Optically Faint Microjansky Radio Sources

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1999-09-15

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9909251v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

to appear in Astrophysical Journal Letters, 3 figures, 1 table

Scientific paper

10.1086/312373

We report on the identifications of radio sources from our survey of the Hubble Deep Field and the SSA13 fields, both of which comprise the deepest radio surveys to date at 1.4 GHz and 8.5 GHz respectively. About 80% of the microjansky radio sources are associated with moderate redshift starburst galaxies or AGNs within the I magnitude range of 17 to 24 with a median of I = 22 mag. Thirty-one (20%) of the radio sources are: 1) fainter than $I>$25 mag, with two objects in the HDF $I_{AB}>$28.5, 2) often identified with very red objects $I-K>$4, and 3) not significantly different in radio properties than the brighter objects. We suggest that most of these objects are associated with heavily obscured starburst galaxies with redshifts between 1 and 3. However, other mechanisms are discussed and cannot be ruled out with the present observations.

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