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ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS
卷 867, 期 1, 页码 -出版社
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/aae887
关键词
galaxies: evolution; galaxies: high-redshift
资金
- NSF-AAG grants [AST-1312780, 1312547, 1312764, 1313171]
- NASA through a grant from the Space Telescope Science Institute [AR-13907]
- NASA-ADAP grant [NNX16AF54G]
- U.S. Department of Energy [DE-AC52-07NA27344]
- LLNL Livermore Graduate Scholar Program
- NASA [905535, NNX16AF54G] Funding Source: Federal RePORTER
Using the MOSFIRE Deep Evolution Field (MOSDEF) rest-frame optical spectroscopic survey, we investigate the star formation histories (SFHs) of different galaxy types, ranging from actively star-forming to quiescent at 1.4 <= z <= 2.6. SFHs are constrained utilizing stellar continuum spectroscopy, specifically through a combination of Balmer absorption lines, the 4000 angstrom break, and the equivalent width of the H alpha emission line. To attain a sufficiently high signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) to conduct these measurements we stack spectra of galaxies with similar spectral types, as determined from their rest-frame U V and V J colors. We bin the MOSDEF sample into five spectral types, subdividing the quiescent and star-forming bins to better explore galaxies transitioning between the two. We constrain the average SFHs for each type, finding that quiescent and transitional galaxies in the MOSDEF sample are dominated by an SFH with an average star formation timescale of tau similar to 0.1-0.2 Gyr. These findings contrast with measurements from the low-redshift Universe where, on average, galaxies form their stars over a more extended time period (tau > 1 Gyr). Furthermore, our spectral index measurements correlate with mass surface density for all spectral types. Finally, we compare the average properties of the galaxies in our transitional bins to investigate possible paths to quiescence, and speculate on the viability of a dusty post-starburst phase.
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