Star Formation Rates of a z~1 DEEP2 Galaxy Sample from LIRIS Multi-slit Hα Spectroscopy

2006 ◽  
Vol 2 (S235) ◽  
pp. 417-418
Author(s):  
Nayra Rodríguez-Eugenio ◽  
Kai G. Noeske ◽  
Jose Acosta-Pulido ◽  
Francisco Prada ◽  
Arturo Manchado ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Star Formation ◽  
Rest Frame ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
Nir Spectroscopy ◽  
Star Forming ◽  
Preliminary Results ◽  
Galaxy Sample ◽  
Redshift Survey ◽  
Galaxy Redshift ◽  
Stellar Masses

AbstractWe present preliminary results of Hα near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy of 16 galaxies with redshifts in the range 0.8 ≤ z ≤ 1.0 drawn from the DEEP2 Galaxy Redshift Survey. The spectra were taken using the multi-slit mode of LIRIS (Long-slit Intermediate Resolution Infrared Spectrograph), installed at the 4.2-m WHT. Twelve out of 16 spectra yield robust (>5σ) Hα detections. We compare star formation rates (SFRs) from Hα luminosities to those derived from DEEP2 rest-frame UV measurements. This study is part of a larger program to obtain accurate Hα luminosities of about 50 star-forming galaxies at z ~ 1 in the Extended Groth Strip. Our scientific goals are the measurement of SFRs from Hα, and the comparison and calibration of Hα and other SFR tracers at z ~ 1. The study will be complemented with galaxy stellar masses, reddening estimates, galaxy morphologies and metallicities.

scholarly journals ALMA witnesses the assembly of first galaxies

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (S352) ◽  
pp. 27-32
Author(s):  
Stefano Carniani
Keyword(s):  
Star Formation ◽  
Physical Properties ◽  
Rest Frame ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
Far Infrared ◽  
Star Forming ◽  
Surrounding Environment ◽  
Infrared Surveys ◽  
Formation And Evolution ◽  
First Galaxies

AbstractCharacterising primeval galaxies entails the challenging goal of observing galaxies with modest star formation rates (SFR < 100 Mȯyr−1) and approaching the beginning of the reionisation epoch (z > 6). To date a large number of primeval galaxies have been identified thanks to deep near-infrared surveys. However, to further our understanding on the formation and evolution of such primeval objects, we must investigate their nature and physical properties through multi-band spectroscopic observations. Information on dust content, metallicity, interactions with the surrounding environment, and outflows can be obtained with ALMA observations of far-infrared (FIR) lines such as the [Cii] at 158 μm and [Oiii] at 88 μm. Here, we, thus, discuss the recent results unveiled by ALMA observations and present new [Cii] observations of BDF-3299, a star-forming galaxy at z = 7.1 showing a spatial and spectral offset between the rest-frame UV and the FIR lines emission.

scholarly journals GOODS-Herschel: Dust attenuation up to z∼4

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (S292) ◽  
pp. 289-289 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Pannella ◽  
D. Elbaz ◽  
E. Daddi
Keyword(s):  
Star Formation ◽  
High Redshift ◽  
Line Emission ◽  
Stellar Mass ◽  
Massive Galaxies ◽  
Star Forming ◽  
Main Driver ◽  
Galaxy Sample ◽  
Stellar Masses ◽  
Dust Attenuation

