2005ApJ...631L..13D -
Astrophys. J., 631, L13-L16 (2005/September-3)
The population of BzK-selected ULIRGs at z ∼ 2.
DADDI E., DICKINSON M., CHARY R., POPE A., MORRISON G., ALEXANDER D.M., BAUER F.E., BRANDT W.N., GIAVALISCO M., FERGUSON H., LEE K.-S., LEHMER B.D., PAPOVICH C. and RENZINI A.
Abstract (from CDS):
We investigate the multiwavelength emission of BzK-selected star-forming galaxies at z∼2 in the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey (GOODS) North region. Most (82%) of the sources are individually detected at 24 µm in the Spitzer MIPS imaging, and one-fourth (26%) in the VLA radio data. Significant detections of the individually undetected objects are obtained through stacking in the radio, submillimeter, and X-ray domains. The typical star-forming galaxy with stellar mass ∼1011 M☉at z=2 is an ultraluminous infrared galaxy (ULIRG), with LIR~(1-2)x1012 L☉and star formation rate SFR~200-300 M☉/yr, implying a comoving density of ULIRGs at z=2 at least 3 orders of magnitude above the local one. SFRs derived from the reddening-corrected UV luminosities agree well, on average, with the longer wavelength estimates. The high 24 µm detection rate suggests a relatively large duty cycle for the BzK star-forming phase, which is consistent with the available independent measurements of the space density of passively evolving galaxies at z>1.4. If the IMF at z=2 is similar to the local one, and in particular if it is not top-heavy, this suggests that a substantial fraction of the high-mass tail (≳1011 M☉) of the galaxy stellar mass function was completed by z~1.4.
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Cosmology: Observations - Galaxies: Evolution - Galaxies: Formation - Galaxies: High-Redshift - Galaxies: Starburst
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