Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1778903 | New Astronomy | 2014 | 11 Pages |
Abstract
We present a semi-analytical model of high redshift galaxy formation. In our model the star formation inside a galaxy is regulated by the feedback from supernova (SNe) driven outflows. We derive a closed analytical form for star formation rate in a single galaxy taking account of the SNe feedback in a self-consistent manner. We show that our model can explain the observed correlation between the stellar mass and the circular velocity of galaxies from dwarf galaxies to massive galaxies of 1012Mâ. For small mass dwarf galaxies additional feedback other than supernova feedback is needed to explain the spread in the observational data. Our models reproduce the observed 3-D fundamental correlation between the stellar mass, gas phase metallicity and star formation rate in galaxies establishing that the SNe feedback plays a major role in building this relation. Further, the observed UV luminosity functions of Lyman-Break Galaxies (LBGs) are well explained by our feedback induced star formation model for a vast redshift range of 1.5⩽z⩽8. In particular, the flattening of the luminosity functions at the low luminosity end naturally arises due to our explicit SNe feedback treatment.
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Authors
Saumyadip Samui,