Predicting Quiescence: The Dependence of Specific Star Formation Rate on Galaxy Size and Central Density at 0.5 < z < 2.5

Predicting Quiescence: The Dependence of Specific Star Formation Rate on Galaxy Size and Central Density at 0.5 < z < 2.5

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In this paper, we investigate the relationship between star formation and structure, using a mass-complete sample of 27,893 galaxies at 0.5. <. z. <. 2.5 selected from 3D-HST. We confirm that star-forming galaxies are larger than quiescent galaxies at fixed stellar mass (M*). However, in contr...

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Main Authors: Whitaker, Katherine E., Bezanson, Rachel, van Dokkum, Pieter G., Franx, Marijn, van der Wel, Arjen, Brammer, Gabriel, Foerster-Schreiber, Natascha M., Giavalisco, Mauro, Labbe, Ivo, Momcheva, Ivelina G., Nelson, Erica J., Skelton, Rosalind
Other Authors: Univ Arizona, Steward Observ, Dept Astron
Language:en
Published: IOP PUBLISHING LTD 2017
Subjects:
galaxies: evolution
galaxies: formation
galaxies: high-redshift
galaxies: structure
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/623944
http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/623944

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http://hdl.handle.net/10150/623944
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