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dc.contributor.authorSmith, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorJarvis, M.J.
dc.contributor.authorLacy, Mark
dc.contributor.authorMartinez-Sansigre, Alejo
dc.date.accessioned2009-02-04T12:02:11Z
dc.date.available2009-02-04T12:02:11Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.identifier.citationSmith , D , Jarvis , M J , Lacy , M & Martinez-Sansigre , A 2008 , ' Infrared and millimetre-wavelength evidence for cold accretion within a z = 2.83 Lyman-alpha blob ' , Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , vol. 389 , no. 2 , pp. 799-805 . https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13580.x
dc.identifier.issn0035-8711
dc.identifier.otherdspace: 2299/2869
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0001-9708-253X/work/69424296
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2299/2869
dc.description‘The definitive version is available at www.blackwell-synergy.com.’ Copyright Blackwell Publishing DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13580.x
dc.description.abstractThis paper discusses infrared and millimetre-wavelength observations of a Lyman alpha blob (LAB) discovered by Smith & Jarvis, a candidate for ionization by the cold accretion scenario discussed in Fardal et al. and Dijkstra et al. We have observed the counterpart galaxy at infrared wavelengths in deep observations with the Spitzer Space Telescope using the IRAC 3.6, 4.5, 5.8 and 8.0 mu m and MIPS 24 mu m bands, as well as using the Max-Planck Millimeter Bolometer (MAMBO-2) at a wavelength of 1.2 mm with the IRAM 30 m telescope. These observations probe the greater than or similar to 95 kpc Lyman alpha halo for the presence of obscured active galactic nucleus (AGN) components or the presence of a violent period of star formation invoked by other models of ionization for these mysterious objects. 24 mu m observations suggest that an obscured AGN would be insufficiently luminous to ionize the halo, and that the star formation rate within the halo may be as low as < 140 M-circle dot yr(-1) depending on the model spectral energy distribution (SED) used. This is reinforced by our observations at 1.2 mm using MAMBO-2, which yield an upper limit of star formation rate < 550 M-circle dot yr(-1) from our non-detection to a 3 sigma flux limit of 0.86 mJy beam(-1). Finding no evidence for either AGN or extensive star formation, we conclude that this halo is ionized by a cold accretion process. We derive model SEDs for the host galaxy, and use the Bruzual & Charlot and Maraston libraries to show that the galaxy is well described by composite stellar populations of total mass 3.42 +/- 0.13 x 10(11) or 4.35 +/- 0.16 x 10(11) M-circle dot depending on the model SEDs used.en
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
dc.subjectgalaxies : haloes
dc.subjectgalaxies : high-redshift
dc.subjectSPITZER-SPACE-TELESCOPE
dc.subjectACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI
dc.subjectHIGH-REDSHIFT
dc.subjectCOLLAPSING PROTOGALAXIES
dc.subjectPOPULATION SYNTHESIS
dc.subjectPROTOCLUSTER REGION
dc.subjectCOOLING RADIATION
dc.subjectEXTRAGALACTIC 1ST
dc.subject1ST-LOOK SURVEY
dc.subjectRADIO GALAXIES
dc.titleInfrared and millimetre-wavelength evidence for cold accretion within a z = 2.83 Lyman-alpha bloben
dc.contributor.institutionSchool of Physics, Astronomy and Mathematics
dc.contributor.institutionCentre for Astrophysics Research (CAR)
dc.contributor.institutionSchool of Physics, Engineering & Computer Science
dc.contributor.institutionDepartment of Physics, Astronomy and Mathematics
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