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X-Ray Detection Of The Most Extreme Star-Forming Galaxies At The Cosmic Noon Via Strong Lensing, Q Daniel Wang, Carlos Garcia Diaz, Min S. Yun, Et. Al. Jan 2024

X-Ray Detection Of The Most Extreme Star-Forming Galaxies At The Cosmic Noon Via Strong Lensing, Q Daniel Wang, Carlos Garcia Diaz, Min S. Yun, Et. Al.

Astronomy Department Faculty Publication Series

Hyperluminous infrared galaxies (HyLIRGs) are the most extreme star-forming systems observed in the early Universe, and their properties still elude comprehensive understanding. We have undertaken a large XMMNewton observing programme to probe the total accreting black hole population in three HyLIRGs at z = 2.12, 3.25, and 3.55, gravitationally lensed by foreground galaxies. Selected from the Planck All-Sky Survey to Analyse Gravitationally lensed Extreme Starbursts (PASSAGES), these HyLIRGs have apparent infrared luminosities >1014 L. Our observations revealed X-ray emission in each of them. PJ1336+49 appears to be dominated by high-mass X-ray binaries (HMXBs). Remarkably, the luminosity …


Passages: The Large Millimeter Telescope And Alma Observations Of Extremely Luminous High-Redshift Galaxies Identified By The Planck, Derek A. Berman, Min S. Yun, K. C. Harrington, P. Kamieneski, J. Lowenthal, B. L. Frye, Q. D. Wang, G. W. Wilson, I. Aretxaga, M. Chavez, R. Cybulski, V. De La Luz, N. Erickson, D. Ferrusca, D. H. Hughes, A. Montaña, G. Narayanan, D. Sánchez-Argüelles, F. P. Schloerb, K. Souccar, E. Terlevich, R. Terlevich, J. A. Zavala Sep 2022

Passages: The Large Millimeter Telescope And Alma Observations Of Extremely Luminous High-Redshift Galaxies Identified By The Planck, Derek A. Berman, Min S. Yun, K. C. Harrington, P. Kamieneski, J. Lowenthal, B. L. Frye, Q. D. Wang, G. W. Wilson, I. Aretxaga, M. Chavez, R. Cybulski, V. De La Luz, N. Erickson, D. Ferrusca, D. H. Hughes, A. Montaña, G. Narayanan, D. Sánchez-Argüelles, F. P. Schloerb, K. Souccar, E. Terlevich, R. Terlevich, J. A. Zavala

Astronomy: Faculty Publications

The Planck All-Sky Survey to Analyze Gravitationally-lensed Extreme Starbursts project aims to identify a population of extremely luminous galaxies using the Planck all-sky survey and to explore the nature of their gas fuelling, induced starburst, and the resulting feedback that shape their evolution. Here, we report the identification of 22 high-redshift luminous dusty star-forming galaxies (DSFGs) at z = 1.1-3.3 drawn from a candidate list constructed using the Planck Catalogue of Compact Sources and Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer all-sky survey. They are confirmed through follow-up dust continuum imaging and CO spectroscopy using AzTEC and the Redshift Search Receiver on the …


Effect Of Galaxy Mergers On Star-Formation Rates, W. J. Pearson, L. Wang, M. Alpaslan, I. Baldry, M. Bilicki, M. J.I. Brown, M. W. Grootes, Benne W. Holwerda, T. D. Kitching, S. Kruk, F. F.S. Van Der Tak Nov 2019

Effect Of Galaxy Mergers On Star-Formation Rates, W. J. Pearson, L. Wang, M. Alpaslan, I. Baldry, M. Bilicki, M. J.I. Brown, M. W. Grootes, Benne W. Holwerda, T. D. Kitching, S. Kruk, F. F.S. Van Der Tak

Faculty Scholarship

Context. Galaxy mergers and interactions are an integral part of our basic understanding of how galaxies grow and evolve over time. However, the effect that galaxy mergers have on star-formation rates (SFRs) is contested, with observations of galaxy mergers showing reduced, enhanced, and highly enhanced star formation. Aims. We aim to determine the effect of galaxy mergers on the SFR of galaxies using statistically large samples of galaxies, totalling over 200 000, which is over a large redshift range from 0.0 to 4.0. Methods. We trained and used convolutional neural networks to create binary merger identifications (merger or non-merger) in …


Nature Of Faint Radio Sources In Goods-North And Goods-South Fields – I. Spectral Index And Radio-Fir Correlation, Hansung B. Gim, Min S. Yun, Frazer N. Owen, Emmanuel Momjian, Neal A. Miller, Mauro Giavalisco, Grant Wilson, James Lowenthal, Itziar Aretxaga, David H. Hughes, Glenn E. Morrison, Ryohei Kawabe Apr 2019

Nature Of Faint Radio Sources In Goods-North And Goods-South Fields – I. Spectral Index And Radio-Fir Correlation, Hansung B. Gim, Min S. Yun, Frazer N. Owen, Emmanuel Momjian, Neal A. Miller, Mauro Giavalisco, Grant Wilson, James Lowenthal, Itziar Aretxaga, David H. Hughes, Glenn E. Morrison, Ryohei Kawabe

Astronomy: Faculty Publications

We present the first results from the deep and wide 5 GHz radio observations of the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey (GOODS)-North (σ = 3.5 μJy beam−1, synthesized beam size θ = 147 × 142, and 52 sources over 109 arcmin2) and GOODS-South (σ = 3.0 μJy beam−1, θ = 098 × 045, and 88 sources over 190 arcmin2) fields using the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array. We derive radio spectral indices α between 1.4 and 5 GHz using the beam-matched images and show that the overall spectral index distribution is broad even when the …


Galaxy And Mass Assembly (Gama): The Signatures Of Galaxy Interactions As Viewed From Small-Scale Galaxy Clustering, M. L.P. Gunawardhana, P. Norberg, I. Zehavi, D. J. Farrow, J. Loveday, A. M. Hopkins, L. J.M. Davies, L. Wang, M. Alpaslan, J. Bland-Hawthorn, S. Brough, Benne W. Holwerda, M. S. Owers, A. H. Wright Sep 2018

