Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-1-2009
Publication Title
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Abstract
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, and tentative associations for the remaining objects. The redshift distribution of AzTEC sources is inferred from available spectroscopic and photometric redshifts. We find a median redshift of z = 2.7, somewhat higher than z = 2.0 for 850 μm selected sources in the same field, and our lowest redshift identification lies at a spectroscopic redshift z = 1.1460. We measure the 850 μm to 1.1 mm colour of our sources and do not find evidence for '850 μm dropouts', which can be explained by the low signal-to-noise ratio of the observations. We also combine these observed colours with spectroscopic redshifts to derive the range of dust temperatures T, and dust emissivity indices β for the sample, concluding that existing estimates T ∼ 30 K and β ∼ 1.75 are consistent with these new data.
Keywords
Galaxies: formation, Galaxies: high-redshift, Galaxies: starburst, Infrared: galaxies, Submillimetre
Volume
398
Issue
4
First Page
1793
Last Page
1808
DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.15267.x
ISSN
00358711
Recommended Citation
Chapin, Edward L.; Pope, Alexandra; Scott, Douglas; Aretxaga, Itziar; Austermann, Jason E.; Chary, Ranga Ram; Coppin, Kristen; Halpern, Mark; Hughes, David H.; Lowenthal, James D.; Morrison, Glenn E.; Perera, Thushara A.; Scott, Kimberly S.; Wilson, Grant W.; and Yun, Min S., "An AzTEC 1.1 mm Survey of the GOODS-N field - II. Multiwavelength Identifications and Redshift Distribution" (2009). Astronomy: Faculty Publications, Smith College, Northampton, MA.
https://scholarworks.smith.edu/ast_facpubs/33
Comments
Peer reviewed accepted manuscript.