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The Evolving Luminosity Function of Red Galaxies
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We trace the assembly history of red galaxies since z = 1 by measuring their evolving space density with the B -band luminosity function. Our sample of 39,599 red galaxies, selected from 6.96 deg 2 of imaging from the NOAO Deep Wide-Field Survey and the Spitzer IRAC Shallow Survey, is an order of magnitude larger, in size and volume, than comparable samples in the literature. We measure a higher space density of z ~ 0.9 red galaxies than some of the recent literature, in part because we account for the faint yet significant galaxy flux that falls outside of our photometric aperture. The B -band luminosity density of red galaxies, which effectively measures the evolution of ~ L * galaxies, increases by only 36% ± 13% from z = 0 to z = 1. If red galaxy stellar populations have faded by ≃1.24 B -band magnitudes since z = 1, the stellar mass contained within the red galaxy population has roughly doubled over the past 8 Gyr. This is consistent with star-forming galaxies being transformed into ≲ L * red galaxies after a decline in their star formation rates. In contrast, the evolution of ≃4 L * red galaxies differs only slightly from a model with negligible z < 1 star formation and no galaxy mergers. If this model approximates the luminosity evolution of red galaxy stellar populations, then ≃80% of the stellar mass contained within today's 4 L * red galaxies was already in place at z = 0.7. While red galaxy mergers have been observed, such mergers do not produce rapid growth of 4 L * red galaxy stellar masses between z = 1 and the present day.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Brown, M. J. I., Dey, A., Jannuzi, B. T., Brand, K., Benson, A. J., Brodwin, M., Croton, D. J., & Eisenhardt, P. R.
- Venue
- The Astrophysical Journal
- Publisher
- American Astronomical Society
- Published
- 2007-01-10
- Volume
- 654
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 858-877
- ISSN
- 0004-637X (ISSN-L)
- 1538-4357
- OpenAlex
- W2155431150
- Cited by
- 323
- References
- 62
- FWCI
- 30.40
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
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