Galaxy And Mass Assembly (Gama): The Signatures Of Galaxy Interactions As Viewed From Small-Scale Galaxy Clustering, M. L.P. Gunawardhana, P. Norberg, I. Zehavi, D. J. Farrow, J. Loveday, A. M. Hopkins, L. J.M. Davies, L. Wang, M. Alpaslan, J. Bland-Hawthorn, S. Brough, Benne W. Holwerda, M. S. Owers, A. H. Wright

Faculty Scholarship

Statistical studies of galaxy-galaxy interactions often utilize net change in physical properties of progenitors as a function of the separation between their nuclei to trace both the strength and the observable time-scale of their interaction. In this study, we use two-point auto-, cross-, and mark-correlation functions to investigate the extent to which small-scale clustering properties of star-forming galaxies can be used to gain physical insight into galaxy-galaxy interactions between galaxies of similar optical brightness and stellar mass. The Ha star formers, drawn from the highly spatially complete Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) survey, show an increase in clustering at small …


Galaxy And Mass Assembly (Gama): The Mechanisms For Quiescent Galaxy Formation At Z < 1, K. Rowlands, V. Wild, N. Bourne, M. Bremer, S. Brough, S. P. Driver, A. M. Hopkins, M. S. Owers, S. Phillipps, K. Pimbblet, A. E. Sansom, L. Wang, M. Alpaslan, J. Bland-Hawthorn, M. Colless, Benne W. Holwerda, E. N. Taylor Jan 2018

Galaxy And Mass Assembly (Gama): The Mechanisms For Quiescent Galaxy Formation At Z < 1, K. Rowlands, V. Wild, N. Bourne, M. Bremer, S. Brough, S. P. Driver, A. M. Hopkins, M. S. Owers, S. Phillipps, K. Pimbblet, A. E. Sansom, L. Wang, M. Alpaslan, J. Bland-Hawthorn, M. Colless, Benne W. Holwerda, E. N. Taylor

Faculty Scholarship

One key problem in astrophysics is understanding how and why galaxies switch off their star formation, building the quiescent population that we observe in the local Universe. From the Galaxy And Mass Assembly and VIsible MultiObject Spectrograph Public Extragalactic Redshift surveys, we use spectroscopic indices to select quiescent and candidate transition galaxies. We identify potentially rapidly transitioning post-starburst (PSB) galaxies and slower transitioning green-valley galaxies. Over the last 8Gyr, the quiescent population has grown more slowly in number density at high masses (M* > 1011M⊙) than at intermediate masses (M* > 1010.6M⊙). There is evolution in both the PSB and green-valley stellar …


Total Molecular Gas Masses Of Planck – Herschel Selected Strongly Lensed Hyper Luminous Infrared Galaxies, K. C. Harrington, M. S. Yun, B. Magnelli, D. T. Frayer, A. Karim, A. Weiß, D. Riechers, E. F. Jiménez-Andrade, D. Berman, James Lowenthal, F. Bertoldi Nov 2017

Total Molecular Gas Masses Of Planck – Herschel Selected Strongly Lensed Hyper Luminous Infrared Galaxies, K. C. Harrington, M. S. Yun, B. Magnelli, D. T. Frayer, A. Karim, A. Weiß, D. Riechers, E. F. Jiménez-Andrade, D. Berman, James Lowenthal, F. Bertoldi

Astronomy: Faculty Publications

We report the detection of CO(1–0) line emission from seven Planck and Herschel selected hyper luminous (LIR(8−1000μm) > 1013 L⊙) infrared galaxies with the Green Bank Telescope (GBT). CO(1–0) measurements are a vital tool to trace the bulk molecular gas mass across all redshifts. Our results place tight constraints on the total gas content of these most apparently luminous high-z star-forming galaxies (apparent IR luminosities of LIR > 1013 − 14 L⊙), while we confirm their predetermined redshifts measured using the Large Millimeter Telescope, LMT (zCO = 1.33–3.26). The CO(1–0) lines show similar profiles as compared to Jup = 2–4 transitions previously …


Detection Of A Substantial Molecular Gas Reservoir In A Brightest Cluster Galaxy At Z = 1.7, Tracy M.A. Webb, James Lowenthal, Min Yun, Allison G. Nobel, Adam Muzzin, Gillian Wilson, H.K.C. Yee, Ryan Cybulski, D. H. Hughes Aug 2017

Detection Of A Substantial Molecular Gas Reservoir In A Brightest Cluster Galaxy At Z = 1.7, Tracy M.A. Webb, James Lowenthal, Min Yun, Allison G. Nobel, Adam Muzzin, Gillian Wilson, H.K.C. Yee, Ryan Cybulski, D. H. Hughes

Astronomy: Faculty Publications

We report the detection of CO(2–1) emission coincident with the brightest cluster galaxy (BCG) of the high- redshift galaxy cluster SpARCS1049+56, with the Redshift Search Receiver (RSR) on the Large Millimeter Telescope (LMT). We confirm a spectroscopic redshift for the gas of z = 1.7091 ± 0.0004, which is consistent with the systemic redshift of the cluster galaxies of z = 1.709. The line is well fit by a single-component Gaussian with an RSR-resolution-corrected FWHM of 569 ± 63kms−1. We see no evidence for multiple velocity components in the gas, as might be expected from the multiple image components seen …


On The Redshift Distribution And Physical Properties Of Act-Selected Dsfgs, T. Su, T. A. Marriage, V. Asboth, A. J. Baker, J. R. Bond, D. Crichton, M. J. Devlin, R. Dünner, D. Farrah, D. T. Frayer, M. B. Gralla, K. Hall, M. Halpern, A. I. Harris, M. Hilton, A. D. Hincks, J. P. Hughes, M. D. Niemack, L. A. Page, B. Partridge, J. Rivera, D. Scott, J. L. Sievers, Robert J. Thornton, M. P. Viero, L. Wang, E. J. Wollack, M. Zemcov Mar 2017

On The Redshift Distribution And Physical Properties Of Act-Selected Dsfgs, T. Su, T. A. Marriage, V. Asboth, A. J. Baker, J. R. Bond, D. Crichton, M. J. Devlin, R. Dünner, D. Farrah, D. T. Frayer, M. B. Gralla, K. Hall, M. Halpern, A. I. Harris, M. Hilton, A. D. Hincks, J. P. Hughes, M. D. Niemack, L. A. Page, B. Partridge, J. Rivera, D. Scott, J. L. Sievers, Robert J. Thornton, M. P. Viero, L. Wang, E. J. Wollack, M. Zemcov

Robert Thornton

No abstract provided.


