Near-infrared surveys provide one of the best opportunities to investigate the cosmic evolution of galaxies and their mass assembly. We briefly review the main results obtained so far with the K20 and other recent near-IR surveys on the redshift distribution, the evolution of the luminosity function and luminosity density, the nature of old and dusty EROs, the evolution of the galaxy stellar mass function, the properties of the galaxies in the "redshift desert" and the nature of luminous starbursts at z~2.
The Near-Infrared View of Galaxy Evolution / Cimatti A.. - STAMPA. - (2005), pp. 237-245. (Intervento presentato al convegno Multiwavelength mapping of galaxy formation and evolution tenutosi a Venezia nel 13-16 Ottobre 2003).
The Near-Infrared View of Galaxy Evolution
CIMATTI, ANDREA
2005
Abstract
Near-infrared surveys provide one of the best opportunities to investigate the cosmic evolution of galaxies and their mass assembly. We briefly review the main results obtained so far with the K20 and other recent near-IR surveys on the redshift distribution, the evolution of the luminosity function and luminosity density, the nature of old and dusty EROs, the evolution of the galaxy stellar mass function, the properties of the galaxies in the "redshift desert" and the nature of luminous starbursts at z~2.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
