Scientific Seminars
VIPERS: Modelling the observed D4000 evolution of massive galaxies over 0
Chris Haines 2019-05-30 14:00 Brera - Cupola Fiore
The VIPERS survey revealed that the number density of massive star-forming galaxies (M*>10^11Msun,
D4000<1.55) was five times higher at z~0.8 than it is today. Today I present analysis examining what has
happened to these massive star-forming galaxies over the last 8 billion years. Did their SFRs decline gently
with time, or have they gone through quenching events, leaving them quiescent?
We predict the D4000 evolution of star-forming galaxies using model SFHs derived either empirically from
the observed main star-forming sequence (M*-SFR relation) or from simple analytical functions. We then test
their ability to reproduce the observed D4000 evolution of massive galaxies over 0
Universidad de Atacama, Chile