Rest-Frame MIR Detection of an Extremely Luminous Lyman Break Galaxy with the Spitzer IRS
Abstract
We present the first rest-frame ~4 micron detection of a Lyman break galaxy. The data were obtained using the 16 micron imaging capability of the Spitzer Infrared Spectrograph. The target object, J134026.44+634433.2, is an extremely luminous Lyman break galaxy at z=2.79 first identified in Sloan Digital Sky Survey spectra (Bentz, Osmer, & Weinberg 2004). The source is strongly detected with a flux of 0.94 +/- 0.02 mJy. Combining Spitzer and SDSS photometry with supporting ground-based J- and K-band data, we show that the spectral energy distribution is consistent with an actively star-forming galaxy. We also detect other objects in the Spitzer field of view, including a very red MIR source. We find no evidence of a strong lens amongst the MIR sources.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0406185,
title = {Rest-Frame MIR Detection of an Extremely Luminous Lyman Break Galaxy with the Spitzer IRS},
author = {H. I. Teplitz and V. Charmandaris and L. Armus and P. N. Appleton and J. R. Houck and B. T. Soifer and D. Weedman and B. R. Brandl and J. van Cleve and C. Grillmair and K. I. Uchida and ;},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0406185},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
Accepted for publication in special Spitzer ApJS issue