AEGIS: Galaxy Spectral Energy Distributions from the X-Ray to Radio

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2006-08-17

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0608378v2

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

7 page, 3 figures, submitted to ApJL. Version with high-resolution images: http://aegis.ucolick.org/papers/konidaris.seds.2006

Scientific paper

10.1086/517929

The All-wavelength Extended Groth Strip International Survey (AEGIS) team presents broad-band spectral energy distributions (SEDs), from X-ray to radio wavelengths, for 71 galaxies spanning the redshift range 0.55-1.16 (~0.7). Galaxies with secure redshifts were selected from a small (22 arcminute-square) sub-section of the Keck/DEIMOS galaxy redshift survey in the Extended Groth Strip field that has also been targeted for deep panchromatic imaging by Chandra (X-ray), GALEX (ultraviolet), Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (optical), Hubble Space Telescope (optical/near infrared), Palomar Observatory (near infrared), Spitzer (mid/far infrared), and the Very Large Array (radio.) The absolute magnitude of the typical galaxy in our sample is M_B=-19.82. The ultraviolet to mid-infrared portion of their spectral energy distributions (SEDs) are found to be bracketed by two stellar-only model SEDs: an early burst followed by passive evolution and a constant star-formation rate since early times; this suggests that few of these galaxies are undergoing major starbursts. Approximately half the galaxies show a mid- to far-infrared excess relative to the model SEDs, consistent with thermal emission from interstellar dust. Two objects have power-law SEDs, indicating that they are dominated by active galactic nuclei; both are detected in X-rays. The galaxies are grouped by rest-frame color,quantitative optical morphology, and [OII] emission line strength (possible indicator of star formation). On average, the panchromatic SEDs of the galaxies, from the ultraviolet to the infrared, follow expected trends: redder SEDs are associated with red U-B, early-type morphology, and low [OII] emission, and vice versa for blue SEDs.

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