The star formation rate function of the local universe

D. Christopher Martin; Mark Seibert; Véronique Buat; Jorge Iglesias-PÁRAMO; Tom A. Barlow; Luciana Bianchi; Yong I.K. Byun; José Donas; Karl Forster; Peter G. Friedman; Timothy M. Heckman; Patrick N. Jelinsky; Young Wook Lee; Barry F. Madore; Roger F. Malina; Bruno Milliard; Patrick F. Morrissey; Susan G. Neff; R. Michael Rich; David Schiminovich; Oswald H.W. Siegmund; Todd Small; Alex S. Szalay; Barry Y. Welsh; Ted K. Wyder

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The star formation rate function of the local universe

D. Christopher Martin, Mark Seibert, Véronique Buat, Jorge Iglesias-PÁRAMO, Tom A. Barlow, Luciana Bianchi, Yong I.K. Byun, José Donas, Karl Forster, Peter G. Friedman, Timothy M. Heckman, Patrick N. Jelinsky, Young Wook Lee, Barry F. Madore, Roger F. Malina, Bruno Milliard, Patrick F. Morrissey, Susan G. Neff, R. Michael Rich, David SchiminovichOswald H.W. Siegmund, Todd Small, Alex S. Szalay, Barry Y. Welsh, Ted K. Wyder

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We have derived the bivariate luminosity function for the far-ultraviolet (1530 Å) and far-infrared (60 μm). We use matched GALEX and IRAS data, and redshifts from NED and the PSCz survey. We have derived a total star formation luminosity function φ(L_tot), with L_tot = L_FUV + L_FIR. Using these, we determined the cosmic "star formation rate" (SFR) function and density for the local universe. The total SFR function φ(L_tot) is fitted very well by a lognormal distribution over 5 decades of luminosity. We find that the bivariate luminosity function φ(L_FUV, L_FIR) shows a bimodal behavior, with L_FIR tracking L_FUV for L _tot < 10¹⁰ L⊙ and L_FUV saturating at ∼10¹⁰ L⊙, while L_tot ∼ L_FIR for higher luminosities. We also calculate the SFR density and compare it with other measurements.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	L59-L62
Journal	Astrophysical Journal
Volume	619
Issue number	1 II
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/425496
Publication status	Published - 2005 Jan 20

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Space and Planetary Science

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Martin, D. C., Seibert, M., Buat, V., Iglesias-PÁRAMO, J., Barlow, T. A., Bianchi, L., Byun, Y. I. K., Donas, J., Forster, K., Friedman, P. G., Heckman, T. M., Jelinsky, P. N., Lee, Y. W., Madore, B. F., Malina, R. F., Milliard, B., Morrissey, P. F., Neff, S. G., Michael Rich, R., ... Wyder, T. K. (2005). The star formation rate function of the local universe. Astrophysical Journal, 619(1 II), L59-L62. https://doi.org/10.1086/425496

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