Radio and Infrared Selected Optically Invisible Sources in the Boötes NDWFS

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Dec 2008

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008apj...688..885h&link_type=abstract

The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 688, Issue 2, pp. 885-904.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Galaxies: Active, Galaxies: High-Redshift, Galaxies: Starburst, Infrared: Galaxies, Radio Continuum: Galaxies

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We have combined data from the NOAO Deep Wide-Field Survey in Boötes and the Spitzer Space Telescope to determine basic properties for 16 optically ``invisible'' MIPS 24 μm and 35 optically invisible radio sources (OIMSs and OIRSs, respectively), including their spectral energy distributions (SEDs) and luminosities. Most OIMSs possess steep power-law SEDs over λrest=1-10 μm, indicating the presence of obscured AGNs in agreement with Spitzer spectroscopy. These objects are extremely luminous at rest-frame near- and mid-IR [νLν(5 μm)~1038-1039 W], consistent with accretion near the Eddington limit and further implying that they host buried QSOs. The majority of the IRAC-detected OIRSs have flat 3.6-24 μm SEDs, implying comparable emission from stellar photospheres and hot AGN-illuminated dust. This may reflect relatively small amounts of dust close to the central engine or current low mass accretion rates. A small subset of OIRSs appear to be starburst-dominated with photometric redshifts from 1.0 to 4.5. The OIMSs and OIRSs with significant starburst components have similar LK and stellar masses (M*~1011 Msolar) assuming minimal AGN contribution. Roughly half of the OIRSs are not detected by Spitzer IRAC or MIPS. These are most likely z>~2 radio galaxies. The IRAC-detected OIRSs are more likely than OIMSs to appear nonpointlike in the 3.6 and 4.5 μm images, suggesting that interactions play a role in triggering their activity. The AGN-powered OIMSs may represent submillimeter galaxies making the transition from starburst to accretion dominance in their evolution to current-epoch massive ellipticals.

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