On The Redshift Distribution And Physical Properties Of Act-Selected Dsfgs, T. Su, T. A. Marriage, V. Asboth, A. J. Baker, J. R. Bond, D. Crichton, M. J. Devlin, R. Dünner, D. Farrah, D. T. Frayer, M. B. Gralla, K. Hall, M. Halpern, A. I. Harris, M. Hilton, A. D. Hincks, J. P. Hughes, M. D. Niemack, L. A. Page, B. Partridge, J. Rivera, D. Scott, J. L. Sievers, Robert J. Thornton, M. P. Viero, L. Wang, E. J. Wollack, M. Zemcov Jan 2017

On The Redshift Distribution And Physical Properties Of Act-Selected Dsfgs, T. Su, T. A. Marriage, V. Asboth, A. J. Baker, J. R. Bond, D. Crichton, M. J. Devlin, R. Dünner, D. Farrah, D. T. Frayer, M. B. Gralla, K. Hall, M. Halpern, A. I. Harris, M. Hilton, A. D. Hincks, J. P. Hughes, M. D. Niemack, L. A. Page, B. Partridge, J. Rivera, D. Scott, J. L. Sievers, Robert J. Thornton, M. P. Viero, L. Wang, E. J. Wollack, M. Zemcov

Physics & Engineering Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


The Herschel View Of The Dominant Mode Of Galaxy Growth From Z=4 To The Present Day, C. Schreiber, M. Pannella, D. Elbaz, M. Bethermin, H. Inami, M. Dickinson, B. Magnelli, T. Wang, H. Aussel, E. Daddi, S Juneau, X. Shu, M. T. Sargent, V. Buat, S.M. Faber, H.C. Ferguson, Mauro Giavalisco, A.M. Koekemoer, G. Magdis, G.E. Morrison, C. Papovich, P. Santini, D. Scott Jan 2015

The Herschel View Of The Dominant Mode Of Galaxy Growth From Z=4 To The Present Day, C. Schreiber, M. Pannella, D. Elbaz, M. Bethermin, H. Inami, M. Dickinson, B. Magnelli, T. Wang, H. Aussel, E. Daddi, S Juneau, X. Shu, M. T. Sargent, V. Buat, S.M. Faber, H.C. Ferguson, Mauro Giavalisco, A.M. Koekemoer, G. Magdis, G.E. Morrison, C. Papovich, P. Santini, D. Scott

Mauro Giavalisco

No abstract provided.


The Source Counts Of Submillimetre Galaxies Detected At Λ= 1.1 Mm, K. S. Scott, G. W. Wilson, I. Aretxaga, J. E. Austermann, E. L. Chapin, J. S. Dunlop, H. Ezawa, M. Halpern, B. Hatsukade, D. H. Hughes, R. Kawabe, S. Kim, K. Kohno, James D. Lowenthal, A. Montaña, K. Nakanishi, T. Oshima, D. Sanders, D. Scott, N. Scoville, Y. Tamura, D. Welch, M. S. Yun, M. Zeballos Jun 2012

The Source Counts Of Submillimetre Galaxies Detected At Λ= 1.1 Mm, K. S. Scott, G. W. Wilson, I. Aretxaga, J. E. Austermann, E. L. Chapin, J. S. Dunlop, H. Ezawa, M. Halpern, B. Hatsukade, D. H. Hughes, R. Kawabe, S. Kim, K. Kohno, James D. Lowenthal, A. Montaña, K. Nakanishi, T. Oshima, D. Sanders, D. Scott, N. Scoville, Y. Tamura, D. Welch, M. S. Yun, M. Zeballos

Astronomy: Faculty Publications

The source counts of galaxies discovered at submillimetre and millimetre wavelengths provide important information on the evolution of infrared-bright galaxies. We combine the data from six blank-field surveys carried out at 1.1mm with AzTEC, totalling 1.6deg in area with root-mean-square depths ranging from 0.4 to 1.7mJy, and derive the strongest constraints to date on the 1.1 mm source counts at flux densities S = 1-12mJy. Using additional data from the AzTEC Cluster Environment Survey to extend the counts to S ∼ 20mJy, we see tentative evidence for an enhancement relative to the exponential drop in the counts at S ∼ …


Deep 1.1mm-Wavelength Imaging Of The Goods-S Field By Aztec/Aste - Ii. Redshift Distribution And Nature Of The Submillimetre Galaxy Population, Min S. Yun, K. S. Scott, Yicheng Guo, I. Aretxaga, M. Giavalisco, J. E. Austermann, P. Capak, Yuxi Chen, H. Ezawa, B. Hatsukade, D. H. Hughes, D. Iono, S. Johnson, R. Kawabe, K. Kohno, James D. Lowenthal, N. Miller, G. Morrison, T. Oshima, T. A. Perera, M. Salvato, J. Silverman, Y. Tamura, C. C. Williams, G. W. Wilson Feb 2012

Deep 1.1mm-Wavelength Imaging Of The Goods-S Field By Aztec/Aste - Ii. Redshift Distribution And Nature Of The Submillimetre Galaxy Population, Min S. Yun, K. S. Scott, Yicheng Guo, I. Aretxaga, M. Giavalisco, J. E. Austermann, P. Capak, Yuxi Chen, H. Ezawa, B. Hatsukade, D. H. Hughes, D. Iono, S. Johnson, R. Kawabe, K. Kohno, James D. Lowenthal, N. Miller, G. Morrison, T. Oshima, T. A. Perera, M. Salvato, J. Silverman, Y. Tamura, C. C. Williams, G. W. Wilson

Astronomy: Faculty Publications

We report the results of the counterpart identification and a detailed analysis of the physical properties of the 48 sources discovered in our deep 1.1-mm wavelength imaging survey of the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey-South (GOODS-S) field using the AzTEC instrument on the Atacama Submillimeter Telescope Experiment. One or more robust or tentative counterpart candidate is found for 27 and 14 AzTEC sources, respectively, by employing deep radio continuum, Spitzer/Multiband Imaging Photometer for Spitzer and Infrared Array Camera, and Large APEX Bolometer Camera 870μm data. Five of the sources (10 per cent) have two robust counterparts each, supporting the idea …


