A joint analysis of BLAST 250--500um and LABOCA 870um observations in the Extended Chandra Deep Field South

Details A joint analysis of BLAST 250--500um and LABOCA 870um observations in the Extended Chandra Deep Field South A joint analysis of BLAST 250--500um and LABOCA 870um observations in the Extended Chandra Deep Field South

2010-03-12

arxiv.org/abs/1003.2647v2

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics

54 pages, 16 figures, 10 tables. Accepted by MNRAS. This revision matches the accepted version: source list reduced from 125 t

Scientific paper

10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17697.x

We present a joint analysis of the overlapping BLAST 250, 350, 500um, and LABOCA 870um observations (from the LESS survey) of the ECDF-S. Out to z~3, the BLAST filters sample near the peak wavelength of far-infrared (FIR) emission from galaxies (rest-frame wavelengths ~60--200um), primarily produced by dust heated through absorption in star-forming clouds. However, identifying counterparts to individual BLAST peaks is very challenging, given the large beams (FWHM 36--60"). In contrast, the 870um observations have a significantly smaller 19" FWHM beam, and are sensitive to higher redshifts (z~1--5, and potentially beyond) due to the more favourable negative K-correction. We use the LESS data, as well as deep Spitzer and VLA imaging, to identify 118 individual sources that produce significant emission in the BLAST bands. We characterize the temperatures and FIR luminosities for a subset of 69 sources which have well-measured submm SEDs and redshift measurements out to z~3. For flux-limited sub-samples in each BLAST band, and a dust emissivity index \beta=2.0, we find a median temperature T=30K (all bands) as well as median redshifts: z=1.1 (interquartile range 0.2--1.9) for S250 > 40mJy; z=1.3 (interquartile range 0.6--2.1) for S350 > 30mJy; and z=1.6 (interquartile range 1.3--2.3) for S500 > 20mJy. Taking into account selection effects for our survey (a bias toward detecting lower-temperature galaxies), we find no evidence for evolution in the local FIR-temperature correlation out to z~2.5. Comparing with star-forming galaxy SED templates, about 8% of our sample appears to exhibit significant excesses in the radio and/or mid-IR, consistent with those sources harbouring an AGN. We describe the following techniques in two appendices: our `matched filter' for identifying sources in the presence of point-source confusion; and our approach for identifying counterparts using likelihood ratios.

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