Pure luminosity evolution models for faint field galaxy samples


Por: Pozzetti L., Bruzual A.G., Zamorani G.

Publicada: 1 ene 1996
Resumen:
We have examined a set of pure luminosity evolution (PLE) models in order to explore up to what extent the rapidly increasing observational constraints from faint galaxy samples can be understood in this simple framework. We find that a PLE model, in which galaxies evolve mildly in time even in the rest-frame UV, can reproduce most of the observed properties of faint galaxies assuming an open (? ? 0) universe. In particular, such a model is able to fit reasonably well the number counts in the U, bj, rf, I and K bands, as well as the colour and redshift distributions derived from most of the existing samples. The most significant discrepancy between the predictions of this model and the data is the z distribution of faint K-selected galaxies. Significantly worse fits are obtained with PLE models for the theoretically attractive value of ? = 1, although a simple number luminosity evolution model with a significant number of merger events fits the data also in this cosmology.

Filiaciones:
Pozzetti L.:
 Dipartimento di Astronomia, Università di Bologna, via Zamboni 33, I-40126 Bologna, Italy

 Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna, Via Zamboni 33, I-40126 Bologna, Italy

Bruzual A.G.:
 Ctro. de Invest. de Astronomia, AP 264, Mérida 5101-A, Venezuela

 Landessternwarte Heidelberg K., D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany

Zamorani G.:
 Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna, Via Zamboni 33, I-40126 Bologna, Italy

 Istituto di Radioastronomia del CNR, via Gobetti 101, I-40129 Bologna, Italy
ISSN: 00358711
Editorial
WILEY-BLACKWELL, COMMERCE PLACE, 350 MAIN ST, MALDEN 02148, MA USA, Reino Unido
Tipo de documento: Article
Volumen: 281 Número: 3
Páginas: 953-969
WOS Id: A1996VB27100024
imagen Bronze