Review presented at the Cosmology Symposium held in
Kyoto, April 2001.
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Abstract. The two major functions in galaxy evolution that we would like to measure are the stellar populations in galaxies, and their time-derivative, the star formation rate. Especially at redshifts above 1, both of these measures are benefiting greatly from wide-area infrared observations. Several space-based and ground-based examples will be discussed.
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UNDERSTANDING GALAXY EVOLUTION WITH DEEP FIELDS
DETECTING EVOLVING STELLAR POPULATIONS ACROSS
COSMIC TIME
Near-Infrared Searches for Galaxies in the Bright
Ages
EVOLUTION OF STAR FORMATION IS ALSO WELL TRACED IN
THE INFRARED
Narrow-Band Infrared Imaging of Emission-Line
Galaxies
Grism Spectroscopy
Nebular Diagnostic Line Emission at Higher
Redshift
THE PROMISE OF SPACE IMAGING SURVEYS IN THE THERMAL
INFRARED
DAMPED
Ly
FROM PREGALACTIC
OBJECTS?
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