SFR-M_*_ relation from ZFOURGE

Using data from the FourStar Galaxy Evolution Survey (ZFOURGE) in combination with far-IR imaging from the Spitzer and Herschel observatories we measure the SFR-M_*_ relation at 0.5<z<4. Similar to recent works we find that the average infrared spectral energy distributions of galaxies are roughly consistent with a single infrared template across a broad range of redshifts and stellar masses, with evidence for only weak deviations.

We find that the SFR-M_*_ relation is not consistent with a single power law of the form SFR{propto}M_{star}_^{alpha}^ at any redshift; it has a power law slope of {alpha}~1 at low masses, and becomes shallower above a turnover mass (M_0_) that ranges from 10^9.5^ to 10^10.8^M_{sun}_, with evidence that M_0_ increases with redshift. We compare our measurements to results from state-of-the-art cosmological simulations, and find general agreement in the slope of the SFR-M_*_ relation albeit with systematic offsets.