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2021ApJ...922...29S - Astrophys. J., 922, 29-29 (2021/November-3)

Galaxy stellar mass functions from z ∼ 10 to z ∼ 6 using the deepest Spitzer/Infrared Array Camera data: no significant evolution in the stellar-to-halo mass ratio of galaxies in the first gigayear of cosmic time.

STEFANON M., BOUWENS R.J., LABBE I., ILLINGWORTH G.D., GONZALEZ V. and OESCH P.A.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present new stellar mass functions at z ∼ 6, z ∼ 7, z ∼ 8, z ∼ 9 and, for the first time, z ∼ 10, constructed from ∼800 Lyman-break galaxies previously identified over the eXtreme Deep Field and Hubble Ultra-Deep Field parallel fields and the five Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey fields. Our study is distinctive due to (1) the much deeper (∼200 hr) wide-area Spitzer/Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) imaging at 3.6 µm and 4.5 µm from the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey Re-ionization Era Wide-area Treasury from Spitzer program (GREATS) and (2) consideration of z ∼ 6-10 sources over a 3x larger area than those of previous Hubble Space Telescope+Spitzer studies. The Spitzer/IRAC data enable >=2σ rest-frame optical detections for an unprecedented 50% of galaxies down to a stellar mass limit of ∼108 M☉ across all redshifts. Schechter fits to our volume densities suggest a combined evolution in the characteristic mass M * and normalization factor ph* between z ∼ 6 and z ∼ 8. The stellar mass density (SMD) increases by ∼1000x in the ∼500 Myr between z ∼ 10 and z ∼ 6, with indications of a steeper evolution between z ∼ 10 and z ∼ 8, similar to the previously reported trend of the star formation rate density. Strikingly, abundance matching to the Bolshoi-Planck simulation indicates halo mass densities evolving at approximately the same rate as the SMD between z ∼ 10 and z ∼ 4. Our results show that the stellar-to-halo mass ratios, a proxy for the star formation efficiency, do not change significantly over the huge stellar mass buildup occurred from z ∼ 10 to z ∼ 6, indicating that the assembly of stellar mass closely mirrors the buildup in halo mass in the first ∼1 Gyr of cosmic history. The James Webb Space Telescope is poised to extend these results into the "first galaxy" epoch at z >= 10.

Abstract Copyright: © 2021. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.

Journal keyword(s): High-redshift galaxies - Lyman-break galaxies - Stellar mass functions

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