The ALMA REBELS survey: the dust-obscured cosmic star formation rate density at redshift 7

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The ALMA REBELS survey : the dust-obscured cosmic star formation rate density at redshift 7. / Algera, Hiddo S. B.; Inami, Hanae; Oesch, Pascal A.; Sommovigo, Laura; Bouwens, Rychard J.; Topping, Michael W.; Schouws, Sander; Stefanon, Mauro; Stark, Daniel P.; Aravena, Manuel; Barrufet, Laia; da Cunha, Elisabete; Dayal, Pratika; Endsley, Ryan; Ferrara, Andrea; Fudamoto, Yoshinobu; Gonzalez, Valentino; Graziani, Luca; Hodge, Jacqueline A.; Hygate, Alexander P. S.; de Looze, Ilse; Nanayakkara, Themiya; Schneider, Raffaella; van der Werf, Paul P.

In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 518, No. 4, 01.02.2023, p. 6142-6157.

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Algera, HSB, Inami, H, Oesch, PA, Sommovigo, L, Bouwens, RJ, Topping, MW, Schouws, S, Stefanon, M, Stark, DP, Aravena, M, Barrufet, L, da Cunha, E, Dayal, P, Endsley, R, Ferrara, A, Fudamoto, Y, Gonzalez, V, Graziani, L, Hodge, JA, Hygate, APS, de Looze, I, Nanayakkara, T, Schneider, R & van der Werf, PP 2023, 'The ALMA REBELS survey: the dust-obscured cosmic star formation rate density at redshift 7', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 518, no. 4, pp. 6142-6157. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac3195

APA

Algera, H. S. B., Inami, H., Oesch, P. A., Sommovigo, L., Bouwens, R. J., Topping, M. W., Schouws, S., Stefanon, M., Stark, D. P., Aravena, M., Barrufet, L., da Cunha, E., Dayal, P., Endsley, R., Ferrara, A., Fudamoto, Y., Gonzalez, V., Graziani, L., Hodge, J. A., ... van der Werf, P. P. (2023). The ALMA REBELS survey: the dust-obscured cosmic star formation rate density at redshift 7. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 518(4), 6142-6157. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac3195

Vancouver

Algera HSB, Inami H, Oesch PA, Sommovigo L, Bouwens RJ, Topping MW et al. The ALMA REBELS survey: the dust-obscured cosmic star formation rate density at redshift 7. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 2023 Feb 1;518(4):6142-6157. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac3195

Author

Algera, Hiddo S. B. ; Inami, Hanae ; Oesch, Pascal A. ; Sommovigo, Laura ; Bouwens, Rychard J. ; Topping, Michael W. ; Schouws, Sander ; Stefanon, Mauro ; Stark, Daniel P. ; Aravena, Manuel ; Barrufet, Laia ; da Cunha, Elisabete ; Dayal, Pratika ; Endsley, Ryan ; Ferrara, Andrea ; Fudamoto, Yoshinobu ; Gonzalez, Valentino ; Graziani, Luca ; Hodge, Jacqueline A. ; Hygate, Alexander P. S. ; de Looze, Ilse ; Nanayakkara, Themiya ; Schneider, Raffaella ; van der Werf, Paul P. / The ALMA REBELS survey : the dust-obscured cosmic star formation rate density at redshift 7. In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 2023 ; Vol. 518, No. 4. pp. 6142-6157.

Bibtex

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title = "The ALMA REBELS survey: the dust-obscured cosmic star formation rate density at redshift 7",
abstract = "Cosmic dust is an essential component shaping both the evolution of galaxies and their observational signatures. How quickly dust builds up in the early Universe remains an open question that requires deep observations at (sub-)millimetre wavelengths to resolve. Here, we use Atacama Large Millimeter Array observations of 45 galaxies from the Reionization Era Bright Emission Line Survey (REBELS) and its pilot programs, designed to target [C II] and dust emission in UV-selected galaxies at z similar to 7, to investigate the dust content of high-redshift galaxies through a stacking analysis. We find that the typical fraction of obscured star formation integral(obs) = SFRIR/SFRUV+IR depends on stellar mass, similar to what is observed at lower redshift, and ranges from f(obs) approximate to 0.3 - 0.6 for galaxies with log(10)(M*/M circle dot) = 9.4-10.4. We further adopt the z similar to 7 stellar mass function from the literature to extract the obscured cosmic star formation rate density (SFRD) from the REBELS survey. Our results suggest only a modest decrease in the SFRD between 3 less than or similar to z less than or similar to 7, with dust-obscured star formation still contributing similar to 30 per cent at z similar to 7. While we extensively discuss potential caveats, our analysis highlights the continued importance of dust-obscured star formation even well into the epoch of reionization.",
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author = "Algera, {Hiddo S. B.} and Hanae Inami and Oesch, {Pascal A.} and Laura Sommovigo and Bouwens, {Rychard J.} and Topping, {Michael W.} and Sander Schouws and Mauro Stefanon and Stark, {Daniel P.} and Manuel Aravena and Laia Barrufet and {da Cunha}, Elisabete and Pratika Dayal and Ryan Endsley and Andrea Ferrara and Yoshinobu Fudamoto and Valentino Gonzalez and Luca Graziani and Hodge, {Jacqueline A.} and Hygate, {Alexander P. S.} and {de Looze}, Ilse and Themiya Nanayakkara and Raffaella Schneider and {van der Werf}, {Paul P.}",
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RIS