AbstractWe quantitatively explore in a unbiased way the evolution of dust attenuation up to z ≈ 4 as a function of galaxy properties. We have used one of the deepest datasets available at present, in the GOODS-N field, to select a star forming galaxy sample and robustly measure galaxy redshifts, star formation rates, stellar masses and UV restframe properties. Our main results can be summarized as follows: i) we confirm that galaxy stellar mass is a main driver of UV dust attenuation in star forming galaxies: more massive galaxies are more dust attenuated than less massive ones; ii) strikingly, we find that the correlation does not evolve with redshift: the amount of dust attenuation is the same at all cosmic epochs for a fixed stellar mass; iii) this finding explains why and how the SFR–AUV relation evolves with redshift: the same amount of star formation is less attenuated at higher redshift because it is hosted in less massive galaxies; iv) combining our finding with results from line emission surveys, we confirm that line reddening is larger than continuum reddening, at least up to z ≈ 1.5; v) given the redshift evolution of the mass-metallicity relation, we predict that star forming galaxies at a fixed metal content are more attenuated at high redshift. Finally, we explored the correlation between UV dust attenuation and the spectral slope: vi) the correlation is evolving with redshift with star forming galaxies at lower redshift having redder spectra than higher redshift ones for the same amount of dust attenuation.

scholarly journals The Metal Abundances across Cosmic Time (MACT) Survey. III – The relationship between stellar mass and star formation rate in extremely low-mass galaxies

2020 ◽  
Vol 501 (2) ◽  
pp. 2231-2249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kaitlyn Shin ◽  
Chun Ly ◽  
Matthew A Malkan ◽  
Sangeeta Malhotra ◽  
Mithi de los Reyes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Star Formation ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
Star Formation Rate ◽  
Formation Rate ◽  
Cosmic Time ◽  
Stellar Mass ◽  
Star Forming ◽  
Dependent Relation ◽  
Photometric Measurements ◽  
Stellar Masses

ABSTRACT Extragalactic studies have demonstrated that there is a moderately tight (≈0.3 dex) relationship between galaxy stellar mass (M⋆) and star formation rate (SFR) that holds for star-forming galaxies at M⋆ ∼ 3 × 108–1011 M⊙, i.e. the ‘star formation main sequence’. However, it has yet to be determined whether such a relationship extends to even lower mass galaxies, particularly at intermediate or higher redshifts. We present new results using observations for 714 narrow-band H α-selected galaxies with stellar masses between 106 and 1010 M⊙ (average of 108.2 M⊙) at z ≈ 0.07–0.5. These galaxies have sensitive ultraviolet (UV) to near-infrared photometric measurements and optical spectroscopy. The latter allows us to correct our H α SFRs for dust attenuation using Balmer decrements. Our study reveals that: (1) for low-SFR galaxies, our H α SFRs systematically underpredict compared to far-UV measurements, consistent with other studies; (2) at a given stellar mass (≈108 M⊙), log (specific SFR) evolves as A log (1 + z) with A = 5.26 ± 0.75, and on average, specific SFR increases with decreasing stellar mass; (3) the SFR–M⋆ relation holds for galaxies down to ∼106 M⊙ (∼1.5 dex below previous studies), and over lookback times of up to 5 Gyr, follows a redshift-dependent relation of log (SFR) ∝ α log (M⋆/M⊙) + β z with α = 0.60 ± 0.01 and β = 1.86 ± 0.07; and (4) the observed dispersion in the SFR–M⋆ relation at low stellar masses is ≈0.3 dex. Accounting for survey selection effects using simulated galaxies, we estimate that the true dispersion is ≈0.5 dex.

scholarly journals The evolution of rest-frame UV properties, Ly α EWs, and the SFR–stellar mass relation at z ∼ 2–6 for SC4K LAEs

2020 ◽  
Vol 493 (1) ◽  
pp. 141-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Santos ◽  
D Sobral ◽  
J Matthee ◽  
J Calhau ◽  
E da Cunha ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Star Formation ◽  
Rest Frame ◽  
High Redshift ◽  
Cosmic Time ◽  
Stellar Mass ◽  
Spectral Energy ◽  
Mass Relation ◽  
Star Forming ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Stellar Masses

