期刊
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
卷 766, 期 2, 页码 -出版社
IOP Publishing Ltd
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/766/2/94
关键词
cosmology: theory; galaxies: evolution; galaxies: formation; methods: numerical
资金
- NSF [AST-0807491]
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration under Grant/Cooperative Agreement [NNX08AE57A]
- Nevada NASA EPSCoR program
We present the results of a numerical study examining the effect of an H-2-based star formation (SF) model on the rest-frame UV luminosity function and star formation rate function (SFRF) of z >= 6 galaxies, and the implications for reionization. Using cosmological hydrodynamical simulations outfitted with an H-2-SF model, we find good agreement with our previous results (non-H-2 SF model) and observations at M-uv <= -18. However, at M-uv > -18, we find that the LF deviates from both our previous work and current observational extrapolations, producing significantly fewer low-luminosity galaxies and exhibiting additional turnover at the faint end. We constrain the redshift evolution of this turnover point using a modified Schechter function that includes additional terms to quantify the turnover magnitude (M-uv(t)) and subsequent slope (beta). We find that M-uv(t) evolves from M-uv(t) = -17.33 (at z = 8) to -15.38 (z = 6), while a becomes shallower by Delta beta = 0.22 during the same epoch. This occurs in an Muv range that will be observable by James Webb Space Telescope. By integrating the SFRF, we determine that even though the H-2-SF model significantly reduces the number density of low-luminosity galaxies at M-uv > -18, it does not suppress the total SFR density enough to affect the capability of SF to maintain reionization.
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