Probing the evolution of the near-IR LF of galaxies to z~3

This page summarizes the results obtained on the evolution of the LF of galaxies from a sample of galaxies selected in the HDF-South. The analysis is described in Saracco et al. (2006).

 

LF phi(M) [gal/Mpc^3/Mag] in  J-band for three redshift bins. Click on the redshift range to get the LF.        

M_J phi(M) sig(phi) # gal phi(M) sig(phi) # gal phi(M) sig(phi) # gal
  0<z<0.8     0.8<z<1.9     1.9<z<4    
-25.5 - - - - - - 2.67E-05 2.67E-05 1
-24.5 0.000298 0.000298 1 0.000244 0.000122 4 0.000374 1.00E-04 14
-23.5 0.001785 0.000729 6 0.000914 0.000236 15 0.000672 0.000135 25
-22.5 0.003571 0.001031 12 0.001829 0.000334 30 0.000903 0.000172 29
-21.5 0.005356 0.001262 18 0.001603 0.000314 26 0.000891 0.00032 13
-20.5 0.004761 0.00119 16 0.001869 0.000464 17      
-19.5 0.007439 0.001488 25 0.003483 0.00157 7      
-18.5 0.004639 0.001605 9            
-17.5 0.005289 0.002707 4            
-16.5 0.012987 0.008894 5            
-15.5 0.022422 0.020422 1            
-14.5 0.027331 0.025331 1            
-13.5 0.272041 0.270023 2            

 

LF phi(M) in  K-band for three redshift bins. Click on the redshift range to get the LF.     

M_K phi(M) sig(phi) # gal phi(M) sig(phi) # gal phi(M) sig(phi) # gal
  0<z<0.8     0.8<z<1.9     1.9<z<4    
-26.5 - - - - - - 2.67E-05 2.67E-05 1
-25.5 0.000298 0.000298 1 0.000244 0.000122 4 0.000294 8.86E-05 11
-24.5 0.001785 0.000729 6 0.000853 0.000228 14 0.000565 0.000123 21
-23.5 0.002976 0.000941 10 0.001829 0.000334 30 0.000779 0.000156 26
-22.5 0.004166 0.001113 14 0.001533 0.000307 25 0.001174 0.000334 22
-21.5 0.005951 0.001331 20 0.001807 0.000442 18      
-20.5 0.006547 0.001396 22 0.001609 0.000757 6      
-19.5 0.004071 0.00126 11 0.002128 0.001387 3      
-18.5 0.007345 0.002959 7            
-17.5 0.018987 0.008894 5            
-16.5 0.039753 0.028339 2            
-14.5 0.352041 0.270023 2