Implications of a Temperature Dependent IMF III: Mass Growth and Quiescence

Abstract

The stellar initial mass function (IMF) is predicted to depend upon the temperature of gas in star-forming molecular clouds. The introduction of an additional parameter, $T_{IMF}$ , into photometric template fitting, suggest most galaxies obey an IMF top-heavier than the Galactic IMF. The implications of these revised fits on mass functions, quiescence and turnoff are discussed. At all redshifts the highest mass galaxies become quiescent first with the turnoff mass decreasing towards the present. The synchronous turnoff mass across galaxies suggests quiescence is driven by universal mechanisms rather than by stochastic or environmental processes.

11 pages, ApJ, in press

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