ABSTRACT We explore deep rest-frame UV to FIR data in the COSMOS field to measure the individual spectral energy distributions (SED) of the ∼4000 SC4K (Sobral et al.) Lyman α (Ly α) emitters (LAEs) at z ∼ 2–6. We find typical stellar masses of 109.3 ± 0.6 M⊙ and star formation rates (SFR) of SFR$_{\rm SED}=4.4^{+10.5}_{-2.4}$ M⊙ yr−1 and SFR$_{\rm Ly\,\alpha }=5.9^{+6.3}_{-2.6}$ M⊙ yr−1, combined with very blue UV slopes of $\beta =-2.1^{+0.5}_{-0.4}$, but with significant variations within the population. MUV and β are correlated in a similar way to UV-selected sources, but LAEs are consistently bluer. This suggests that LAEs are the youngest and/or most dust-poor subset of the UV-selected population. We also study the Ly α rest-frame equivalent width (EW0) and find 45 ‘extreme’ LAEs with EW0 &gt; 240 Å (3σ), implying a low number density of (7 ± 1) × 10−7 Mpc−3. Overall, we measure little to no evolution of the Ly α EW0 and scale length parameter (w0), which are consistently high (EW$_0=140^{+280}_{-70}$ Å, $w_0=129^{+11}_{-11}$ Å) from z ∼ 6 to z ∼ 2 and below. However, w0 is anticorrelated with MUV and stellar mass. Our results imply that sources selected as LAEs have a high Ly α escape fraction (fesc,Ly α) irrespective of cosmic time, but fesc,Ly α is still higher for UV-fainter and lower mass LAEs. The least massive LAEs (&lt;109.5 M⊙) are typically located above the star formation ‘main sequence’ (MS), but the offset from the MS decreases towards z ∼ 6 and towards 1010 M⊙. Our results imply a lack of evolution in the properties of LAEs across time and reveals the increasing overlap in properties of LAEs and UV-continuum selected galaxies as typical star-forming galaxies at high redshift effectively become LAEs.

scholarly journals A MeerKAT 1.28 GHz Atlas of Southern Sources in the IRAS Revised Bright Galaxy Sample

2021 ◽  
Vol 257 (2) ◽  
pp. 35
Author(s):  
J. J. Condon ◽  
W. D. Cotton ◽  
T. Jarrett ◽  
L. Marchetti ◽  
A. M. Matthews ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Star Formation ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
Far Infrared ◽  
Radio Continuum ◽  
Bright Galaxy ◽  
Star Forming ◽  
Link Type ◽  
Galaxy Sample ◽  
External Galaxies

Abstract The IRAS Revised Bright Galaxy Sample (RBGS) comprises galaxies and unresolved mergers stronger than S = 5.24 Jy at λ = 60 μm with Galactic latitudes ∣b∣ > 5°. Nearly all are dusty star-forming galaxies whose radio continuum and far-infrared luminosities are proportional to their current rates of star formation. We used the MeerKAT array of 64 dishes to make 5 × 3 minutes snapshot observations at ν = 1.28 GHz covering all 298 southern (J2000 δ < 0°) RBGS sources identified with external galaxies. The resulting images have θ ≈ 7.″5 FWHM resolution and rms fluctuations σ ≈ 20 μJy beam−1 ≈ 0.26 K low enough to reveal even faint disk emission. The rms position uncertainties are σ α ≈ σ δ ≈ 1″ relative to accurate near-infrared positions, and the image dynamic ranges are DR ≳ 104: 1. Cropped MeerKAT images of all 298 southern RBGS sources are available in FITS format from 10.48479/dnt7-6q05.

scholarly journals Investigating the physical properties of galaxies in the Epoch of Reionization with MIRI/JWST spectroscopy

2019 ◽  
Vol 629 ◽  
pp. A9
Author(s):  
J. Álvarez-Márquez ◽  
L. Colina ◽  
R. Marques-Chaves ◽  
D. Ceverino ◽  
A. Alonso-Herrero ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Star Formation ◽  
Physical Properties ◽  
Rest Frame ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
Signal To Noise Ratio ◽  
Full Range ◽  
Optical Emission ◽  
Emission Lines ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Stellar Masses

