D. van der Vlugt
An Ultra-deep Multiband Very Large Array (VLA) Survey of the Faint Radio Sky (COSMOS-XS): New Constraints on the Cosmic Star Formation History
van der Vlugt, D.; Hodge, J. A.; Algera, H. S. B.; Smail, I.; Leslie, S. K.; Radcliffe, J. F.; Riechers, D. A.; Röttgering, H.
Authors
J. A. Hodge
H. S. B. Algera
Ian Smail ian.smail@durham.ac.uk
Emeritus Professor
S. K. Leslie
J. F. Radcliffe
D. A. Riechers
H. Röttgering
Abstract
We make use of ultra-deep 3 GHz Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) observations of the COSMOS field from the multiband COSMOS-XS survey to infer radio luminosity functions (LFs) of star-forming galaxies (SFGs). Using ∼1300 SFGs with redshifts out to z ∼ 4.6, and fixing the faint and bright end shape of the radio LF to the local values, we find a strong redshift trend that can be fitted by pure luminosity evolution with the luminosity parameter given by αL ∝ (3.40 ± 0.11) − (0.48 ± 0.06)z. We then combine the ultra-deep COSMOS-XS data set with the shallower VLA-COSMOS 3 GHz large project data set over the wider COSMOS field in order to fit for joint density+luminosity evolution, finding evidence for significant density evolution. By comparing the radio LFs to the observed far-infrared and ultraviolet (UV) LFs, we find evidence of a significant underestimation of the UV LF by 22% ± 14% at high redshift (3.3 < z < 4.6, integrated down to $0.03\,{L}_{z=3}^{\star }$). We derive the cosmic star formation rate density (SFRD) by integrating the fitted radio LFs and find that the SFRD rises up to z ∼ 1.8 and then declines more rapidly than previous radio-based estimates. A direct comparison between the radio SFRD and a recent UV-based SFRD, where we integrate both LFs down to a consistent limit ($0.038\,{L}_{z=3}^{\star }$), reveals that the discrepancy between the radio and UV LFs translates to a significant (∼1 dex) discrepancy in the derived SFRD at z > 3, even assuming the latest dust corrections and without accounting for optically dark sources.
Citation
van der Vlugt, D., Hodge, J. A., Algera, H. S. B., Smail, I., Leslie, S. K., Radcliffe, J. F., …Röttgering, H. (2022). An Ultra-deep Multiband Very Large Array (VLA) Survey of the Faint Radio Sky (COSMOS-XS): New Constraints on the Cosmic Star Formation History. Astrophysical Journal, 941(1), Article 10. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac99db
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Oct 6, 2022 |
Online Publication Date | Dec 7, 2022 |
Publication Date | Dec 10, 2022 |
Deposit Date | Nov 1, 2023 |
Publicly Available Date | Nov 1, 2023 |
Journal | The Astrophysical Journal |
Print ISSN | 0004-637X |
Electronic ISSN | 1538-4357 |
Publisher | American Astronomical Society |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 941 |
Issue | 1 |
Article Number | 10 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac99db |
Keywords | Space and Planetary Science; Astronomy and Astrophysics |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1873160 |
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