Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Oct 2009
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009aspc..408..461b&link_type=abstract
The Starburst-AGN Connection. ASP Conference Series, Vol. 408, proceedings of the conference held 27-31 October 2008, at Shangha
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
We present high spatial resolution Cycle~15 HST imaging of 31 z ˜ 2 Dust Obscured Galaxies (DOGs) in the Boötes Field of the NOAO Deep Wide-Field Survey. Although this subset of DOGs have mid-IR spectral features typical of AGN, all but one of the galaxies are spatially extended and not dominated by an unresolved component at rest-frame optical wavelengths. Sérsic profile fitting indicates effective radii of 1-5~kpc, roughly intermediate between SMGs and quiescent BzKs and DRGs. DOG morphologies suggest they are more dynamically relaxed than local ULIRGs. HST imaging of a different sample of DOGs in Boötes observed during Cycle~16 shows qualitative evidence for a higher rate of interaction compared to the Cycle~15 sample. If major mergers are the progenitors of DOGs, then our observations suggest that DOGs may represent various stages of a post-merger evolutionary phase.
Bussmann Robert S.
Dey Arjun
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