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will provide deep imaging and spectroscopy for sources at redshifts above 6, covering the entire Epoch of Reionization (EoR, 6 <  z <  10), and enabling the detailed exploration of the nature of the different sources during the first 1 Gyr of the history of the Universe. The Medium Resolution Spectrograph (MRS) of the mid-IR Instrument (MIRI) will be the only instrument on board JWST able to observe the brightest optical emission lines Hα and [OIII]0.5007 μm at redshifts above 7 and 9, respectively, providing key insights into the physical properties of sources during the early phases of the EoR. This paper presents a study of the Hα fluxes predicted by state-of-the-art FIRSTLIGHT cosmological simulations for galaxies at redshifts of 6.5–10.5, and its detectability with MIRI. Deep (40 ks) spectroscopic integrations with MRS will be able to detect (signal-to-noise ratio > 5) EoR sources at redshifts above 7 with intrinsic star formation rates (SFR) of more than 2 M⊙ yr−1, and stellar masses above 4–9 × 107 M⊙. These limits cover the upper end of the SFR and stellar mass distribution at those redshifts, representing ∼6% and ∼1% of the predicted FIRSTLIGHT population at the 6.5–7.5 and 7.5–8.5 redshift ranges, respectively. In addition, the paper presents realistic MRS simulated observations of the expected rest-frame optical and near-infrared spectra for some spectroscopically confirmed EoR sources recently detected by ALMA as [OIII]88 μm emitters. The MRS simulated spectra cover a wide range of low metallicities from about 0.2–0.02 Z⊙, and different [OIII]88 μm/[OIII]0.5007 μm line ratios. The simulated 10 ks MRS spectra show S/N in the range of 5–90 for Hβ, [OIII]0.4959,0.5007 μm, Hα and HeI1.083 μm emission lines of the currently highest spectroscopically confirmed EoR (lensed) source MACS1149-JD1 at a redshift of 9.11, independent of metallicity. In addition, deep 40 ksec simulated spectra of the luminous merger candidate B14-65666 at 7.15 shows the MRS capabilities of detecting, or putting strong upper limits on, the weak [NII]0.6584 μm, [SII]0.6717,0.6731 μm, and [SIII]0.9069,0.9532 μm emission lines. These observations will provide the opportunity of deriving accurate metallicities in bright EoR sources using the full range of rest-frame optical emission lines up to 1 μm. In summary, MRS will enable the detailed study of key physical properties such as internal extinction, instantaneous star formation, hardness of the ionizing continuum, and metallicity in bright (intrinsic or lensed) EoR sources.

scholarly journals Using ALMA to resolve the nature of the early star-forming large-scale structure PLCK G073.4−57.5

2019 ◽  
Vol 625 ◽  
pp. A96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rüdiger Kneissl ◽  
Maria del Carmen Polletta ◽  
Clement Martinache ◽  
Ryley Hill ◽  
Benjamin Clarenc ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Star Formation ◽  
Galaxy Clusters ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
High Redshift ◽  
Photometric Redshifts ◽  
Star Forming ◽  
Multi Wavelength ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Stellar Masses

