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在北银河系极点的远红外巡天I:附近的恒星形成星系和混淆源对源计数的影响

A far-infrared survey at the North Galactic Pole I: Nearby star-forming galaxies and the effect of confused sources on source counts

Petri Vaisanen, Jari K. Kotilainen, Mika Juvela, Kalevi Mattila, Andreas Efstathiou, Jere Kahanpaa

摘要:

作为ISOPHOT EBL项目的一部分,我们目前在90,150和180 mu检测到的远红外(FIR)源的后续观测,该项目最近首次独立于COBE数据测量了宇宙红外背景辐射(CIRB)的绝对表面亮度。我们已经观察到的领域在北银河系极点地区的光学和近红外,并补充这些数据与SDSS测光,光谱学在可用的情况下,并提出鉴定的25个FIR源达到~150毫焦耳在所有三个ISOPHOT波段。识别是通过全谱能量密度拟合FIR误差圆区域内的所有源来完成的。大约80%被确定为z<0.3的恒星形成或恒星爆发星系。我们还发现,超过一半的对应物具有扰乱的形态,具有过去或现在相互作用的迹象。然而,所有来源中只有20%与单个星系唯一匹配-40%是两个或更多这些附近恒星形成星系的混合物,而另外20%可能是附近和较暗星系的混合物。最后的20%可能是更明亮的红外星系,具有更高的红移。混合源对FIR源计数有影响。特别是,考虑到现实的混乱或混合的来源,差分FIR计数下降了约1.5倍,并在100至400 mJy范围内陡峭。

英文摘要:

We present follow-up observations of the far-infrared (FIR) sources at 90, 150 and 180 mu detected as part of the ISOPHOT EBL project, which has recently measured the absolute surface brightness of the cosmic infrared background radiation (CIRB) for the first time independently from COBE data. We have observed the fields at the North Galactic Pole region in the optical and near-IR, and complement these data with SDSS photometry, and spectroscopy where available, and present identifications of the 25 FIR sources which reach down to ~150 mJy in all three ISOPHOT bands. Identifications are done by means of full spectral energy density fitting to all sources in the FIR error circle areas. Approximately 80 per cent are identified as star-forming or star-bursting galaxies at z<0.3. We also find that more than half of the counterparts have disturbed morphologies, with signs of past or present interactions. However, only 20 per cent of all the sources are uniquely matched with a single galaxy -- 40 per cent are blends of two or more of these nearby star-forming galaxies, while another 20 per cent are likely blends of nearby and fainter galaxies. The final 20 per cent are likely to be more luminous IR galaxies at higher redshifts. The blended sources have an effect on the FIR source counts. In particular, taking into account realistic confusion or blending of sources, the differential FIR counts move down by a factor of ~1.5 and steepen in the 100 to 400 mJy range.

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