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Evidence for a Gradual Decline in the Universal Rest-Frame UV Luminosity Density for z 1

a r X i v : a s t r o - p h / 9 9 0 4 3 4 5 v 1 2 5 A p r 1 9 9 9 Evidence for a Gradual Decline in the Universal Rest-Frame UV Luminosity Density for z 1 Lennox L. Cowie1,2, Antoinette Songaila Amy J. Barger1,2 Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii, 2680 Woodlawn Drive, Honolulu, HI 96822 To be published in Astronomical Journal, August 1999 ABSTRACT We have utilized various magnitude-limited samples drawn from an extremely deep and highly complete spectroscopic redshift survey of galaxies observed in seven colors in the Hawaii Survey Fields and the Hubble Deep Field to investigate the evolution of the universal rest-frame ultraviolet luminosity density from z = 1 to the present. The multi-color data (U ′, B, V , R, I, J , HK ′) enable the sample selection to be made in the rest-frame ultraviolet for the entire redshift range. Due to the large sample size and depth (UAB = 24.75, BAB = 24.75, IAB = 23.5), we are able to accurately determine the luminosity density to z = 1. We do not confirm the very steep evolution reported by Lilly et al. (1996) but instead find a shallower slope, approximately (1 + z)1.5 for q0 = 0.5, which would imply that galaxy formation is continuing smoothly to the present time rather than peaking at z = 1. Much of the present formation is taking place in smaller galaxies. Detailed comparisons with other recent determinations of the evolution are presented. Subject headings: galaxies: evolution – galaxies: formation – galaxies:luminosity function 1Visiting astronomer, W. M. Keck Observatory, jointly operated by the California Institute of Technology and the University of California. 2Visiting Astronomer, Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, operated by the National Research Council of Canada, the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique of France and the University of Hawaii. – 2 – 1. Introduction Over the past several years it has become widely accepted that the global star formation rate — at least as seen in the optical and ul