Galaxy clusters at high redshift are key targets for understanding matter assembly in the early Universe, yet they are challenging to locate. A sample of more than 2000 high-z candidate structures has been found using Planck’s all-sky submillimetre maps, and a sub-set of 234 have been followed up with Herschel-SPIRE, which showed that the emission can be attributed to large overdensities of dusty star-forming galaxies. As a next step, we need to resolve and characterise the individual galaxies giving rise to the emission seen by Planck and Herschel, and to find out whether they constitute the progenitors of present-day, massive galaxy clusters. Thus, we targeted the eight brightest Herschel-SPIRE sources in the centre of the Planck peak PLCK G073.4−57.5 using ALMA at 1.3 mm, and complemented these observations with multi-wavelength data from Spitzer-IRAC, CFHT-WIRCam in the J and Ks bands, and JCMT’s SCUBA-2 instrument. We detected a total of 18 millimetre galaxies brighter than 0.3 mJy within the 2.4 arcmin2 ALMA pointings, corresponding to an ALMA source density 8–30 times higher than average background estimates and larger than seen in typical “proto-cluster” fields. We were able to match all but one of the ALMA sources to a near infrared (NIR) counterpart. The four most significant SCUBA-2 sources are not included in the ALMA pointings, but we find an 8σ stacking detection of the ALMA sources in the SCUBA-2 map at 850 μm. We derive photometric redshifts, infrared (IR) luminosities, star-formation rates (SFRs), stellar masses (ℳ), dust temperatures, and dust masses for all of the ALMA galaxies. Photometric redshifts identify two groups each of five sources, concentrated around z  ≃  1.5 and 2.4. The two groups show two “red sequences”, that is similar near-IR [3.6]  −  [4.5] colours and different J  −  Ks colours. The majority of the ALMA-detected galaxies are on the SFR versus ℳ main sequence (MS), and half of the sample is more massive than the characteristic ℳ* at the corresponding redshift. We find that the z  ≃  1.5 group has total SFR = 840−100+120 M⊙ yr−1 and ℳ = 5.8−2.4+1.7 × 1011 M⊙, and that the z  ≃  2.4 group has SFR = 1020−170+310 M⊙ yr−1 and ℳ = 4.2−2.1+1.5 × 1011 M⊙, but the latter group is more scattered in stellar mass and around the MS. Serendipitous CO line detections in two of the galaxies appear to match their photometric redshifts at z  =  1.54. We performed an analysis of star-formation efficiencies (SFEs) and CO- and mm-continuum-derived gas fractions of our ALMA sources, combined with a sample of 1 <  z <  3 cluster and proto-cluster members, and observed trends in both quantities with respect to stellar masses and in comparison to field galaxies.

scholarly journals Locations of Satellite Galaxies in the Two-Degree Field Galaxy Redshift Survey

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ingólfur Ágústsson ◽  
Tereasa G. Brainerd
Keyword(s):  
Star Formation ◽  
Selection Criteria ◽  
Photometric Data ◽  
Star Forming ◽  
Confidence Levels ◽  
Isotropic Distribution ◽  
Redshift Survey ◽  
Galaxy Redshift ◽  
Satellite Galaxies ◽  
Field Galaxy

We compute the locations of satellite galaxies in the Two-Degree Field Galaxy Redshift Survey using two sets of selection criteria and three sources of photometric data. Using the SuperCOSMOS photometry, we find that the satellites are located preferentially near the major axes of their hosts, and the anisotropy is detected at a highly significant level (confidence levels of 99.6% to 99.9%). The locations of satellites that have high velocities relative to their hosts are statistically indistinguishable from the locations of satellites that have low velocities relative to their hosts. Additionally, satellites with passive star formation are distributed anisotropically about their hosts (99% confidence level), while the locations of star-forming satellites are consistent with an isotropic distribution. These two distributions are, however, statistically indistinguishable. Therefore it is not correct to interpret this as evidence that the locations of the star-forming satellites are intrinsically different from those of the passive satellites.

scholarly journals Planck’s dusty GEMS

2018 ◽  
Vol 620 ◽  
pp. A60 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Cañameras ◽  
N. P. H. Nesvadba ◽  
M. Limousin ◽  
H. Dole ◽  
R. Kneissl ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Star Formation ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
Infrared Imaging ◽  
High Redshift ◽  
Dust Emission ◽  
Galaxy Cluster ◽  
Star Forming ◽  
The Galaxy ◽  
Mass Outflow ◽  
Gas Accretion

