Burgarella, D.Buat, V.Gruppioni, C.Cucciati, O.Heinis, S.Berta, S.Bethermin, M.Bock, J.Cooray, AsanthaDunlop, J.S.Farrah, D.Franceschini, AlbertoLe Floch, E.Lutz, D.Magnelli, B.Nordon, R.Oliver, S.J.Page, Matthew J.Popesso, P.Pozzi, F.Riguccini, L.Vaccari, M.Viero, M. P.2016-01-142016-01-142013Burgarella, D., et al., (2013). Herschel PEP/HerMES: the redshift evolution (0 ≤ z ≤ 4) of dust attenuation and of the total (UV+IR) star formation rate density*. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 554 : A700004-6361http://hdl.handle.net/10566/2057Using new homogeneous luminosity functions (LFs) in the far-ultraviolet (FUV) from VVDS and in the far-infrared (FIR) from Herschel/PEP and Herschel/HerMES, we studied the evolution of the dust attenuation with redshift. With this information, we were able to estimate the redshift evolution of the total (FUV + FIR) star formation rate density (SFRDTOT). By integrating SFRDTOT, we followed the mass building and analyzed the redshift evolution of the stellar mass density (SMD). This article aims at providing a complete view of star formation from the local Universe to z ~ 4 and, using assumptions on earlier star formation history, compares this evolution with previously published data in an attempt to draw a homogeneous picture of the global evolution of star formation in galaxies. Our main conclusions are that: 1) the dust attenuation AFUV is found to increase from z = 0 to z ~ 1.2 and then starts to decrease until our last data point at z = 3.6; 2) the estimated SFRD confirms published results to z ~ 2. At z > 2, we observe either a plateau or a small increase up to z ~ 3 and then a likely decrease up to z = 3.6; 3) the peak of AFUV is delayed with respect to the plateau of SFRDTOT and a probable origin might be found in the evolution of the bright ends of the FUV and FIR LFs; 4) using assumptions (exponential rise and linear rise with time) for the evolution of the star formation density from z = 3.6 to zform = 10, we integrated SFRDTOT and obtained a good agreement with the published SMDs.enThis is a paper distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.CosmologyGalaxiesInfraredStarburstLuminosity functions (LFs)Far-ultraviolet (FUV)Far-infrared (FIR)Star formation rate density (SFRDTOT)Stellar mass density (SMD)Article