A Study Of Heating And Cooling Of The Ism In Ngc 1097 With Herschel-Pacs And Spitzer-Irs, P. Beirão, L. Armus, G. Helou, P. N. Appleton, J.-D. T. Smith, K. V. Croxall, E. J. Murphy, D. A. Dale, B. T. Draine, M. G. Wolfire, K. M. Sandstrom, G. Aniano, A. D. Bolatto, B. Groves, B. R. Brandl, E. Schinnerer, A. F. Crocker, J. L. Hinz, H.-W. Rix, R. C. Kennicutt, Daniela Calzetti, A. Gil De Paz, G. Dumas, M. Galametz, K. D. Gordon, C.-N. Hao, B. Johnson, J. Koda, O. Krause, T. Van Der Laan, A. K. Leroy, Y. Li, S. E. Meidt, J. D. Meyer, N. Rahman, H. Roussel, M. Sauvage, S. Srinivasan, L. Vigroux, F. Walter, B. E. Warren Jan 2012

A Study Of Heating And Cooling Of The Ism In Ngc 1097 With Herschel-Pacs And Spitzer-Irs, P. Beirão, L. Armus, G. Helou, P. N. Appleton, J.-D. T. Smith, K. V. Croxall, E. J. Murphy, D. A. Dale, B. T. Draine, M. G. Wolfire, K. M. Sandstrom, G. Aniano, A. D. Bolatto, B. Groves, B. R. Brandl, E. Schinnerer, A. F. Crocker, J. L. Hinz, H.-W. Rix, R. C. Kennicutt, Daniela Calzetti, A. Gil De Paz, G. Dumas, M. Galametz, K. D. Gordon, C.-N. Hao, B. Johnson, J. Koda, O. Krause, T. Van Der Laan, A. K. Leroy, Y. Li, S. E. Meidt, J. D. Meyer, N. Rahman, H. Roussel, M. Sauvage, S. Srinivasan, L. Vigroux, F. Walter, B. E. Warren

Daniela Calzetti

NGC 1097 is a nearby Seyfert 1 galaxy with a bright circumnuclear starburst ring, a strong large-scale bar and an active nucleus. We present a detailed study of the spatial variation of the far infrared (FIR) [CII]158um and [OI]63um lines and mid-infrared H2 emission lines as tracers of gas cooling, and of the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) bands as tracers of the photoelectric heating, using Herschel-PACS, and Spitzer-IRS infrared spectral maps. We focus on the nucleus and the ring, and two star forming regions (Enuc N and Enuc S). We estimated a photoelectric gas heating efficiency ([CII]158um+[OI]63um)/PAH in the ring …


The Source Counts Of Submillimetre Galaxies Detected At 1.1 Mm, K. S. Scott, Grant W. Wilson, I. Aretxaga, J. E. Austermann, E. L. Chapin, J. S. Dunlop, H. Ezawa, M. Halpern, B. Hatsukade, D. H. Hughes, R. Kawabe, S. Kim, K. Kohno, J. D. Lowenthal, A. Montaña, K. Nakanishi, T. Oshima, D. Sanders, D. Scott, N. Scoville, Y. Tamura, D. Welch, M. S. Yun, M. Zeballos Jan 2012

The Source Counts Of Submillimetre Galaxies Detected At 1.1 Mm, K. S. Scott, Grant W. Wilson, I. Aretxaga, J. E. Austermann, E. L. Chapin, J. S. Dunlop, H. Ezawa, M. Halpern, B. Hatsukade, D. H. Hughes, R. Kawabe, S. Kim, K. Kohno, J. D. Lowenthal, A. Montaña, K. Nakanishi, T. Oshima, D. Sanders, D. Scott, N. Scoville, Y. Tamura, D. Welch, M. S. Yun, M. Zeballos

Grant Wilson

The source counts of galaxies discovered at sub-millimetre and millimetre wavelengths provide important information on the evolution of infrared-bright galaxies. We combine the data from six blank-field surveys carried out at 1.1 mm with AzTEC, totalling 1.6 square degrees in area with root-mean-square depths ranging from 0.4 to 1.7 mJy, and derive the strongest constraints to date on the 1.1 mm source counts at flux densities S(1100) = 1-12 mJy. Using additional data from the AzTEC Cluster Environment Survey to extend the counts to S(1100) ~ 20 mJy, we see tentative evidence for an enhancement relative to the exponential drop …


How Do Star-Forming Galaxies At Z>3 Assemble Their Masses?, Kyoung-Soo Lee, Henry C. Ferguson, Tommy Wiklind, Tomas Dahlen, Mark E. Dickinson, Mauro Giavalisco, Normin Grogin, Casey Papovich, Hugo Messias, Yicheng Guo, Lihwai Lin Jan 2011

How Do Star-Forming Galaxies At Z>3 Assemble Their Masses?, Kyoung-Soo Lee, Henry C. Ferguson, Tommy Wiklind, Tomas Dahlen, Mark E. Dickinson, Mauro Giavalisco, Normin Grogin, Casey Papovich, Hugo Messias, Yicheng Guo, Lihwai Lin

Mauro Giavalisco

We investigate how star-forming galaxies typically assemble their masses at high redshift. Using the deep multi-wavelength coverage of the GOODS dataset, we measure stellar mass of a large sample of star-forming galaxies at z~4 and 5, and make a robust determination of stellar mass function (SMF). We report a broad correlation between stellar mass and UV luminosity, such that more UV-luminous galaxies are, on average, more massive. However, the correlation has a substantial intrinsic scatter evidenced by a non-negligible number of UV-faint but massive galaxies. Furthermore, the low-mass end of the SMF does not rise as steeply as the UV …


Aztec 1.1 Mm Images Of 16 Radio Galaxies At 0.5, A. Humphrey, M. Zeballos, I. Aretxaga, D. H. Hughes, M. S. Yun, R. Cybulski, Grant Wilson, J. Austermann, H. Ezawa, R. Kawabe, K. Kohno, T. Perera, K. Scott, D. Sánchez-Arguelles, R. Gutermuth Jan 2011

