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The mid-infrared luminosity function of galaxies in the European Large Area Infrared Space Observatory Survey southern fields
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posted on 2023-06-08, 09:32 authored by F Pozzi, C Gruppioni, Seb OliverSeb Oliver, I Matute, F La Franca, C Lari, G Zamorani, S Serjeant, A Franceschini, M Rowan-RobinsonWe present the first determination of the 15 µm luminosity function of galaxies from the European Large Area ISO Survey (ELAIS) southern fields. We have adopted a new criterion to separate the quiescent, nonevolving and the starburst, evolving populations based on the ratio of mid-infrared to optical luminosity. Strong evolution is suggested by our data for the starburst galaxy population, while normal spiral galaxies are consistent with no evolution. The starburst population must evolve both in luminosity and in density with rates of the order L(z)~(1+z)3.5 and ?(z)~(1+z)3.8, respectively, up to z~1. The evolutionary parameters of our model have been tested by comparing the model predictions with other observables, like source counts at all flux density levels (from 0.1 to 300 mJy) and redshift distributions and luminosity functions at high z (0.7
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Astrophysical JournalISSN
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