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dc.contributor.authorSeymour, Nick
dc.contributor.authorSymeonidis, M.
dc.contributor.authorPage, M.
dc.contributor.authorHuynh, M.
dc.contributor.authorDwelly, T.
dc.contributor.authorMcHardy, I.
dc.contributor.authorRieke, G.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T13:32:53Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T13:32:53Z
dc.date.created2016-09-12T08:37:03Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.identifier.citationSeymour, N. and Symeonidis, M. and Page, M. and Huynh, M. and Dwelly, T. and McHardy, I. and Rieke, G. 2010. The comoving infrared luminosity density: Domination of cold galaxies across 0 < z < 1. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 402 (4): pp. 2666-2670.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/32747
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.16083.x
dc.description.abstract

In this paper, we examine the contribution of galaxies with different infrared (IR) spectral energy distributions (SEDs) to the comoving IR luminosity density (IRLD), a proxy for the comoving star formation rate (SFR) density. We characterize galaxies as having either a cold or hot IR SED depending on whether the rest-frame wavelength of their peak IR energy output is above or below 90 µm. Our work is based on a far-IR selected sample both in the local Universe and at high redshift, the former consisting of IRAS60 µm-selected galaxies at z < 0.07 and the latter of Spitzer70 µm selected galaxies across0.1 < z= 1. We find that the total IR luminosity densities for each redshift/luminosity bin agree well with results derived from other deep mid-/far-IR surveys. Atz < 0.07, we observe the previously known results that moderate luminosity galaxies(LIR < 1011 L?) dominate the total luminosity density and that the fraction of cold galaxies decreases with increasing luminosity, becoming negligible at the highest luminosities. Conversely, abovez= 0.1, we find that luminous IR galaxies(LIR > 1011 L?), the majority of which are cold, dominate the IRLD. We therefore infer that cold galaxies dominate the IRLD across the whole0 < z < 1 range, hence appear to be the main driver behind the increase in SFR density up toz~ 1 whereas local luminous galaxies are not, on the whole, representative of the high-redshift population. © 2010 The Authors. Journal compilation © 2010 RAS.

dc.publisherOxford University Press
dc.titleThe comoving infrared luminosity density: Domination of cold galaxies across 0 < z < 1
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume402
dcterms.source.number4
dcterms.source.startPage2666
dcterms.source.endPage2670
dcterms.source.issn0035-8711
dcterms.source.titleMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
curtin.departmentDepartment of Physics and Astronomy
curtin.accessStatusOpen access via publisher


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