Aztec 1.1 Mm Images Of 16 Radio Galaxies At 0.5, A. Humphrey, M. Zeballos, I. Aretxaga, D. H. Hughes, M. S. Yun, R. Cybulski, Grant Wilson, J. Austermann, H. Ezawa, R. Kawabe, K. Kohno, T. Perera, K. Scott, D. Sánchez-Arguelles, R. Gutermuth

Grant Wilson

We present 1.1 mm observations for a sample of 16 powerful radio galaxies at 0.5


Candels: The Progenitors Of Compact Quiescent Galaxies At Z 2, Guillermo Barro, S. M. Faber, Pablo G. P´Erez-Gonz´Alez, David C. Koo, Christina C. Williams, Dale D. Kocevski, Jonathan R. Trump, Mark Mozena, Elizabeth Mcgrath, Arjen Van Der Wel, Stijn Wuyts, Eric F. Bell, Darren J. Croton, Avishai Dekel, M. L. N. Ashby, Henry C. Ferguson, Adriano Fontana, Mauro Giavalisco, Norman A. Grogin, Yicheng Guo, Nimish P. Hathi, Philip F. Hopkins, Kuang-Han Huang, Anton M. Koekemoer, Jeyhan S. Kartaltepe, Kyoung-Soo Lee, Jeffrey A. Newman, Lauren A. Porter, Joel R. Primack, Russell E. Ryan, David Rosario, Rachel S. Somerville Jan 2011

Candels: The Progenitors Of Compact Quiescent Galaxies At Z 2, Guillermo Barro, S. M. Faber, Pablo G. P´Erez-Gonz´Alez, David C. Koo, Christina C. Williams, Dale D. Kocevski, Jonathan R. Trump, Mark Mozena, Elizabeth Mcgrath, Arjen Van Der Wel, Stijn Wuyts, Eric F. Bell, Darren J. Croton, Avishai Dekel, M. L. N. Ashby, Henry C. Ferguson, Adriano Fontana, Mauro Giavalisco, Norman A. Grogin, Yicheng Guo, Nimish P. Hathi, Philip F. Hopkins, Kuang-Han Huang, Anton M. Koekemoer, Jeyhan S. Kartaltepe, Kyoung-Soo Lee, Jeffrey A. Newman, Lauren A. Porter, Joel R. Primack, Russell E. Ryan, David Rosario, Rachel S. Somerville

Mauro Giavalisco

We combine high-resolution HST/WFC3 images with multi-wavelength photometry to track the evolution of structure and activity of massive (log(M*) > 10) galaxies at redshifts z = 1.4 - 3 in two fields of the Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey (CANDELS). We detect compact, star-forming galaxies (cSFGs) whose number densities, masses, sizes, and star formation rates qualify them as likely progenitors of compact, quiescent, massive galaxies (cQGs) at z = 1.5 - 3. At z > 2 most cSFGs have specific star-formation rates (sSFR = 10^-9 yr^-1) half that of typical, massive SFGs at the same epoch, and host X-ray luminous …


Goods-Herschel: An Infrared Main Sequence For Star-Forming Galaxies, D. Elbaz, M. Dickinson, H. S. Hwang, T. Díaz-Santos, G. Magdis, B. Magnelli, D. Le Borgne, F. Galliano, M. Pannella, P. Chanial, L. Armus, V. Charmandaris, E. Daddi, H. Aussel, P. Popesso, J. Kartaltepe, B. Altieri, I. Valtchanov, D. Coia, H. Dannerbauer, K. Dasyra, R. Leiton, J. Mazzarella, D. M. Alexander, V. Buat, D. Burgarella, R-R. Chary, R. Gilli, R. J. Ivison, S. Juneau, E. Le Floc'h, D. Lutz, G. E. Morrison, J. R. Mullaney, E. Murphy, A. Pope, D. Scott, M. Brodwin, D. Calzetti, C. Cesarsky, S. Charlot, H. Dole, P. Eisenhardt, H. C. Ferguson, N. Förster Schreiber, D. Frayer, Mauro Giavalisco, M. Huynh, A. M. Koekemoer, C. Papovich, N. Reddy, C. Surace, H. Teplitz, M. S. Yun, G. Wilson Jan 2011

Goods-Herschel: An Infrared Main Sequence For Star-Forming Galaxies, D. Elbaz, M. Dickinson, H. S. Hwang, T. Díaz-Santos, G. Magdis, B. Magnelli, D. Le Borgne, F. Galliano, M. Pannella, P. Chanial, L. Armus, V. Charmandaris, E. Daddi, H. Aussel, P. Popesso, J. Kartaltepe, B. Altieri, I. Valtchanov, D. Coia, H. Dannerbauer, K. Dasyra, R. Leiton, J. Mazzarella, D. M. Alexander, V. Buat, D. Burgarella, R-R. Chary, R. Gilli, R. J. Ivison, S. Juneau, E. Le Floc'h, D. Lutz, G. E. Morrison, J. R. Mullaney, E. Murphy, A. Pope, D. Scott, M. Brodwin, D. Calzetti, C. Cesarsky, S. Charlot, H. Dole, P. Eisenhardt, H. C. Ferguson, N. Förster Schreiber, D. Frayer, Mauro Giavalisco, M. Huynh, A. M. Koekemoer, C. Papovich, N. Reddy, C. Surace, H. Teplitz, M. S. Yun, G. Wilson

Mauro Giavalisco

We present the deepest far-IR observations obtained with Herschel and examine the 3-500um SEDs of galaxies at 03x10^10 Lsun kpc^-2) and a high specific SFR (i.e., SBs). The rest-frame, UV-2700A size of these distant SBs is typically half that of MS galaxies, supporting the correlation between star formation density and SB activity that is measured for the local sample. Locally, (U)LIRGs are systematically in the SB mode, whereas most distant (U)LIRGs form stars in the "normal" MS mode. This confusion between two modes of star formation is the cause of the so-called "mid-IR excess" population of galaxies found at z …


The Calibration Of Monochromatic Far-Infrared Star Formation Rate Indicators, D Calzetti, Sy Wu, S Hong, Rc Kennicutt, Jc Lee, Da Dale, Cw Engelbracht, L Van Zee, Bt Draine, Cn Hao, Kd Gordon, J Moustakas, Ej Murphy, M Regan, A Begum, M Block, J Dalcanton, J Funes, Ag De Paz, B Johnson, S Sakai, E Skillman, F Walter, D Weisz, B Williams, Y Wu Jan 2010

