On the formation of massive galaxies: A simultaneous study of number density, size and intrinsic colour evolution in GOODS

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 396, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1573-1578

  Ferreras, Ignacio ^a   Lisker, Thorsten ^b   Pasquali, Anna ^c   Khochfar, Sadegh ^d   Kaviraj, Sugata ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTRONOMISCHES RECHEN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^e Denys Wilkinson Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Galaxies: evolution; Galaxies: formation; Galaxies: high redshift; Galaxies: luminosity function, mass function

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODELS; COLOR; STARS; SURVEYS;

DEEP SURVEY; EARLY TYPES; GALAXIES: LUMINOSITY FUNCTION; GALAXIES:HIGH-REDSHIFT; GALAXY EVOLUTION; GALAXY FORMATIONS; GALAXY: LUMINOSITY FUNCTION, MASS FUNCTION; MASS FUNCTIONS; NUMBER DENSITY; STELLAR MASS;

GALAXIES;

EID: 67549121043     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: 13652966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.14828.x     Document Type: Article

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