Spitzer catalog of herschel-selected ultrared dusty star-forming galaxies
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Journal Article
Abstract
The largest Herschel extragalactic surveys, H-ATLAS and HerMES, have selected a sample of "ultrared" dusty star-forming galaxies (DSFGs) with rising SPIRE flux densities (S 500 > S 350 > S 250; the so-called "500 μm risers") as an efficient way for identifying DSFGs at higher redshift (z > 4). In this paper, we present a large Spitzer follow-up program of 300 Herschel ultrared DSFGs. We have obtained high-resolution Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, Northern Extended Millimeter Array, and SMA data for 63 of them, which allow us to securely identify the Spitzer/IRAC counterparts and classify them as gravitationally lensed or unlensed. Within the 63 ultrared sources with high-resolution data, ~65% appear to be unlensed and ~27% are resolved into multiple components. We focus on analyzing the unlensed sample by directly performing multiwavelength spectral energy distribution modeling to derive their physical properties and compare with the more numerous z ~ 2 DSFG population. The ultrared sample has a median redshift of 3.3, stellar mass of 3.7 × 1011 M ⊙, star formation rate (SFR) of 730 M ⊙ yr−1, total dust luminosity of 9.0 × 1012 L ⊙, dust mass of 2.8 × 109 M ⊙, and V-band extinction of 4.0, which are all higher than those of the ALESS DSFGs. Based on the space density, SFR density, and stellar mass density estimates, we conclude that our ultrared sample cannot account for the majority of the star-forming progenitors of the massive, quiescent galaxies found in infrared surveys. Our sample contains the rarer, intrinsically most dusty, luminous, and massive galaxies in the early universe that will help us understand the physical drivers of extreme star formation.
Date Issued
2019-10-04
Date Acceptance
2019-08-20
Citation
Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 2019, 244 (2), pp.1-19
ISSN
0067-0049
Publisher
American Astronomical Society
Start Page
1
End Page
19
Journal / Book Title
Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Volume
244
Issue
2
Copyright Statement
© 2019. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. All rights reserved. This is an author-created, un-copyedited version of an article accepted for publication in Astrophysical Journal. IOP Publishing Ltd is not responsible for any errors or omissions in this version of the manuscript or any version derived from it. The definitive publisher authenticated version is available online at https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ab8eaf.
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Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Astronomy & Astrophysics
LYMAN BREAK GALAXIES
SUBMILLIMETER GALAXIES
DEEP FIELD
REDSHIFT DISTRIBUTION
EXTRAGALACTIC SURVEY
INFRARED-EMISSION
BOLOMETER CAMERA
MASSIVE GALAXIES
NUMBER COUNTS
SIMPLE-MODEL
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
ARTN 30
Date Publish Online
2019-10-04