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    Kurczynski, Peter; Gawiser, Eric; Acquaviva, Viviana; Bell, Eric F.; Dekel, Avishai; de Mello, Duilia F.; Ferguson, Henry C.; Gardner, Jonathan P.; Grogin, Norman A.; Guo, Yicheng; Hopkins, Philip F.; Koekemoer, Anton M.; Koo, David C.; Lee, Seong-Kook; Mobasher, Bahram; Primack, Joel R.; Rafelski, Marc; Soto, Emmaris; Teplitz, Harry I.

    Astrophysical journal. Letters, 03/2016, Letnik: 820, Številka: 1
    Journal Article

    ABSTRACT We present estimates of intrinsic scatter in the star formation rate (SFR)-stellar mass (M*) correlation in the redshift range and in the mass range M . We utilize photometry in the Hubble Ultradeep Field (HUDF12) and Ultraviolet Ultra Deep Field (UVUDF) campaigns and CANDELS/GOODS-S and estimate SFR, M* from broadband spectral energy distributions and the best-available redshifts. The maximum depth of the UDF photometry (F160W 29.9 AB, 5 depth) probes the SFR-M* correlation down to 107M , a factor of 10-100× lower in M* than previous studies, and comparable to dwarf galaxies in the local universe. We find the slope of the SFR-M* relationship to be near unity at all redshifts and the normalization to decrease with cosmic time. We find a moderate increase in intrinsic scatter with cosmic time from 0.2 to 0.4 dex across the epoch of peak cosmic star formation. None of our redshift bins show a statistically significant increase in intrinsic scatter at low mass. However, it remains possible that intrinsic scatter increases at low mass on timescales shorter than ∼100 Myr. Our results are consistent with a picture of gradual and self-similar assembly of galaxies across more than three orders of magnitude in stellar mass from as low as 107M .