Herschel-ATLAS: Evolution of the 250 µm luminosity function out to z = 0.5

  • S. Dye
  • , L. Dunne
  • , S. Eales
  • , Daniel Smith
  • , A. Amblard
  • , R. Auld
  • , M. Baes
  • , I.K. Baldry
  • , S. Bamford
  • , A.W. Blain
  • , D. Bonfield
  • , M. Bremer
  • , D. Burgarella
  • , S. Buttiglione
  • , E. Cameron
  • , A. Cava
  • , D. Clements
  • , A. Cooray
  • , S. Croom
  • , A. Dariush
  • G. de Zotti, S. Driver, J.S. Dunlop, D. Frayer, J. Fritz, J.P. Gardner, H.L. Gomez, J. Gonzalez-Nuevo, D. Herranz, D. Hill, A. Hopkins, E. Ibar, R.J. Ivison, M.J. Jarvis, D.H. Jones, L. Kelvin, G. Lagache, L. Leeuw, J. Liske, M. Lopez-Caniego, J. Loveday, S. Maddox, M. Michalowski, M. Negrello, P. Norberg, M.J. Page, H. Parkinson, E. Pascale, J.A. Peacock, M. Pohlen, C. Popescu, M. Prescott, D. Rigopoulou, A. Robotham, E. Rigby, G. Rodighiero, S. Samui, D. Scott, S. Serjeant, R.G. Sharp, B. Sibthorpe, P. Temi, M.A. Thompson, R. Tuffs, I. Valtchanov, P. van der Werf, E. van Kampen, A. Verma

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Abstract

We have determined the luminosity function of 250 μm-selected galaxies detected in the ~14 deg2 science demonstration region of the Herschel-ATLAS project out to a redshift of z = 0.5. Our findings very clearly show that the luminosity function evolves steadily out to this redshift. By selecting a sub-group of sources within a fixed luminosity interval where incompleteness effects are minimal, we have measured a smooth increase in the comoving 250 μm luminosity density out to z = 0.2 where it is 3.6+1.4-0.9 times higher than the local value.
Original languageEnglish
Article numberL10
JournalAstronomy & Astrophysics
Volume518
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2010

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