Physics – Optics
Scientific paper
Jan 2012
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American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #219, #401.05
Physics
Optics
Scientific paper
One of the two primary science objectives for NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) is to identify the most luminous galaxies in the Universe. We have used WISE photometry to select an all-sky sample of 1,000 objects which are extremely luminous. The sources are prominent at 12 microns (W3) or 22 microns (W4), but faint or undetected at 3.4 microns (W1) and 4.7 microns (W2), and hence referred to as "W12drops.” I will provide an overview of several programs to follow up the objects. Observations of the full sample with Spitzer are largely complete, confirming that W12drops are redder than previously identified populations. Spectroscopy of 100 W12drops shows that the majority have z > 1.6. Herschel PACS and SPIRE photometry for a subsample of 91 is underway, and sub-millimeter and millimeter data have been obtained for approximately a dozen sources. These reveal SEDs that tend to peak below rest frame 100 microns, so that hot dust dominates the bolometric luminosity, which can exceed 100 trillion solar luminosities. Optical and near-IR imaging programs, including adaptive optics and HST, are in progress. These will address whether lensing is a major factor in the population. Modeling of one W12drop suggests the luminous AGN phase may precede galaxy formation, contrary to prevailing ideas. We suggest these hot, dust- obscured galaxies, or hot DOGs, represent a rare transitional stage in the interplay between the formation of galaxy bulges and super-massive black holes.
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