@article{10902/25149, year = {2021}, month = {7}, url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10902/25149}, abstract = {We present the analysis of a sample of H [alfa], H[beta], and [O ii] emission line galaxies from the OTELO survey, with masses typically below and redshifts between z 0.4 and 1.43. We study the star formation rate, star formation rate density, and their number density and evolution with redshift. We obtain a robust estimate of the specific star formation rate - stellar mass relation based on the lowest-mass sample published so far. We also determine a flat trend of the star formation rate density (SFRD) and number density with redshift. Our results suggest a scenario of no evolution of the number density of galaxies, regardless of their masses, up to redshift z ? 1.4. This implies a gradual change of the relative importance of the star-forming processes, from high-mass galaxies to low-mass galaxies, with decreasing redshift. We also find little or no variation of the SFRD in the redshift range of 0.4 < z < 1.43}, organization = {This work was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO) under the grants AYA2014 - 58861 - C3 - 1 - P, AYA2014 - 58861 - C3 - 2 - P, AYA2014 - 58861 - C3 - 3 - P, AYA2013 - 46724 - P, AYA2017 - 88007 - C3 - 1 - P, AYA2017 - 88007 - C3 - 2, MDM - 2017 - 0737 (Unidad de Excelencia María de Maeztu, CAB). A.P.G. acknowledge support from ESA through the Faculty of the European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC)—Funding reference ESAC_549/ 2019. B.C. wishes to thank Carlota Leal Álvarez by her support during the development of this paper. E.J.A. acknowledges funding from the State Agency for Research of the Spanish MCIU through the “Center of Excellence Severo Ochoa” award to the Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (SEV-2017-0709) and from grant PGC2018-095049-B-C21. Based on observa[1]tions made with the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC), installed in the Spanish Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, in the island of La Palma This research was supported by a grant from the Agence Nationale de la Recherche ANR-07-BLAN-0228.}, publisher = {Institute of Physics Publishing}, publisher = {Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2021, 915, L17}, title = {The OTELO survey: the Star Formation Rate Evolution of Low-mass Galaxies}, author = {Cedrés, Bernabé and Pérez-Garciá, Ana Mariá and Pérez-Martínez, Ricardo and Cervino, Miguel and Gallego, Jesús and Bongiovanni, Angel and Cepa, Jordi and Navarro Martínez, Rocío and Nadolny, Jakub and Lara-López, Maritza A. and Sánchez-Portal, Miguel and Alfaro, Emilio J. and De Diego, José A. and González-Otero, Mauro and Jesús González J. and González Serrano, José Ignacio and Padilla Torres, Carmen P.}, }