The galaxy starburst/main-sequence bimodality over five decades in stellar mass at z \textasciitilde 3-6.5. Rinaldi, P., Caputi, K. I., van Mierlo, S., Ashby, M. L. N., Caminha, G. B., & Iani, E. arXiv:2112.03935 [astro-ph], December, 2021. arXiv: 2112.03935Paper abstract bibtex We study the relation between stellar mass (M*) and star formation rate (SFR) for star-forming galaxies over approximately five decades in stellar mass (5.5 \textless\textasciitilde log10(M*/Msun) \textless\textasciitilde 10.5) at z \textasciitilde 3-6.5. This unprecedented coverage has been possible thanks to the joint analysis of blank non-lensed fields (COSMOS/SMUVS) and cluster lensing fields (Hubble Frontier Fields) which allow us to reach very low stellar masses. Previous works have revealed the existence of a clear bimodality in the SFR-M* plane with a star-formation Main Sequence and a starburst cloud at z \textasciitilde 4-5. Here we show that this bimodality extends to all star-forming galaxies and is valid in the whole redshift range z \textasciitilde 3-6.5. We find that starbursts constitute at least 20% of all star-forming galaxies with M* \textgreater\textasciitilde 10\textasciicircum9 Msun at these redshifts and reach a peak of 40% at z=4-5. More importantly, 60% to 90% of the total SFR budget at these redshifts is contained in starburst galaxies, indicating that the starburst mode of star-formation is dominant at high redshifts. Almost all the low stellar-mass starbursts with log10(M*/Msun) \textless\textasciitilde 8.5 have ages comparable to the typical timescales of a starburst event, suggesting that these galaxies are being caught in the process of formation. Interestingly, galaxy formation models fail to predict the starburst/main-sequence bimodality and starbursts overall, suggesting that the starburst phenomenon may be driven by physical processes occurring at smaller scales than those probed by these models.
@article{rinaldi_galaxy_2021,
title = {The galaxy starburst/main-sequence bimodality over five decades in stellar mass at z {\textasciitilde} 3-6.5},
url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/2112.03935},
abstract = {We study the relation between stellar mass (M*) and star formation rate (SFR) for star-forming galaxies over approximately five decades in stellar mass (5.5 {\textless}{\textasciitilde} log10(M*/Msun) {\textless}{\textasciitilde} 10.5) at z {\textasciitilde} 3-6.5. This unprecedented coverage has been possible thanks to the joint analysis of blank non-lensed fields (COSMOS/SMUVS) and cluster lensing fields (Hubble Frontier Fields) which allow us to reach very low stellar masses. Previous works have revealed the existence of a clear bimodality in the SFR-M* plane with a star-formation Main Sequence and a starburst cloud at z {\textasciitilde} 4-5. Here we show that this bimodality extends to all star-forming galaxies and is valid in the whole redshift range z {\textasciitilde} 3-6.5. We find that starbursts constitute at least 20\% of all star-forming galaxies with M* {\textgreater}{\textasciitilde} 10{\textasciicircum}9 Msun at these redshifts and reach a peak of 40\% at z=4-5. More importantly, 60\% to 90\% of the total SFR budget at these redshifts is contained in starburst galaxies, indicating that the starburst mode of star-formation is dominant at high redshifts. Almost all the low stellar-mass starbursts with log10(M*/Msun) {\textless}{\textasciitilde} 8.5 have ages comparable to the typical timescales of a starburst event, suggesting that these galaxies are being caught in the process of formation. Interestingly, galaxy formation models fail to predict the starburst/main-sequence bimodality and starbursts overall, suggesting that the starburst phenomenon may be driven by physical processes occurring at smaller scales than those probed by these models.},
urldate = {2021-12-17},
journal = {arXiv:2112.03935 [astro-ph]},
author = {Rinaldi, Pierluigi and Caputi, Karina I. and van Mierlo, Sophie and Ashby, Matthew L. N. and Caminha, Gabriel B. and Iani, Edoardo},
month = dec,
year = {2021},
note = {arXiv: 2112.03935},
keywords = {Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies},
}
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