First results from HerMES on the evolution of the submillimetre luminosity function

We have carried out two extremely deep surveys with SPIRE, one of the two cameras on Herschel, at 250 µm, close to the peak of the far-infrared background. We have used the results to investigate the evolution of the rest-frame 250-µm luminosity function out to z = 2. We find evidence for strong evolution out to z $\simeq$ 1 but evidence for at most weak evolution beyond this redshift. Our results suggest that a significant part of the stars and metals in the universe today were formed at z 1.4 in spiral galaxies. © 2010 ESO.

Citation

Eales, S. and Raymond, G. and Roseboom, I. and Altieri, B. and Amblard, A. and Arumugam, V. and Auld, R. et al. 2010. First results from HerMES on the evolution of the submillimetre luminosity function. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 518 (2).

Source Title

Astronomy and Astrophysics

DOI

10.1051/0004-6361/201014675

ISSN

0004-6361

School

Department of Physics and Astronomy

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/37367

Collection

Curtin Research Publications