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T1 - The ALMA REBELS survey

T2 - the dust-obscured cosmic star formation rate density at redshift 7

AU - Algera, Hiddo S. B.

AU - Inami, Hanae

AU - Oesch, Pascal A.

AU - Sommovigo, Laura

AU - Bouwens, Rychard J.

AU - Topping, Michael W.

AU - Schouws, Sander

AU - Stefanon, Mauro

AU - Stark, Daniel P.

AU - Aravena, Manuel

AU - Barrufet, Laia

AU - da Cunha, Elisabete

AU - Dayal, Pratika

AU - Endsley, Ryan

AU - Ferrara, Andrea

AU - Fudamoto, Yoshinobu

AU - Gonzalez, Valentino

AU - Graziani, Luca

AU - Hodge, Jacqueline A.

AU - Hygate, Alexander P. S.

AU - de Looze, Ilse

AU - Nanayakkara, Themiya

AU - Schneider, Raffaella

AU - van der Werf, Paul P.

PY - 2023/2/1

Y1 - 2023/2/1

N2 - Cosmic dust is an essential component shaping both the evolution of galaxies and their observational signatures. How quickly dust builds up in the early Universe remains an open question that requires deep observations at (sub-)millimetre wavelengths to resolve. Here, we use Atacama Large Millimeter Array observations of 45 galaxies from the Reionization Era Bright Emission Line Survey (REBELS) and its pilot programs, designed to target [C II] and dust emission in UV-selected galaxies at z similar to 7, to investigate the dust content of high-redshift galaxies through a stacking analysis. We find that the typical fraction of obscured star formation integral(obs) = SFRIR/SFRUV+IR depends on stellar mass, similar to what is observed at lower redshift, and ranges from f(obs) approximate to 0.3 - 0.6 for galaxies with log(10)(M*/M circle dot) = 9.4-10.4. We further adopt the z similar to 7 stellar mass function from the literature to extract the obscured cosmic star formation rate density (SFRD) from the REBELS survey. Our results suggest only a modest decrease in the SFRD between 3 less than or similar to z less than or similar to 7, with dust-obscured star formation still contributing similar to 30 per cent at z similar to 7. While we extensively discuss potential caveats, our analysis highlights the continued importance of dust-obscured star formation even well into the epoch of reionization.

AB - Cosmic dust is an essential component shaping both the evolution of galaxies and their observational signatures. How quickly dust builds up in the early Universe remains an open question that requires deep observations at (sub-)millimetre wavelengths to resolve. Here, we use Atacama Large Millimeter Array observations of 45 galaxies from the Reionization Era Bright Emission Line Survey (REBELS) and its pilot programs, designed to target [C II] and dust emission in UV-selected galaxies at z similar to 7, to investigate the dust content of high-redshift galaxies through a stacking analysis. We find that the typical fraction of obscured star formation integral(obs) = SFRIR/SFRUV+IR depends on stellar mass, similar to what is observed at lower redshift, and ranges from f(obs) approximate to 0.3 - 0.6 for galaxies with log(10)(M*/M circle dot) = 9.4-10.4. We further adopt the z similar to 7 stellar mass function from the literature to extract the obscured cosmic star formation rate density (SFRD) from the REBELS survey. Our results suggest only a modest decrease in the SFRD between 3 less than or similar to z less than or similar to 7, with dust-obscured star formation still contributing similar to 30 per cent at z similar to 7. While we extensively discuss potential caveats, our analysis highlights the continued importance of dust-obscured star formation even well into the epoch of reionization.

KW - galaxies: evolution

KW - galaxies: high-redshift

KW - submillimetre: galaxies

KW - SPECTRAL ENERGY-DISTRIBUTION

KW - LYMAN-BREAK GALAXIES

KW - ULTRA-DEEP FIELD

KW - LUMINOSITY FUNCTION

KW - FORMING GALAXIES

KW - SPECTROSCOPIC SURVEY

KW - PHYSICAL-PROPERTIES

KW - REIONIZATION ERA

KW - INFRARED EXCESS

KW - EVOLUTION

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DO - 10.1093/mnras/stac3195

M3 - Journal article

VL - 518

SP - 6142

EP - 6157

JO - Royal Astronomical Society. Monthly Notices

JF - Royal Astronomical Society. Monthly Notices

SN - 0035-8711

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