The Calibration Of Monochromatic Far-Infrared Star Formation Rate Indicators, D Calzetti, Sy Wu, S Hong, Rc Kennicutt, Jc Lee, Da Dale, Cw Engelbracht, L Van Zee, Bt Draine, Cn Hao, Kd Gordon, J Moustakas, Ej Murphy, M Regan, A Begum, M Block, J Dalcanton, J Funes, Ag De Paz, B Johnson, S Sakai, E Skillman, F Walter, D Weisz, B Williams, Y Wu

Astronomy Department Faculty Publication Series

Spitzer data at 24, 70, and 160 μm and ground-based Hα images are analyzed for a sample of 189 nearby star-forming and starburst galaxies to investigate whether reliable star formation rate (SFR) indicators can be defined using the monochromatic infrared dust emission centered at 70 and 160 μm. We compare recently published recipes for SFR measures using combinations of the 24 μm and observed Hα luminosities with those using 24 μm luminosity alone. From these comparisons, we derive a reference SFR indicator for use in our analysis. Linear correlations between SFR and the 70 μm and 160 μm luminosity are …


Supernova Remnants And The Interstellar Medium Of M83: Imaging And Photometry With The Wide Field Camera 3 On The Hubble Space Telescope, Ma Dopita, Wp Blair, Ks Long, M Mutchler, Bc Whitmore, Kd Kuntz, B Balick, He Bond, D Calzetti, M Carollo, M Disney, Ja Frogel, R O'Connell, D Hall, Ja Holtzman, Ra Kimble, J Mackenty, P Mccarthy, F Paresce, A Saha, J Silk, M Sirianni, J Trauger, Ar Walker, R Windhorst, E Young Jan 2010

Supernova Remnants And The Interstellar Medium Of M83: Imaging And Photometry With The Wide Field Camera 3 On The Hubble Space Telescope, Ma Dopita, Wp Blair, Ks Long, M Mutchler, Bc Whitmore, Kd Kuntz, B Balick, He Bond, D Calzetti, M Carollo, M Disney, Ja Frogel, R O'Connell, D Hall, Ja Holtzman, Ra Kimble, J Mackenty, P Mccarthy, F Paresce, A Saha, J Silk, M Sirianni, J Trauger, Ar Walker, R Windhorst, E Young

Astronomy Department Faculty Publication Series

We present Wide Field Camera 3 images taken with the Hubble Space Telescope within a single field in the southern grand design star-forming galaxy M83. Based on their size, morphology, and photometry in continuum-subtracted Hα, [S II], Hβ, [O III], and [O II] filters, we have identified 60 supernova remnant (SNR) candidates, as well as a handful of young ejecta-dominated candidates. A catalog of these remnants, their sizes and, where possible, their Hα fluxes are given. Radiative ages and pre-shock densities are derived from those SNRs that have good photometry. The ages lie in the range 2.62 < log (τrad/yr) < 5.0, and the pre-shock densities at the blast wave range over 0.56 < n 0/cm-3 < 1680. Two populations of SNRs have been discovered. These divide into a nuclear and spiral arm group and an inter-arm population. We infer an arm to inter-arm density contrast of 4. The surface flux in diffuse X-rays is correlated with the inferred pre-shock density, indicating that the warm interstellar medium (ISM) is pressurized by the hot X-ray plasma. We also find that the ISM in the nuclear region of M83 is characterized by a very high porosity and pressure, and infer an SNR rate of 1 per 70-150 yr for the nuclear (R < 300 pc) region. On the basis of the number of SNRs detected and their radiative ages, we infer that the lower mass of Type II SNe in M83 is M min = 16+7 –5 M . Finally, we give evidence for the likely detection of the remnant of the historical supernova, SN1968L.


An Investigation Of The Dust Content In The Galaxy Pair Ngc 1512/1510 From Near-Infrared To Millimeter Wavelengths, Gl Liu, D Calzetti, Min Yun, Gw Wilson, Bt Draine, K Scott, J Austermann, T Perera, D Hughes, I Aretxaga, K Kohno, R Kawabe, H Ezawa Jan 2010

An Investigation Of The Dust Content In The Galaxy Pair Ngc 1512/1510 From Near-Infrared To Millimeter Wavelengths, Gl Liu, D Calzetti, Min Yun, Gw Wilson, Bt Draine, K Scott, J Austermann, T Perera, D Hughes, I Aretxaga, K Kohno, R Kawabe, H Ezawa

Astronomy Department Faculty Publication Series

We combine new ASTE/AzTEC 1.1 mm maps of the galaxy pair NGC 1512/1510 with archival Spitzer IRAC and MIPS images covering the wavelength range 3.6-160 μm from the SINGS project. The availability of the 1.1 mm map enables us to measure the long-wavelength tail of the dust emission in each galaxy, and in sub-galactic regions in NGC 1512, and to derive accurate dust masses. The two galaxies form a pair consisting of a large, high-metallicity spiral (NGC 1512) and a low-metallicity, blue compact dwarf (NGC 1510), which we use to compare similarities and contrast differences. Using the models of Draine …


The Nature Of Submillimetre Galaxies In Cosmological Hydrodynamic Simulations, R Dave, K Finlator, Bd Oppenheimer, M Fardal, N Katz, D Keres, Dh Weinberg Jan 2010

The Nature Of Submillimetre Galaxies In Cosmological Hydrodynamic Simulations, R Dave, K Finlator, Bd Oppenheimer, M Fardal, N Katz, D Keres, Dh Weinberg

Astronomy Department Faculty Publication Series

We study the nature of rapidly star-forming galaxies at z= 2 in cosmological hydrodynamic simulations, and compare their properties to observations of submillimetre galaxies (SMGs). We identify simulated SMGs as the most rapidly star-forming systems that match the observed number density of SMGs. In our models, SMGs are massive galaxies sitting at the centres of large potential wells, being fed by smooth infall and gas-rich satellites at rates comparable to their star formation rates (SFRs). They are not typically undergoing major mergers that significantly boost their quiescent SFR, but they still often show complex gas morphologies and kinematics. Our …


Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy Of Candidate Active Galactic Nuclei-Dominated Submillimeter Galaxies, K Coppin, A Pope, K Menendez-Delmestre, Dm Alexander, Js Dunlop, E Egami, J Gabor, E Ibar, Rj Ivison, Je Austermann, Aw Blain, Sc Chapman, Dl Clements, L Dunne, S Dye, D Farrah, Dh Hughes, Amj Mortier, Mj Page, M Rowan-Robinson, D Scott, C Simpson, I Smail, Am Swinbank, M Vaccari, Min Yun Jan 2010

Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy Of Candidate Active Galactic Nuclei-Dominated Submillimeter Galaxies, K Coppin, A Pope, K Menendez-Delmestre, Dm Alexander, Js Dunlop, E Egami, J Gabor, E Ibar, Rj Ivison, Je Austermann, Aw Blain, Sc Chapman, Dl Clements, L Dunne, S Dye, D Farrah, Dh Hughes, Amj Mortier, Mj Page, M Rowan-Robinson, D Scott, C Simpson, I Smail, Am Swinbank, M Vaccari, Min Yun

Astronomy Department Faculty Publication Series

Spitzer spectroscopy has revealed that 80% of submm galaxies (SMGs) are starburst (SB)-dominated in the mid-infrared. Here we focus on the remaining 20% that show signs of harboring powerful active galactic nuclei (AGNs). We have obtained Spitzer-InfraRed Spectrograph spectroscopy of a sample of eight SMGs that are candidates for harboring powerful AGNs on the basis of IRAC color selection (S 8 μm/S 4.5 μm>2, i.e., likely power-law mid-infrared spectral energy distributions). SMGs with an AGN dominating (50%) their mid-infrared emission could represent the "missing link" sources in an evolutionary sequence involving a major merger. First …


A Deep Hst Search For Escaping Lyman Continuum Flux At Z~1.3: Evidence For An Evolving Ionizing Emissivity, Brian Siana, Harry I. Teplitz, Henry C. Ferguson, Thomas M. Brown, Mauro Giavalisco, Mark Dickinson, Carrie R. Bridge, Ranga-Ram Chary, Duilia F. De Mello, Christopher J. Conselice, Jonathan P. Gardner, James W. Colbert, Claudia Scarlata Jan 2010

A Deep Hst Search For Escaping Lyman Continuum Flux At Z~1.3: Evidence For An Evolving Ionizing Emissivity, Brian Siana, Harry I. Teplitz, Henry C. Ferguson, Thomas M. Brown, Mauro Giavalisco, Mark Dickinson, Carrie R. Bridge, Ranga-Ram Chary, Duilia F. De Mello, Christopher J. Conselice, Jonathan P. Gardner, James W. Colbert, Claudia Scarlata

Mauro Giavalisco

We have obtained deep Hubble Space Telescope far-UV images of 15 starburst galaxies at z~1.3 in the GOODS fields to search for escaping Lyman continuum photons. These are the deepest far-UV images m_{AB}=28.7, 3\sigma, 1" diameter) over this large an area (4.83 arcmin^2) and provide the best escape fraction constraints for any galaxy at any redshift. We do not detect any individual galaxies, with 3\sigma limits to the Lyman Continuum (~700 \AA) flux 50--149 times fainter (in f_nu) than the rest-frame UV (1500 \AA) continuum fluxes. Correcting for the mean IGM attenuation (factor ~2), as well as an intrinsic stellar …


Color-Magnitude Relation And Morphology Of Low-Redshift Ulirgs In Sloan Digital Sky Survey, Yuxi Chen, James D. Lowenthal, Min S. Yun Jan 2010

Color-Magnitude Relation And Morphology Of Low-Redshift Ulirgs In Sloan Digital Sky Survey, Yuxi Chen, James D. Lowenthal, Min S. Yun

Astronomy: Faculty Publications

We present color-magnitude and morphological analysis of 54 low-redshift ultraluminous infrared galaxies (ULIRGs; 0.018 < z < 0.265 with z = 0.151), a subset of the Infrared Astronomical Satellite 1Jy sample, in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). The ULIRGs are both bright and blue: they are on average 1mag brighter in than the SDSS galaxies within the same redshift range, and 0.2mag bluer in g - r. They form a group in the color-magnitude diagram distinct from both the red sequence and the blue cloud formed by the SDSS galaxies: 24 out of the 52 unsaturated objects (46%) lie outside the 90% level number density contour of the SDSS galaxies. The majority (47, or 87%) have the colors typical of the blue cloud, and only four (7%) sources are located in the red sequence. While ULIRGs are popularly thought to be precursors to a QSO phase, we find few (three, or 6%) in the "green valley" where the majority of the X-ray- and IR-selected active galactic nuclei (AGNs) are found. Moreover, none of the AGN-host ULIRGs are found in the green valley. For the 14 previously spectroscopic identified AGNs (28%), we perform point-spread function subtractions and find that on average the central point sources contribute less than one-third to the total luminosity, and that their high optical luminosities and overall blue colors are apparently the result of star formation activity of the host galaxies. Visual inspection of the SDSS images reveals a wide range of morphologies including many close pairs, tidal tails, and otherwise disturbed profiles, in strong support of previous studies and the general view of ULIRGs as major mergers of gas-rich disk galaxies. A detailed morphology analysis using Gini and M coefficients shows that slightly less than one-half (42% in g band) of the ULIRGs are located in the merger region defined by morphology studies of local galaxies, while the remaining sources are located in the region of late-type and irregular galaxies. The heterogeneous distribution of ULIRGs in the G-M space is qualitatively consistent with the results found by numerical simulations of disk-disk mergers, and our study also shows that the measured morphological parameters are systematically affected by the signal-to-noise ratio and thus the merging galaxies can appear in various regions of the G-M parameter space. We briefly discuss the origins of the uncertainties and note that the morphology measurements should be implemented with caution for low physical resolution images. In general, our results reinforce the view that ULIRGs contain young stellar populations and are mergers in progress, but we do not observe the concentration of ULIRGs/AGN in the green valley as found by other studies. Our study provides a uniform comparison sample for studying dusty starbursts at higher redshifts such as Spitzer MIPS 24 μm-selected ULIRGs at z = 1-2 or submillimeter galaxies.


