The properties of high redshift galaxies
  This work studies the connection between the first galaxies and their hosting
dark matter halos in the early Universe when Reionization is concluding. Our
numerical models (already presented in an earlier study) trace the star
formation history at $z =$ 4 - 8, the galaxy stellar mass function, the
stellar-to-halo mass distribution, and other high redshift galaxies statistics.
All these predictions are consistent with observations to date and other
high-resolution cosmological simulations. A key finding of this work is the
robust estimate for the cosmic star formation history (through the
implementation of galaxy and supernova winds and atomic and molecular cooling
processes) and self-consistent chemical pollution of the intergalactic medium.
The theoretical models are compatible with a faint-end slope of the galaxy
luminosity function of $\alpha =$ -2 at the end of the Reionization.
