Stellar population diagnostics of elliptical galaxy formation

A Renzini - Annu. Rev. Astron. Astrophys., 2006 - annualreviews.org
Major progress has been achieved in recent years in mapping the properties of passively-
evolving, early-type galaxies (ETG) from the local universe all the way to redshift∼ 2. Here …

Physical Properties of Galaxies from z = 2–4

AE Shapley - Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2011 - annualreviews.org
The epoch of galaxy assembly from 2⩽ z⩽ 4 marks a critical stage during the evolution of
today's galaxy population. During this period, the star-formation activity in the Universe was …

A 6% measurement of the Hubble parameter at z∼ 0.45: direct evidence of the epoch of cosmic re-acceleration

M Moresco, L Pozzetti, A Cimatti… - … of Cosmology and …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Deriving the expansion history of the Universe is a major goal of modern cosmology. To
date, the most accurate measurements have been obtained with Type Ia Supernovae (SNe) …

The COSMOS2015 galaxy stellar mass function-Thirteen billion years of stellar mass assembly in ten snapshots

I Davidzon, O Ilbert, C Laigle, J Coupon… - Astronomy & …, 2017 - aanda.org
We measure the stellar mass function (SMF) and stellar mass density of galaxies in the
COSMOS field up to z~ 6. We select them in the near-IR bands of the COSMOS2015 …

The evolution of galaxy number density at z< 8 and its implications

CJ Conselice, A Wilkinson, K Duncan… - The Astrophysical …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
The evolution of the number density of galaxies in the universe, and thus also the total
number of galaxies, is a fundamental question with implications for a host of astrophysical …

Structural parameters of galaxies in candels

A van der Wel, EF Bell, B Häussler… - The Astrophysical …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
We present global structural parameter measurements of 109,533 unique, H F160W-
selected objects from the CANDELS multi-cycle treasury program. Sérsic model fits for these …

A highly consistent framework for the evolution of the star-forming “main sequence” from z∼ 0–6

JS Speagle, CL Steinhardt, PL Capak… - The Astrophysical …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Using a compilation of 25 studies from the literature, we investigate the evolution of the star-
forming galaxy (SFG) main sequence (MS) in stellar mass and star formation rate (SFR) out …

The propagation of uncertainties in stellar population synthesis modeling. I. The relevance of uncertain aspects of stellar evolution and the initial mass function to the …

C Conroy, JE Gunn, M White - The Astrophysical Journal, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
The stellar masses, mean ages, metallicities, and star formation histories of galaxies are
now commonly estimated via stellar population synthesis (SPS) techniques. SPS relies on …

Breaking the hierarchy of galaxy formation

RG Bower, AJ Benson, R Malbon… - Monthly Notices of …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Recent observations of the distant Universe suggest that much of the stellar mass of bright
galaxies was already in place at z> 1. This presents a challenge for models of galaxy …

The relation between Star Formation Rate and Stellar Mass for Galaxies at 3.5⩽ z⩽ 6.5 in CANDELS

B Salmon, C Papovich, SL Finkelstein… - The Astrophysical …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Distant star-forming galaxies show a correlation between their star formation rates (SFRs)
and stellar masses, and this has deep implications for galaxy formation. Here, we present a …