Deep 1.1 Mm-Wavelength Imaging Of The Goods-S Field By Aztec/Aste - I. Source Catalogue And Number Counts, Ks Scott, Min Yun, Gw Wilson, Je Austermann, E Aguilar, I Aretxaga, H Ezawa, D Ferrusca, B Hatsukade, Dh Hughes, D Iono, M Giavalisco, R Kawabe, K Kohno, Pd Mauskopf, T Oshima, Ta Perera, J Rand, Y Tamura, T Tosaki, M Velazquez, Cc Williams, M Zeballos Jan 2010

Deep 1.1 Mm-Wavelength Imaging Of The Goods-S Field By Aztec/Aste - I. Source Catalogue And Number Counts, Ks Scott, Min Yun, Gw Wilson, Je Austermann, E Aguilar, I Aretxaga, H Ezawa, D Ferrusca, B Hatsukade, Dh Hughes, D Iono, M Giavalisco, R Kawabe, K Kohno, Pd Mauskopf, T Oshima, Ta Perera, J Rand, Y Tamura, T Tosaki, M Velazquez, Cc Williams, M Zeballos

Astronomy Department Faculty Publication Series

We present the first results from a confusion-limited map of the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey-South (GOODS-S) taken with the AzTEC camera on the Atacama Submillimeter Telescope Experiment. We imaged a field to a 1σ depth of 0.48–0.73 mJy beam−1, making this one of the deepest blank-field surveys at mm-wavelengths ever achieved. Although by traditional standards our GOODS-S map is extremely confused due to a sea of faint underlying sources, we demonstrate through simulations that our source identification and number counts analyses are robust, and the techniques discussed in this paper are relevant for other deeply confused surveys. …


The Agn Fraction Of Submm-Selected Galaxies And Contributions To The Submm/Mm-Wave Extragalactic Background Light, S Serjeant, M Negrello, C Pearson, A Mortier, J Austermann, I Aretxaga, D Clements, S Chapman, S Dye, J Dunlop, L Dunne, D Farrah, D Hughes, Hm Lee, H Matsuhara, E Ibar, M Im, Ws Jeong, S Kim, S Oyabu, T Takagi, T Wada, G Wilson, M Vaccari, Min Yun Jan 2010

The Agn Fraction Of Submm-Selected Galaxies And Contributions To The Submm/Mm-Wave Extragalactic Background Light, S Serjeant, M Negrello, C Pearson, A Mortier, J Austermann, I Aretxaga, D Clements, S Chapman, S Dye, J Dunlop, L Dunne, D Farrah, D Hughes, Hm Lee, H Matsuhara, E Ibar, M Im, Ws Jeong, S Kim, S Oyabu, T Takagi, T Wada, G Wilson, M Vaccari, Min Yun

Astronomy Department Faculty Publication Series

We present a comparison of the SCUBA half degree extragalactic survey (SHADES) at 450 μm, 850 μm and 1100 μm with deep guaranteed time 15 μm AKARI FU-HYU survey data and Spitzer guaranteed time data at 3.6-24 μm in the Lockman hole east. The AKARI data was analysed using bespoke software based in part on the drizzling and minimum-variance matched filtering developed for SHADES, and was cross-calibrated against ISO fluxes. Our stacking analyses find AKARI 15 μm galaxies with 200 μJy contribute >10% of the 450 μm background, but only <4% of …


A Spectroscopically Confirmed Excess Of 24 Μm Sources In A Super Galaxy Group At Z=0.37: Enhanced Dusty Star Formation Relative To The Cluster And Field Environment, Kim-Vy H. Tran, Amelie Saintonge, John Moustakas, Lei Bai, Anthony H. Gonzalez, Bradford P. Holden, Dennis Zaritsky, Stefan Kautsch Oct 2009

A Spectroscopically Confirmed Excess Of 24 Μm Sources In A Super Galaxy Group At Z=0.37: Enhanced Dusty Star Formation Relative To The Cluster And Field Environment, Kim-Vy H. Tran, Amelie Saintonge, John Moustakas, Lei Bai, Anthony H. Gonzalez, Bradford P. Holden, Dennis Zaritsky, Stefan Kautsch

Chemistry and Physics Faculty Articles

To trace how dust-obscured star formation varies with environment, we compare the fraction of 24 μm sources in a super galaxy group to the field and a rich galaxy cluster at z ~ 0.35. We draw on multi-wavelength observations that combine Hubble, Chandra, and Spitzer imaging with extensive optical spectroscopy (>1800 redshifts) to isolate galaxies in each environment and thus ensure a uniform analysis. We focus on the four galaxy groups (σ1D = 303-580 km s–1) in supergroup 1120-12 that will merge to form a galaxy cluster comparable in mass to Coma. We find …


An Aztec 1.1 Mm Survey Of The Goods-N Field - Ii. Multiwavelength Identifications And Redshift Distribution, Edward L. Chapin, Alexandra Pope, Douglas Scott, Itziar Aretxaga, Jason E. Austermann, Ranga Ram Chary, Kristen Coppin, Mark Halpern, David H. Hughes, James D. Lowenthal, Glenn E. Morrison, Thushara A. Perera, Kimberly S. Scott, Grant W. Wilson, Min S. Yun Oct 2009

An Aztec 1.1 Mm Survey Of The Goods-N Field - Ii. Multiwavelength Identifications And Redshift Distribution, Edward L. Chapin, Alexandra Pope, Douglas Scott, Itziar Aretxaga, Jason E. Austermann, Ranga Ram Chary, Kristen Coppin, Mark Halpern, David H. Hughes, James D. Lowenthal, Glenn E. Morrison, Thushara A. Perera, Kimberly S. Scott, Grant W. Wilson, Min S. Yun

Astronomy: Faculty Publications

We present results from a multiwavelength study of 29 sources (false detection probabilities cent) from a survey of the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey-North (GOODS-N) field at 1.1 mm using the Astronomical Thermal Emission Camera (AzTEC). Comparing with existing 850 μm Submillimetre Common-User Bolometer Array (SCUBA) studies in the field, we examine differences in the source populations selected at the two wavelengths. The AzTEC observations uniformly cover the entire survey field to a 1σ depth of ∼1 mJy. Searching deep 1.4 GHz Very Large Array (VLA) and Spitzer 3-24 μm catalogues, we identify robust counterparts for 21 1.1 mm sources, …