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PRIMUS: CONSTRAINTS ON STAR FORMATION QUENCHING AND GALAXY MERGING, AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE STELLAR MASS FUNCTION FROM z= 0-1

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Moustakas, John, Coil, Alison L., Aird, James, Blanton, Michael R., Cool, Richard J., Eisenstein, Daniel J., Mendez, Alexander J., Wong, Kenneth C., Zhu, Guangtun, Arnouts, Stéphane·2013·The Astrophysical Journal
DOI 10.1088/0004-637x/767/1/50
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We measure the evolution of the stellar mass function (SMF) from z = 0-1 using multi-wavelength imaging and spectroscopic redshifts from the PRism MUlti-object Survey (PRIMUS) and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS).From PRIMUS we construct an i < 23 flux-limited sample of ∼40,000 galaxies at z = 0.2-1.0 over five fields totaling ≈5.5 deg 2 , and from the SDSS we select ∼170,000 galaxies at z = 0.01-0.2that we analyze consistently with respect to PRIMUS to minimize systematic errors in our evolutionary measurements.We find that the SMF of all galaxies evolves relatively little since z = 1, although we do find evidence for mass assembly downsizing; we measure a ≈30% increase in the number density of ∼10 10 M galaxies since z ≈ 0.6, and a 10% change in the number density of all 10 11 M galaxies since z ≈ 1. Dividing the sample into star-forming and quiescent using an evolving cut in specific star formation rate, we find that the number density of ∼10 10 M star-forming galaxies stays relatively constant since z ≈ 0.6, whereas the space density of 10 11 M star-forming galaxies decreases by ≈50% between z ≈ 1 and z ≈ 0. Meanwhile, the number density of ∼10 10 M quiescent galaxies increases steeply toward low redshift, by a factor of ∼2-3 since z ≈ 0.6, while the number of massive quiescent galaxies remains approximately constant since z ≈ 1.These results suggest that the rate at which star-forming galaxies are quenched increases with decreasing stellar mass, but that the bulk of the stellar mass buildup within the quiescent population occurs around ∼10 10.8 M .In addition, we conclude that mergers do not appear to be a dominant channel for the stellar mass buildup of galaxies at z < 1, even among massive ( 10 11 M ) quiescent galaxies.

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Moustakas, J., Coil, A. L., Aird, J., Blanton, M. R., Cool, R. J., Eisenstein, D. J., Mendez, A. J., Wong, K. C., Zhu, G., & Arnouts, S.
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The Astrophysical Journal
Publisher
American Astronomical Society
Published
2013-03-25
Volume
767
Issue
1
Pages
50
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  • 0004-637X (ISSN-L)
  • 1538-4357
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10.1088/0004-637x/767/1/50
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Moustakas, J., Coil, A. L., Aird, J., Blanton, M. R., Cool, R. J., Eisenstein, D. J., Mendez, A. J., Wong, K. C., Zhu, G., & Arnouts, S. (2013). PRIMUS: CONSTRAINTS ON STAR FORMATION QUENCHING AND GALAXY MERGING, AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE STELLAR MASS FUNCTION FROM z= 0-1. The Astrophysical Journal. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/767/1/50

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