@misc{oai:ir.soken.ac.jp:00000550, author = {今井, 弘二 and イマイ, コウジ and IMAI, Koji}, month = {2016-02-17}, note = {I present J- and Ks-band galaxy counts and galaxy colors covering 750
arcminutes2 in the deep AKARI North Ecliptic Pole (NEP) field, using the
FLeridA Multi-object lmaglng Near-ir Grism Observational Spectrometer
(FLAMINGOS) on the Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO) 2.1 m
telescope. The limiting magnitudes with a slgnal-to-noise ratio of three in
the deepest regions are 21.85 and 20.15 in the J- and Ks-bands respectively
in the Vega magnitude system.

The J-and Ks-band galaxy counts in the AKARINEP field are broadly in
good agreement with those of other results in the literature, however the
counts show a characteristic change in the galaxy count slope in both the J-and
Ks-bands. The slope of the J-band galaxy counts per square degree per
magnitude clearly changes at J ~ 19.5 from d(logN)/dm = 0.39 ± 0.02 to
0.30 ± 0.03, while the ks-band galaxy counts shows a clear 'bump' in
the magnitude range 18.0 < Ks < 19.5. The B -Ks color distribution of the
galaxy samples also shows an obvious change around the `bump'
magnitude of the ks-band counts. The number of faint blue samples in the
magnitude range 18.5 17.5 samples.

In order to find a clue tounderstandthe ongln of the change in J- and
ks-band count slopes and the bluer trend at fainter magnitudes below the
bump of Ks-band counts, I also investigated the number counts of Ks-band
selected high redshift galaxy populations:the extremely red objects (EROs),
the B,z and K-band selected galaxies (BzKs) and the distant red galaxies
(DRGs). I foundthat the number counts of both the passive EROs and the
passive BzKs have shallower slopes at fainter magnitudes and turnovers at
Ks ~ 18.5 and Ks ~ 19.0, respectively, while the number count of the
star-fomlng BzKs is a single power-law with a steeper slope. The observed
number counts of these passive populations are compared with a backward
evolution model allowing the number density evolution. The pure
luminosity evolution model without density evolution fails to explain the
observed counts at faint magnitudes (Ks > 17.0), while the model with a
negative density evolution is consistent with the observed counts of the
passive populations.

Based on these results, I also investigated an evolutional scenario of
galaxy populations which can explainthe observed K-band count by using
three components (early-type, late-type and star-forming populations),
backward evolution model with type-dependent luminosity functions. I
found that not onlythe ellipticals but also the spiral galaxy population has
to follow the negative density evolution whilethe starburst population
shows the strong positive density evolution.

Finally,the on-going NEP deep surveys at 2-26 pm with AKARI will
provide us with new and critical pieces of information to verify and improve
the galaxy evolution scenario discussed in this thesis., 総研大甲第986号}, title = {A NEAR INFRARED SURVEY IN THE AKARI NORTH ECLIPTIC POLE FIELD}, year = {} }