The ALMA Spectroscopic Survey Large Program: The Infrared Excess of z = 1.5-10 UV-selected Galaxies and the Implied High-redshift Star Formation History

Bouwens, RychardRychardBouwensGonzález-López, JorgeJorgeGonzález-LópezAravena, ManuelManuelAravenaDECARLI, ROBERTOROBERTODECARLINovak, MladenMladenNovakStefanon, MauroMauroStefanonWalter, FabianFabianWalterBoogaard, LeindertLeindertBoogaardCarilli, ChrisChrisCarilliDudzevičiūtė, UgnėUgnėDudzevičiūtėSmail, IanIanSmailDaddi, EmanueleEmanueleDaddida Cunha, ElisabeteElisabeteda CunhaIvison, RobRobIvisonNanayakkara, ThemiyaThemiyaNanayakkaraCortes, PauloPauloCortesCox, PierrePierreCoxInami, HanaeHanaeInamiOesch, PascalPascalOeschPopping, GergöGergöPoppingRiechers, DominikDominikRiechersvan der Werf, PaulPaulvan der WerfWeiss, AxelAxelWeissFudamoto, YoshiYoshiFudamotoWagg, JeffJeffWagg2021-09-012021-09-0120200004-637Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/31006We make use of sensitive (9.3 μJy beam-1 rms) 1.2 mm continuum observations from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) Spectroscopic Survey in the Hubble Ultra-Deep Field (ASPECS) large program to probe dust-enshrouded star formation from 1362 Lyman-break galaxies spanning the redshift range z = 1.5-10 (to ˜7-28 M⊙ yr-1 at 4σ over the entire range). We find that the fraction of ALMA-detected galaxies in our z = 1.5-10 samples increases steeply with stellar mass, with the detection fraction rising from 0% at 109.0 M⊙ to ${85}_{-18}^{+9}$ % at >1010 M⊙. Moreover, on stacking all 1253 low-mass (<109.25 M⊙) galaxies over the ASPECS footprint, we find a mean continuum flux of -0.1 ± 0.4 μJy beam-1, implying a hard upper limit on the obscured star formation rate of <0.6 M⊙ yr-1 (4σ) in a typical low-mass galaxy. The correlation between the infrared excess (IRX) of UV-selected galaxies (LIR/LUV) and the UV-continuum slope is also seen in our ASPECS data and shows consistency with a Calzetti-like relation at > ${10}^{9.5}\,{M}_{\odot }$ and an SMC-like relation at lower masses. Using stellar mass and β measurements for z ˜ 2 galaxies over the Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey, we derive a new empirical relation between β and stellar mass and then use this correlation to show that our IRX-β and IRX-stellar mass relations are consistent with each other. We then use these constraints to express the IRX as a bivariate function of β and stellar mass. Finally, we present updated estimates of star formation rate density determinations at z > 3, leveraging present improvements in the measured IRX and recent probes of ultraluminous far-IR galaxies at z > 2.STAMPAenThe ALMA Spectroscopic Survey Large Program: The Infrared Excess of z = 1.5-10 UV-selected Galaxies and the Implied High-redshift Star Formation HistoryArticle10.3847/1538-4357/abb830https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/abb8302020ApJ...902..112BFIS/05 - ASTRONOMIA E ASTROFISICAERC sectors::Physical Sciences and Engineering::PE9 Universe sciences: astro-physics/chemistry/biology; solar systems; stellar, galactic and extragalactic astronomy, planetary systems, cosmology, space science, instrumentation