Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2006-03-17
Astrophys.J.645:199-208,2006
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Accepted for publication in ApJ, 13 pages, 3 figures
Scientific paper
10.1086/504027
We have studied the morphologies of luminous infrared galaxies (LIRGs; L_IR(8-1000um)>10^11 Lsun) at 0.3< z<1.4 in the HST Ultradeep Field (UDF) by calculating concentration and asymmetry indices and comparing the results with similar calculations for: (1) galaxies at similar redshift that are less infrared-active; and (2) local LIRGs. We find that the high-redshift samples are dominated by galaxies with concentrations similar to local late-type disk galaxies; however, they are significantly more asymmetric than most local galaxies but are similar in both regards to local LIRGs. On average, the high-redshift infrared-active galaxies are slightly more asymmetric than the less-active ones, although they do include a significantly higher portion of highly asymmetric (merging?) systems and a lower portion of more concentrated, symmetric ones. The morphological similarity of infrared-active and typical infrared-inactive galaxies at high-redshift suggests that they may be from the same parent population, but are in different stages of an episodic star formation process. The similarity between high-redshift and local LIRGs suggests that a certain level of asymmetry is generally associated with LIRG-level activity.
Le Floc'h Emeric
Papovich Casey
Perez-Gonzalez Pablo. G.
Rieke George H.
Shi Yaoming
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