Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2007-03-15
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
18 pages, 17 figures, accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Scientific paper
10.1051/0004-6361:20077127
We determine the nature, redshift, stellar populations and dust properties of optically faint or non-detected extremely red objects (ERO) found from our survey of the lensing clusters A1835 and AC114. We perform SED fitting and use deep optical, HST, VLT, Spitzer data, and for some objects and sub-mm data. For most of the lensed EROs we find photometric redshifts showing a strong degeneracy between "low-z" (z~1-3) and high-z (z~6-7). Although formally best fits are often found at high-z, their resulting bright absolute magnitudes, the number density of these objects, and in some cases Spitzer photometry or longer wavelength observations, suggest strongly that all of these objects are at "low-z". The majority of these objects are best fitted with young (<~ 0.5-0.7 Gyr) and dusty starbursts. Indications for strong extinction, with A_V~2.4-4, are found in some objects. For dusty objects star formation rates (SFR) have been estimated from the bolometric luminosity determined after fitting of semi-empirical starburst, ERO, and ULIRG templates. Typically we find SFR~(1-18) Msun/yr. Again, SMMJ14009+0252 stands out as a LIRG with SFR 1000 Msun/yr. Concerning the comparison objects, we argue that the massive post-starburst z~6.5 galaxy candidate HUDF-J2 showing observed properties very similar to our EROs, is more likely a dusty starburst at z~2.3-2.6. This interpretation also naturally explains the observed 24 micron emission. Both empirically and from our SED fits we find that the IRAC selectec EROs from Yan et al (2004) show very similar properties to our lensed EROs. Reasonable fits are found for most of them with relatively young and dusty stellar populations.
Boone Frederic
Egami Eiichi E.
Hempel Angela
Kneib Jean Paul
Le Borgne Jean-Franc
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