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深SWIRE场。IV。sub-mJy星系群的第一性质:红移分布、AGN活动和恒星形成

The Deep SWIRE Field. IV. First properties of the sub-mJy galaxy population: redshift distribution, AGN activity and star formation

Veronica Strazzullo, Maurilio Pannella, Frazer N. Owen, Ralf Bender, Glenn E. Morrison, Wei-Hao Wang, David L. Shupe

摘要:

我们提出了一个20厘米的深SWIRE VLA场选定的样品的研究,达到了极限通量密度~13.5 μ J的图像中心。在0.6x0.6平方度的区域中,我们能够将光学/红外对应物分配给97%的射电源。从NUV到4.5 μ m的11个通带被用来对这些对应物的光谱能量分布(SED)进行采样,以研究宿主星系的性质。通过一个SED模板库和恒星星族合成模型,我们估计光度红移,恒星质量和恒星星族属性,划分样本在三个子类的静止,中间和恒星形成的星系。我们重点研究了红移完全性在90%以上的红移0.3<z<1.3范围内的射电样本,并研究了这些子群体的性质和红移演化。我们发现,正如预期的那样,活动星系核和恒星形成星系的uJy人口的相对贡献取决于样本的通量密度限制。在所有的流量水平的一个显着的人口“绿谷”星系观察。虽然这些来源的实际性质还没有得到明确的理解,但这项工作的结果可能表明,很大一部分微弱的射电源可能是复合(也可能是过渡)物体,因此简单的“活动星系核与恒星形成”分类可能不适合完全理解微弱的射电源群。

英文摘要:

We present a study of a 20cm selected sample in the Deep SWIRE VLA Field, reaching a limiting flux density of ~13.5 uJy at the image center. In a 0.6x0.6 square degrees field, we are able to assign an optical/IR counterpart to 97% of the radio sources. Up to 11 passbands from the NUV to 4.5um are then used to sample the spectral energy distribution (SED) of these counterparts in order to investigate the nature of the host galaxies. By means of an SED template library and stellar population synthesis models we estimate photometric redshifts, stellar masses, and stellar population properties, dividing the sample in three sub-classes of quiescent, intermediate and star-forming galaxies. We focus on the radio sample in the redshift range 0.3<z<1.3 where we estimate to have a redshift completeness higher than 90%, and study the properties and redshift evolution of these sub-populations. We find that, as expected, the relative contributions of AGN and star-forming galaxies to the uJy population depend on the flux density limit of the sample. At all flux levels a significant population of "green-valley" galaxies is observed. While the actual nature of these sources is not definitely understood, the results of this work may suggest that a significant fraction of faint radio sources might be composite (and possibly transition) objects, thus a simple "AGN vs star-forming" classification might not be appropriate to fully understand what faint radio populations really are.

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