Multi-wavelength properties of Spitzer-selected starbursts at z~2
Abstract
A complete sample of 33 sources believed to be starbursts ("5.8micron-peakers") was selected in the (0.5 sq. deg.) J1046+56 field with selection criteria F_(24micron)>400muJy, the presence of a redshifted stellar emission peak at 5.8um, and r'(Vega)>23. The field, part of the SWIRE Lockman Hole field, benefits from very deep VLA/GMRT 20cm, 50cm, and 90cm radio data (all 33 sources are detected at 50cm), and deep 160micron and 70micron Spitzer data. The 33 sources, with photometric redshifts ~1.5-2.5, were observed at 1.2mm with IRAM-30m/MAMBO to an rms ~0.7-0.8mJy in most cases. Their millimeter, radio, 7-band Spitzer, and near-IR properties were jointly analyzed. The entire sample of 33 sources has an average 1.2mm flux density of 1.56+/-0.22mJy and a median of 1.61mJy, so the majority of the sources can be considered SMGs. Four sources have confirmed 4sigma detections, and nine were tentatively detected at the 3sigma level. Because of its 24micron selection, our sample shows systematically lower F_(1.2mm)/F_(24micron) flux ratios than classical SMGs, probably because of enhanced PAH emission. A median FIR SED was built by stacking images at the positions of 21 sources in the region of deepest Spitzer coverage. Its parameters are T_(dust)=37+/-8K, L_(FIR)=2.5x10^{12}Lo, and SFR=450Mo/yr. The FIR-radio correlation provides another estimate of L_(FIR) for each source, with an average value of 4.1x10^{12}Lo; however, this value may be overestimated because of some AGN contribution. Most of our targets are also luminous star-forming BzK galaxies which constitute a significant fraction of weak SMGs at 1.7<z<2.3.
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Cite
@article{arxiv.0910.3097,
title = {Multi-wavelength properties of Spitzer-selected starbursts at z~2},
author = {N. Fiolet and A. Omont and M. Polletta and F. Owen and S. Berta and D. Shupe and B. Siana and C. Lonsdale and V. Strazzullo and M. Pannella and A. J. Baker and A. Beelen and A. Biggs and C. De Breuck and D. Farrah and R. Ivison and G. Lagache and D. Lutz and L. J. Tacconi and R. Zylka},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0910.3097},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
23 pages, 12 figures + 1 figure in appendix Accepted in A&A on 01 September 2009