Galaxy evolution in the VIMOS public extragalactic redshift survey (VIPERS)

• Main Author: Davidzon, Iary <1984>
• Other Authors: Moscardini, Lauro
• Format: Doctoral Thesis
• Language: en
• Published: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna 2014
• Subjects: FIS/05 Astronomia e astrofisica
• Online Access: http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/6730/

In this work I present the first measurements of the galaxy stellar mass function (GSMF) from the first public release of the VIPERS catalogue, containing ∼55,000 objects. First, I present the survey design, its scientific goal, the redshift measurements and validation. Then, I provide details about the estimate of galaxy stellar masses, star formation rates, and other physical quantities. I derive the GSMF of different galaxy types (e.g. active and passive galaxies) and as a function of the environment (defined through the local galaxy density contrast). These estimates represent new observational evidence useful to characterise the mechanism of galaxy evolution.