GAMA/G10-COSMOS/3D-HST : the 0 < z < 5 cosmic star formation history, stellar- and dust-mass densities
Abstract
We use the energy-balance code MAGPHYS to determine stellar and dust masses, and dust corrected star-formation rates for over 200 000 GAMA galaxies, 170 000 G10-COSMOS galaxies and 200 000 3D-HST galaxies. Our values agree well with previously reported measurements and constitute a representative and homogeneous data set spanning a broad range in stellar mass (108—1012M⊙), dust mass (106—109M⊙), and star-formation rates (0.01—100M⊙yr−1), and over a broad redshift range (0.0 < z < 5.0). We combine these data to measure the cosmic star-formation history (CSFH), the stellar-mass density (SMD), and the dust-mass density (DMD) over a 12 Gyr timeline. The data mostly agree with previous estimates, where they exist, and provide a quasi-homogeneous data set using consistent mass and star-formation estimators with consistent underlying assumptions over the full time range. As a consequence our formal errors are significantly reduced when compared to the historic literature. Integrating our CSFH we precisely reproduce the SMD with an interstellar medium replenishment factor of 0.50 ± 0.07, consistent with our choice of Chabrier intial mass function plus some modest amount of stripped stellar mass. Exploring the cosmic dust density evolution, we find a gradual increase in dust density with lookback time. We build a simple phenomenological model from the CSFH to account for the dust mass evolution, and infer two key conclusions: (1) For every unit of stellar mass which is formed 0.0065—0.004 units of dust mass is also formed; (2) Over the history of the Universe approximately 90 to 95 per cent of all dust formed has been destroyed and/or ejected.
Citation
Driver , S P , Andrews , S K , Cunha , E D , Davies , L J , Lagos , C , Robotham , A S G , Vinsen , K , Wright , A H , Alpaslan , M , Bland-Hawthorn , J , Bourne , N , Brough , S , Bremer , M N , Cluver , M , Colless , M , Conselice , C J , Dunne , L , Eales , S A , Gomez , H , Holwerda , B , Hopkins , A M , Kafle , P R , Kelvin , L S , Loveday , J , Liske , J , Maddox , S J , Phillipps , S , Pimbblet , K , Rowlands , K , Sansom , A E , Taylor , E , Wang , L & Wilkins , S M 2018 , ' GAMA/G10-COSMOS/3D-HST : the 0 < z < 5 cosmic star formation history, stellar- and dust-mass densities ' , Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , vol. 475 , no. 3 , pp. 2891-2935 . https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx2728
Publication
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
0035-8711Type
Journal article
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