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Can we infer the Initial Mass Function of galaxies at z ~ 2?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 August 2016

Themiya Nanayakkara ,
Karl Glazebrook  and
The ZFIRE Team
Themiya Nanayakkara
Affiliation:
Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Victoria 3122, Australia email: [email protected]
Karl Glazebrook
Affiliation:
Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Victoria 3122, Australia
The ZFIRE Team
Affiliation:
website: http://zfire.swinburne.edu.au
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Abstract

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Recent studies show increasing evidence for the possibility of the Initial Mass Function (IMF) of galaxies to vary as a function of numerous physical parameters. These studies mainly focus on the low redshift galaxies (at z≤0.1) and is not backed by any studies at higher redshifts. Using MOSFIRE data from KECK, we use the Hα Equivalent-Width (EW) as a proxy for the IMF to study in situ IMF of galaxies at z ~ 2. In this proceedings we focus on the underlying physics of this method and present our initial findings. More work is needed to interpret the results accurately and will be presented in our future papers.

Keywords

dustextinctiongalaxies: clusters: generalgalaxies: fundamental parametersgalaxies: high-redshiftgalaxies: starburstinfrared: galaxies
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 11 , Symposium S319: Galaxies at High Redshift and Their Evolution Over Cosmic Time , August 2015 , pp. 35 - 38
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2016 

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