Abstract
We have determined the luminosity function of 250 mu m-selected galaxies detected in the similar to 14 deg(2) science demonstration region of the Herschel-ATLAS project out to a redshift of z = 0.5. Our findings very clearly show that the luminosity function evolves steadily out to this redshift. By selecting a sub-group of sources within a fixed luminosity interval where incompleteness effects are minimal, we have measured a smooth increase in the comoving 250 mu m luminosity density out to z = 0.2 where it is 3.6(-0.9)(+1.4) times higher than the local value.
Original language | English |
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Article number | L10 |
Pages (from-to) | - |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Astronomy & Astrophysics |
Volume | 518 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2010 |