Modelling stellar populations at high redshift

Claudia Maraston*

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Abstract

Stellar populations carry information about the formation of galaxies and their evolution up to the present epoch. A wealth of observational data are available nowadays, which are analysed with stellar population models in order to obtain key properties such as ages, star formation histories, stellar masses. Differences in the models and/or in the assumptions regarding the star formation history affect the derived properties as much as differences in the data. I shall review the interpretation of high-redshift galaxy data from a model perspective. While data quality dominates galaxy analysis at the highest possible redshifts (z > 5), population modelling effects play the major part at lower redshifts. In particular, I discuss the cases of both star-forming galaxies at the peak of the cosmic star formation history as well as passive galaxies at redshift below 1 that are often used as cosmological probes. Remarks on the bridge between low and high-z massive galaxies conclude the contribution.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationTracing the Ancestry of Galaxies (On the Land of our Ancestors)
EditorsClaude Carignan, Francoise Combes, Ken Freeman
PublisherCambridge University Press
Pages158-165
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)9780521766029
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2010

Publication series

NameProceedings of the International Astronomical Union
NumberSymposium S277
Volume6
ISSN (Print)1743-9213
ISSN (Electronic)1743-9221

Keywords

  • galaxies: evolution
  • galaxies: fundamental parameters
  • galaxies:high-redshift

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