Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2002-11-05
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
12 pages, 10 embedded figs, accepted for publication in ApJ
Scientific paper
10.1086/345980
(abridged) We present multiwavelength observations for a large sample of microjansky radio sources detected in ultradeep 1.4GHz maps centered on the Hubble Deep Field-North (HDF-N) and the Hawaii Survey Fields SSA13 and SSA22. Our spectroscopic redshifts for 169 radio sources reveal a flat median redshift distribution, and these sources are hosted by similarly luminous optical L* galaxies, regardless of redshift. This is a serious concern for radio estimates of the local star formation rate density, as a substantial fraction of the ultraviolet luminosity density is generated by sub-L* galaxies at low redshifts. From our submillimeter measurements for 278 radio sources, we find error-weighted mean 850micron fluxes of 1.72$\pm$0.09 mJy for the total sample, 2.37$\pm$0.13 mJy for the optically-faint (I>23.5) subsample, and 1.04$\pm$0.13 mJy for the optically-bright (I<23.5) subsample. We significantly (>3\sigma) detect in the submillimeter 50 of the radio sources, 38 with I>23.5. Spectroscopic redshifts for three of the I<23.5 submillimeter-detected radio sources are in the range z=1.0-3.4, and all show AGN signatures. Using only the submillimeter mapped regions we find that 69\pm9% of the submillimeter-detected radio population are at I>23.5. We also find that 66\pm7% of the S850>5 mJy (>4\sigma) sources are radio-identified. We find that millimetric redshift estimates at low redshifts are best made with a FIR template intermediate between a Milky Way type galaxy and a starburst galaxy, and at high redshifts with an Arp220 template.
Barger Amy. J.
Borys Colin
Capak Peter
Chapman Sandra C.
Cowie Lennox L.
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