Herschel unveils a puzzling uniformity of distant dusty galaxies
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Elbaz, D.
Hwang, H. S.
Magnelli, B.
Daddi, E.
Aussel, H.
Altieri, B.
Amblard, A.
Andreani, P.
Arumugam, V.
Auld, R.
Babbedge, T.
Berta, S.
Blain, A.
Bock, J.
Bongiovanni, A.
Boselli, A.
Buat, V.
Burgarella, D.
Castro-Rodriguez, N.
Cava, A.
Cepa, J.
Chanial, P.
Chary, R.-R.
Cimatti, A.
Clements, D. L.
Conley, A.
Conversi, L.
Cooray, A.
Dickinson, M.
Dominguez, H.
Dowell, C.D.
Dunlop, James S.
Dwek, E.
Eales, S.
Farrah, D.
Förster Schreiber, N.
Fox, M.
Franceschini, A.
Gear, W.
Genzel, R.
Glenn, J.
Griffin, M.
Gruppioni, C.
Halpern, M.
Hatziminaoglou, E.
Ibar, E.
Isaak, K.
Ivison, R.J.
Lagache, G.
Le Borgne, D.
Le Floc'h, E.
Levenson, L.
Lu, N.
Lutz, D.
Madden, S.
Maffei, B.
Magdis, G.
Mainetti, G.
Maiolino, R.
Marchetti, L.
Mortier, A. M. J.
Nguyen, H.T.
Nordon, R.
O'Halloran, B.
Okumura, K.
Oliver, S. J.
Omont, A.
Page, M.J.
Panuzzo, P.
Papageorgiou, A.
Pearson, C.P.
Perez Fournon, I.
Garcia Perez, Ana
Poglitsch, A.
Pohlen, M.
Popesso, P.
Pozzi, F.
Rawlings, J.I.
Rigopoulou, D.
Riguccini, L.
Rizzo, D.
Rodighiero, G.
Roseboom, I.G.
Rowan-Robinson, M.
Saintonge, A.
Sanchez Portal, M.
Santini, P.
Sauvage, M.
Schulz, B.
Scott, D.
Seymour, N.
Shao, L.
Shupe, D. L.
Smith, A. J.
Stevens, Jason
Sturm, E.
Symeonidis, M.
Tacconi, L.
Trichas, M.
Tugwell, K.E.
Vaccari, M.
Valtchanov, I.
Vieira, J.
Vigroux, L.
Wang, L.
Ward, R.
Wright, G.
Xu, C.K.
Zemcov, M.
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2299/8014
Abstract
The Herschel Space Observatory enables us to accurately measure the bolometric output of starburst galaxies and active galactic nuclei (AGN) by directly sampling the peak of their far-infrared (IR) emission. Here we examine whether the spectral energy distribution (SED) and dust temperature of galaxies have strongly evolved over the last 80% of the age of the Universe. We discuss possible consequences for the determination of star-formation rates (SFR) and any evidence for a major change in their star-formation properties. We use Herschel deep extragalactic surveys from 100 to 500 μm to compute total IR luminosities in galaxies down to the faintest levels, using PACS and SPIRE in the GOODS-North field (PEP and HerMES key programs). An extension to fainter luminosities is done by stacking images on 24 μm prior positions. We show that measurements in the SPIRE bands can be used below the statistical confusion limit if information at higher spatial resolution is used, e.g. at 24 μm, to identify “isolated” galaxies whose flux is not boosted by bright neighbors.
Publication date
2010-07-01Published in
Astronomy & AstrophysicsPublished version
https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014687Other links
http://hdl.handle.net/2299/8014Metadata
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