GHz luminosity function of SFGs yields the evolving star formation rate density (SFRD) ψ ( M ⊙ yr −1 Mpc −3 ) as a function of time since the Big Bang. The SFRD measured at 1.4 GHz grows rapidly at early times, peaks at “cosmic noon” when t ≈ 3 Gyr and z ≈ 2, and subsequently decays with an e -folding timescale τ = 3.2 Gyr. This evolution is similar to, but somewhat stronger than, SFRD evolution estimated from UV and FIR data.