Galaxies at High Redshifts

Abstract

Several conclusions have been reached over the last few years concerning high-redshift galaxies: (1) The excess of faint blue galaxies is due to dwarf galaxies. (2) Star formation peaks at redshifts z ~1-2. (3) It appears to occur piecemeal in any given galaxy and there is no evidence for starbursting throughout a large ~10 kpc galaxy. (4) There is significant and sharp diminution in the number of L* spiral galaxies at redshifts 1<z<2 and elliptical galaxies at redshifts 2.5<z<4. (5) It is increasingly more difficult to hide large high-redshift galaxies in universes with larger volumes per unit redshift, i.e., open or lambda models, which have lower deceleration parameters.