We report the discovery of a molecular wind signature from a massive intensely star-forming clump of a few 109 M⊙, in the strongly gravitationally lensed submillimeter galaxy “the Emerald” (PLCK_G165.7+49.0) at z = 2.236. The Emerald is amongst the brightest high-redshift galaxies on the submillimeter sky, and was initially discovered with the Planck satellite. The system contains two magnificient structures with projected lengths of 28.5″ and 21″ formed by multiple, near-infrared arcs, falling behind a massive galaxy cluster at z = 0.35, as well as an adjacent filament that has so far escaped discovery in other wavebands. We used HST/WFC3 and CFHT optical and near-infrared imaging together with IRAM and SMA interferometry of the CO(4–3) line and 850 μm dust emission to characterize the foreground lensing mass distribution, construct a lens model with LENSTOOL, and calculate gravitational magnification factors between 20 and 50 in most of the source. The majority of the star formation takes place within two massive star-forming clumps which are marginally gravitationally bound and embedded in a 9 × 1010 M⊙, fragmented disk with 20% gas fraction. The stellar continuum morphology is much smoother and also well resolved perpendicular to the magnification axis. One of the clumps shows a pronounced blue wing in the CO(4–3) line profile, which we interpret as a wind signature. The mass outflow rates are high enough for us to suspect that the clump might become unbound within a few tens of Myr, unless the outflowing gas can be replenished by gas accretion from the surrounding disk. The velocity offset of –200 km s−1 is above the escape velocity of the clump, but not that of the galaxy overall, suggesting that much of this material might ultimately rain back onto the galaxy and contribute to fueling subsequent star formation.

scholarly journals Low Metallicity Galaxies at z ~ 0.7: Keys to the Origins of Metallicity Scaling Laws

2008 ◽  
Vol 4 (S255) ◽  
pp. 397-401
Author(s):  
David J. Rosario ◽  
Carlos Hoyos ◽  
David Koo ◽  
Andrew Phillips
Keyword(s):  
Star Formation ◽  
Emission Line ◽  
Galaxy Evolution ◽  
Scaling Laws ◽  
Temperature Sensitive ◽  
Star Forming ◽  
Low Metallicity ◽  
Emission Line Galaxies ◽  
Halo Masses ◽  
Stellar Masses

AbstractWe present a study of remarkably luminous and unique dwarf galaxies at redshifts of 0.5 < z < 0.7, selected from the DEEP2 Galaxy Redshift survey by the presence of the temperature sensitive [OIII]λ4363 emission line. Measurements of this important auroral line, as well as other strong oxygen lines, allow us to estimate the integrated oxygen abundances of these galaxies accurately without being subject to the degeneracy inherent in the standard R23 system used by most studies. [O/H] estimates range between 1/5–1/10 of the solar value. Not surprisingly, these systems are exceedingly rare and hence represent a population that is not typically present in local surveys such as SDSS, or smaller volume deep surveys such as GOODS.Our low-metallicity galaxies exhibit many unprecedented characteristics. With B-band luminosities close to L*, thse dwarfs lie significantly away from the luminosity-metallicity relationships of both local and intermediate redshift star-forming galaxies. Using stellar masses determined from optical and NIR photometry, we show that they also deviate strongly from corresponding mass-metallicity relationships. Their specific star formation rates are high, implying a significant burst of recent star formation. A campaign of high resolution spectroscopic follow-up shows that our galaxies have dynamical properties similar to local HII and compact emission line galaxies, but mass-to-light ratios that are much higher than average star-forming dwarfs.The low metallicities, high specific star formation rates, and small halo masses of our galaxies mark them as lower redshift analogs of Lyman-Break galaxies, which, at z ~ 2 are evolving onto the metallicity sequence that we observe in the galaxy population of today. In this sense, these systems offer fundamental insights into the physical processes and regulatory mechanisms that drive galaxy evolution in that epoch of major star formation and stellar mass assembly.

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