The VLA-COSMOS 3 GHz Large Project: Average radio spectral energy distribution of highly star-forming galaxies
The VLA-COSMOS 3 GHz Large Project: Average radio spectral energy distribution of highly star-forming galaxies
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VLA-COSMOS 3 GHz 大型项目:高度恒星形成星系的平均射电频谱能量分布
DOI:
10.1051/0004-6361/201834002
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发表时间:
2019
影响因子:
6.5
通讯作者:
Delhaize
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作者:
Tisanić;Smolčić;Delhaize
We construct the average radio spectral energy distribution (SED) of highly star-forming galaxies (HSFGs) up toz∼ 4. Infrared and radio luminosities are bound by a tight correlation that is defined by the so-calledqparameter. This infrared–radio correlation provides the basis for the use of radio luminosity as a star-formation tracer. Recent stacking and survival analysis studies findqto be decreasing with increasing redshift. It was pointed out that a possible cause of the redshift trend could be the computation of rest-frame radio luminosity via a single power-law assumption of the star-forming galaxies’ (SFGs) SED. To test this, we constrained the shape of the radio SED of a sample of HSFGs. To achieve a broad rest-frame frequency range, we combined previously published Very Large Array observations of the COSMOS field at 1.4 GHz and 3 GHz with unpublished Giant Meterwave Radio Telescope (GMRT) observations at 325 MHz and 610 MHz by employing survival analysis to account for non-detections in the GMRT maps. We selected a sample of HSFGs in a broad redshift range (z∈ [0.3, 4], SFR ≥ 100M⊙yr−1) and constructed the average radio SED. By fitting a broken power-law, we find that the spectral index changes fromα1= 0.42 ± 0.06 below a rest-frame frequency of 4.3 GHz toα2= 0.94 ± 0.06 above 4.3 GHz. Our results are in line with previous low-redshift studies of HSFGs ( SFR > 10M⊙yr−1) that show the SED of HSFGs to differ from the SED found for normal SFGs ( SFR < 10M⊙yr−1). The difference is mainly in a steeper spectrum around 10 GHz, which could indicate a smaller fraction of thermal free–free emission. Finally, we also discuss the impact of applying this broken power-law SED in place of a simple power-law inK-corrections of HSFGs and a typical radio SED for normal SFGs drawn from the literature. We find that the shape of the radio SED is unlikely to be the root cause of theq−ztrend in SFGs.
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DOI:
10.3847/0067-0049/224/2/24
发表时间:
2016-04
期刊:
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
影响因子:
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作者:
C. Laigle;H. McCracken;O. Ilbert;B. Hsieh;I. Davidzon;P. Capak;G. Hasinger;J. Silverman;C. Pi
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发表时间:
1977
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DOI:
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发表时间:
2010-05
期刊:
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
影响因子:
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DOI:
10.1051/0004-6361/201526891
发表时间:
2016
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作者:
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通讯作者:
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DOI:
10.1086/516587
发表时间:
2006-12
期刊:
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
影响因子:
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作者:
E. Schinnerer;V. Smolčić;C. Carilli;M. Bondi;P. Ciliegi;K. Jahnke;N. Scoville;H. Aussel;F. Bertoldi;A. Blain;C. Impey;A. Koekemoer;O. Fèvre;C. M. U. Mpia;Nrao;-INAF;Caltech;CEASaclay;AIfA;U. Arizona;Stsci;Lam;Yale
通讯作者:
E. Schinnerer;V. Smolčić;C. Carilli;M. Bondi;P. Ciliegi;K. Jahnke;N. Scoville;H. Aussel;F. Bertoldi;A. Blain;C. Impey;A. Koekemoer;O. Fèvre;C. M. U. Mpia;Nrao;-INAF;Caltech;CEASaclay;AIfA;U. Arizona;Stsci;Lam;Yale