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Overdensities of SMGs around WISE-selected, ultra-luminous, high-redshift AGN

Astrophysics of Galaxies 2017-06-28 v1

Abstract

We investigate extremely luminous dusty galaxies in the environments around WISE-selected hot dust obscured galaxies (Hot DOGs) and WISE/radio-selected active galactic nuclei (AGNs) at average redshifts of z = 2.7 and z = 1.7, respectively. Previous observations have detected overdensities of companion submillimetre-selected sources around 10 Hot DOGs and 30 WISE/radio AGNs, with overdensities of ~ 2 - 3 and ~ 5 - 6 , respectively. We find that the space densities in both samples to be overdense compared to normal star-forming galaxies and submillimetre galaxies (SMGs) in the SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey (S2CLS). Both samples of companion sources have consistent mid-IR colours and mid-IR to submm ratios as SMGs. The brighter population around WISE/radio AGNs could be responsible for the higher overdensity reported. We also find the star formation rate density (SFRDs) are higher than the field, but consistent with clusters of dusty galaxies. WISE-selected AGNs appear to be good signposts for protoclusters at high redshift on arcmin scales. The results reported here provide an upper limit to the strength of angular clustering using the two-point correlation function. Monte Carlo simulations show no angular correlation, which could indicate protoclusters on scales larger than the SCUBA-2 1.5arcmin scale maps.

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@article{arxiv.1705.03680,
  title  = {Overdensities of SMGs around WISE-selected, ultra-luminous, high-redshift AGN},
  author = {Suzy F. Jones and Andrew W. Blain and Roberto J. Assef and Peter Eisenhardt and Carol Lonsdale and James Condon and Duncan Farrah and Chao-Wei Tsai and Carrie Bridge and Jingwen Wu and Edward L. Wright and Tom Jarrett},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1705.03680},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

10 pages, 7 figures, 6 tables, MNRAS accepted