Sub-mm and near-IR observations of galaxies selected at 170 microns

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2003-01-22

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0301427v3

Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 343 (2003) 1365

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

11 pages, 6 figures, some new discussion added, Fig5 replaced, minor typographical changes, submitted to MNRAS

Scientific paper

10.1046/j.1365-8711.2003.06794.x

We present results from JCMT sub-mm observations of sources selected from the {\sl ISO} FIRBACK (Far-IR BACKground) survey, along with UKIRT near-IR imaging of a sub-sample. This gives valuable insight into the brightest $\sim$10% of galaxies which contribute to the Cosmic Infrared Background (CIB). We estimate the photometric redshifts and luminosities of these sources by fitting their Spectral Energy Distributions (SEDs). The data appear to show a bimodal galaxy distribution, with normal star-forming galaxies at $z\simeq0$, and a much more luminous population at $z\sim0.4$--0.9. These are similar to the ultraluminous infrared galaxies which are found to evolve rapidly with redshift in other surveys. The detectability threshold of FIRBACK biases the sample away from much higher redshift ($z\stackrel{>}{_{\sim}}1.5$) objects. Nevertheless, the handful of $z\sim0.5$ sources which we identify are likely to be the low-$z$ counterparts of the typically higher-$z$ sources found in blank field sub-mm observations. This sub-sample, being much more nearby than the average SCUBA galaxies, has the virtue of being relatively easy to study in the optical. Hence their detailed investigation could help elucidate the nature of the sub-mm bright galaxies.

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