Virginia TechBurgarella, D.Gruppioni, C.Cucciati, O.Heinis, S.Berta, S.Bethermin, M.Bock, J.Cooray, A.Dunlop, J. S.Farrah, D.Franceschini, A.Le Floc'h, E.Lutz, D.Magnelli, B.Nordon, R.Oliver, S. J.Page, M. J.Popesso, P.Pozzi, F.Riguccini, L.Vaccari, M.Viero, M.2013-12-062013-12-062013-06Burgarella, D. ; Buat, V. ; Gruppioni, C. ; et al., Jun 2013. “Herschel PEP/HerMES: the redshift evolution (0 <= z <= 4) of dust attenuation and of the total (UV plus IR) star formation rate density,” ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS 554:A70. DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/2013216510004-6361http://hdl.handle.net/10919/24430Using 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 similar to 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 A(FUV) is found to increase from z = 0 to z similar to 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 similar to 2. At z > 2, we observe either a plateau or a small increase up to z similar to 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 z(form) = 10, we integrated SFRDTOT and obtained a good agreement with the published SMDs.en-USIn Copyrightearly Universecosmology: observationsgalaxies: star formationinfrared: galaxiesgalaxies: starburstultraviolet: galaxieslyman-break galaxiesearly release scienceluminosity functionformation historyforming galaxiesdistant galaxiesgas accretionstellar massultravioletmultiwavelengthAstronomy & AstrophysicsArticle - Refereedhttp://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/pdf/2013/06/aa21651-13.pdfhttps://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321651