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UKIDSS超深巡天早期数据中遥远星系的颜色选择

The colour selection of distant galaxies in the UKIDSS Ultra-Deep Survey Early Data Release

K. P. Lane, O. Almaini, S. Foucaud, C. Simpson, Ian Smail, R. J. McLure, C. J. Conselice, M. Cirasuolo, M. J. Page, J. S. Dunlop, P. Hirst, M. G. Watson, K. Sekiguchi

摘要:

我们研究了UKIDSS超深巡天早期数据发布(UDS EDR)中高红移星系的颜色选择技术。结合斯巴鲁非常深的光学测光,UDS EDR的深度(K_AB = 22.5)和面积(0.62 deg^2)使我们能够使用超过30,000个物体的大样本来研究光学/近红外选择。通过使用B-z,z-K色图(BzK技术),我们确定了超过7500个z > 1.4的候选星系,这些星系可以进一步分为被动系统和恒星形成系统(分别为pBzK和sBzK)。我们独特的样本使我们能够识别一个以前在BzK图中没有看到的新特征,与z < 1.4的早期类型星系的被动演化轨迹一致。我们还比较了BzK技术与极端红色物体(ERO)的R-K颜色选择和遥远红色星系(DRG)的J-K选择,并量化了这些人群之间的重叠。我们发现,大多数的DRG,在这些相对明亮的幅度也ERO。由于先前的研究已经发现这些星等的DRG有z ~ 1的红移,我们确定这些DRG/ERO星系的SED与z < 2的尘埃恒星形成星系或AGN一致。最后,我们观察到一个平坦的pBzK星系的数量计数,类似于其他研究,这可能表明,我们是被动z > 1星系的光度函数在一个狭窄的红移范围内采样。

英文摘要:

We investigate colour selection techniques for high redshift galaxies in the UKIDSS Ultra Deep Survey Early Data Release (UDS EDR). Combined with very deep Subaru optical photometry, the depth (K_AB = 22.5) and area (0.62 deg^2) of the UDS EDR allows us to investigate optical/near-IR selection using a large sample of over 30,000 objects. By using the B-z, z-K colour-colour diagram (the BzK technique) we identify over 7500 candidate galaxies at z > 1.4, which can be further separated into passive and starforming systems (pBzK and sBzK respectively). Our unique sample allows us to identify a new feature not previously seen in BzK diagrams, consistent with the passively evolving track of early type galaxies at z < 1.4. We also compare the BzK technique with the R-K colour selection of Extremely Red Objects (EROs) and the J-K selection of Distant Red Galaxies (DRGs), and quantify the overlap between these populations. We find that the majority of DRGs, at these relatively bright magnitudes are also EROs. Since previous studies have found that DRGs at these magnitudes have redshifts of z ~ 1 we determine that these DRG/ERO galaxies have SEDs consistent with being dusty star-forming galaxies or AGN at z < 2. Finally we observe a flattening in the number counts of pBzK galaxies, similar to other studies, which may indicate that we are sampling the luminosity function of passive z > 1 galaxies over a narrow redshift range.

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