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The evolution of the UV-to-mm extragalactic background light: evidence for a top-heavy initial mass function?

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Published in 2019 at "Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society"

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stz1398

Abstract: We present predictions for the UV-to-mm extragalactic background light (EBL) from a recent version of the GALFORM semi-analytical model of galaxy formation which invokes a top-heavy stellar initial mass function (IMF) for galaxies undergoing dynamically… read more here.

Keywords: top heavy; initial mass; background light; mass function ... See more keywords