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Spitzer遥远星系的中远红外通量密度

Spitzer Mid-to-Far-Infrared Flux Densities of Distant Galaxies

Casey Papovich, Gregory Rudnick, Emeric Le Floc'h, Pieter G. van Dokkum, George H. Rieke, Edward N. Taylor, Lee Armus, Eric Gawiser, Jiasheng Huang, Delphine Ma… 展开作者

Casey Papovich, Gregory Rudnick, Emeric Le Floc'h, Pieter G. van Dokkum, George H. Rieke, Edward N. Taylor, Lee Armus, Eric Gawiser, Jiasheng Huang, Delphine Marcillac, Marijn Franx

摘要:

我们研究的红外(IR)高红移星系使用深斯皮策24,70和160微米的数据。我们的主要兴趣是改善这些星系的总红外光度,L(IR)的约束。我们结合斯皮策数据在南部扩展钱德拉深场K波段选择星系样本和光度红移从多波长调查耶鲁大学,智利。我们使用叠加分析来测量1.5 < z < 2.5星系的平均70和160微米通量密度,作为24微米通量密度,X射线活动和静止帧近红外颜色的函数。具有1.5 < z < 2.5和S(24)=53-250 μ-Jy的镓具有从其平均24-160微米通量密度导出的L(IR),其在仅从24微米通量密度导出的L(IR)的2-3倍内。然而,对于S(24)> 250 micro-Jy和1.5 < z < 2.5的星系,从平均24-160微米通量密度导出的L(IR)比仅使用24微米通量密度导出的L(IR)低2-10倍。S(24)> 250微焦耳的星系有S(70)/S(24)的通量比,与X射线探测或红色静止帧红外色的来源相当,这表明可能被活动星系核加热的温暖尘埃可能有助于高24微米的发射。根据平均24-160微米的通量密度,几乎所有24个1.5 < z < 2.5的微米选定星系的L(IR)< 6 x 10^12太阳光度,如果归因于恒星形成,相当于每年< 1000太阳质量。这表明,高红移星系可能有类似的恒星形成效率和反馈过程的本地类似物。L(IR)> 6 x 10^12太阳光度的天体相当罕见,其表面密度约为30 +/- 10/sq。deg,对应于1.5 < z < 2.5范围内的~ 2 +/- 1 x 10^-6 Mpc^-3。

英文摘要:

We study the infrared (IR) properties of high-redshift galaxies using deep Spitzer 24, 70, and 160 micron data. Our primary interest is to improve the constraints on the total IR luminosities, L(IR), of these galaxies. We combine the Spitzer data in the southern Extended Chandra Deep Field with a K-band-selected galaxy sample and photometric redshifts from the Multiwavelength Survey by Yale-Chile. We used a stacking analysis to measure the average 70 and 160 micron flux densities of 1.5 < z < 2.5 galaxies as a function of 24 micron flux density, X-ray activity, and rest-frame near-IR color. Galaxies with 1.5 < z < 2.5 and S(24)=53-250 micro-Jy have L(IR) derived from their average 24-160 micron flux densities within factors of 2-3 of those derived from the 24 micron flux densities only. However, L(IR) derived from the average 24-160 micron flux densities for galaxies with S(24) > 250 micro-Jy and 1.5 < z < 2.5 are lower than those derived using only the 24 micron flux density by factors of 2-10. Galaxies with S(24) > 250 micro-Jy have S(70)/S(24) flux ratios comparable to sources with X-ray detections or red rest-frame IR colors, suggesting that warm dust possibly heated by AGN may contribute to the high 24 micron emission. Based on the average 24-160 micron flux densities, nearly all 24 micron-selected galaxies at 1.5 < z < 2.5 have L(IR) < 6 x 10^12 solar luminosities, which if attributed to star formation corresponds to < 1000 solar masses per year. This suggests that high redshift galaxies may have similar star formation efficiencies and feedback processes as local analogs. Objects with L(IR) > 6 x 10^12 solar luminosities are quite rare, with a surface density ~ 30 +/- 10 per sq. deg, corresponding to ~ 2 +/- 1 x 10^-6 Mpc^-3 over 1.5 < z < 2.5.

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