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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/151/120
- Title:
- z<1 3CR radio galaxies and quasars star formation
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/151/120
- Date:
- 16 Dec 2021 13:37:06
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Using the Herschel Space Observatory we have observed a representative sample of 87 powerful 3CR sources at redshift z<1. The far-infrared (FIR, 70-500 {mu}m) photometry is combined with mid-infrared (MIR) photometry from the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer and cataloged data to analyze the complete spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of each object from optical to radio wavelength. To disentangle the contributions of different components, the SEDs are fitted with a set of templates to derive the luminosities of host galaxy starlight, dust torus emission powered by active galactic nuclei (AGNs), and cool dust heated by stars. The level of emission from relativistic jets is also estimated to isolate the thermal host galaxy contribution. The new data are in line with the orientation-based unification of high-excitation radio-loud AGN, in that the dust torus becomes optically thin longwards of 30 {mu}m. The low-excitation radio galaxies and the MIR-weak sources represent an MIR- and FIR-faint AGN population that is different from the high-excitation MIR-bright objects; it remains an open question whether they are at a later evolutionary state or an intrinsically different population. The derived luminosities for host starlight and dust heated by star formation are converted to stellar masses and star-formation rates (SFR). The host-normalized SFR of the bulk of the 3CR sources is low when compared to other galaxy populations at the same epoch. Estimates of the dust mass yield a 1-100 times lower dust/stellar mass ratio than for the Milky Way, which indicates that these 3CR hosts have very low levels of interstellar matter and explains the low level of star formation. Less than 10% of the 3CR sources show levels of star formation above those of the main sequence of star-forming galaxies.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/543/552
- Title:
- z>3 damped Ly{alpha} absorption systems
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/543/552
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have completed spectroscopic observations using LRIS on the Keck 1 telescope of 30 very high redshift quasars, 11 selected for the presence of damped Ly{alpha} absorption systems and 19 with redshifts z>3.5 not previously surveyed for absorption systems. We have surveyed an additional 10 QSOs with the Lick 120" and the Anglo-Australian Telescope. We have combined these with previous data, resulting in a statistical sample of 646 QSOs and 85 damped Ly{alpha} absorbers with column densities N_HI_>=2 10^20^atoms/cm^2^ covering the redshift range 0.008<=z<=4.694. Four main features of how the neutral gas in the universe evolves with redshift are evident from these data.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/659/A71
- Title:
- ZDI maps of five young solar-type stars
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/659/A71
- Date:
- 09 Mar 2022 16:47:36
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The magnetic activity of the Sun changes with the solar cycle. Similar cycles are found in other stars as well, but their details are not known to a similar degree. Characterising stellar magnetic cycles is important for the understanding of the stellar and solar dynamos that are driving the magnetic activity. We present spectropolarimetric observations of five young, solar-type stars and compare them to previous observations, with the aim to identify and characterise stellar equivalents of the solar cycle. We use Zeeman-Doppler imaging (ZDI) to map the surface magnetic field and brightness of our targets. The magnetic field is decomposed into spherical harmonic expansions, from which we report the strengths of the axisymmetric versus non-axisymmetric and poloidal versus toroidal components, and we compare them to the Rossby numbers of the stars. We present five new ZDI maps of young, solar-type stars from December 2017. Of special interest is the case of V1358 Ori, which had gone through a polarity reversal between our observations and earlier ones. A less evident polarity reversal might also have occurred in HD 35296. There is a preference for a more axisymmetric field, and possibly a more toroidal field, for the more active stars with lower Rossby number, but a larger sample should be studied to draw any strong conclusions from this. For most of the individual stars, the amounts of toroidal and poloidal field have stayed on levels similar to those in earlier observations. We find evidence for a magnetic polarity reversal having occurred in V1358 Ori. An interesting target for future observations is {chi}^1^ Ori, which may have a short magnetic cycle of a few years. The correlation between the brightness maps and the magnetic field is mostly poor, which could indicate the presence of small-scale magnetic features of different polarities that cancel one another out and are thus not resolved in our maps.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/other/BSAO/45.136
- Title:
- Zelenchuk survey 9h<=RA<=12h, 0<=DE<=8{deg}
- Short Name:
- J/other/BSAO/45.
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Optical identification of Zelenchuk Survey radio sources at 3.9GHz from 9h to 12h in right ascension and between 0{deg} and 8{deg} in declination is reported in this paper. Some optical characteristics of identified radio sources are presented in the table.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/776/71
- Title:
- ZENS: galaxies in groups along the cosmic web. I.
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/776/71
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The Zurich Environmental Study (ZENS) is based on a sample of ~1500 galaxy members of 141 groups in the mass range ~10^12.5-14.5^M_{sun}_ within the narrow redshift range 0.05<z<0.0585. ZENS adopts novel approaches, described here, to quantify four different galactic environments, namely: (1) the mass of the host group halo; (2) the projected halo-centric distance; (3) the rank of galaxies as central or satellites within their group halos; and (4) the filamentary large-scale structure density. No self-consistent identification of a central galaxy is found in ~40% of <10^13.5^M_{sun}_ groups, from which we estimate that ~15% of groups at these masses are dynamically unrelaxed systems. Central galaxies in relaxed and unrelaxed groups generally have similar properties, suggesting that centrals are regulated by their mass and not by their environment. Centrals in relaxed groups have, however, ~30% larger sizes than in unrelaxed groups, possibly due to accretion of small satellites in virialized group halos. At M>10^10^M_{sun}_, satellite galaxies in relaxed and unrelaxed groups have similar size, color, and (specific) star formation rate distributions; at lower galaxy masses, satellites are marginally redder in relaxed relative to unrelaxed groups, suggesting quenching of star formation in low-mass satellites by physical processes active in relaxed halos. Overall, relaxed and unrelaxed groups show similar stellar mass populations, likely indicating similar stellar mass conversion efficiencies.
18097. ZFIRE v1.0 data release
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/828/21
- Title:
- ZFIRE v1.0 data release
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/828/21
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present an overview and the first data release of ZFIRE, a spectroscopic redshift survey of star-forming galaxies that utilizes the MOSFIRE instrument on Keck-I to study galaxy properties in rich environments at 1.5<z<2.5. ZFIRE measures accurate spectroscopic redshifts and basic galaxy properties derived from multiple emission lines. The galaxies are selected from a stellar mass limited sample based on deep near infrared imaging (K_AB_<25) and precise photometric redshifts from the ZFOURGE and UKIDSS surveys as well as grism redshifts from 3DHST. Between 2013 and 2015, ZFIRE has observed the COSMOS and UDS legacy fields over 13 nights and has obtained 211 galaxy redshifts over 1.57<z<2.66 from a combination of nebular emission lines (such as H{alpha}, [NII], H{beta}, [OII], [OIII], and [SII]) observed at 1-2{mu}m. Based on our medium-band near infrared photometry, we are able to spectrophotometrically flux calibrate our spectra to ~10% accuracy. ZFIRE reaches 5{sigma} emission line flux limits of ~3x10^-18^erg/s/cm^2^ with a resolving power of R=3500 and reaches masses down to ~10^9^M_{sun}_. We confirm that the primary input survey, ZFOURGE, has produced photometric redshifts for star-forming galaxies (including highly attenuated ones) accurate to {Delta}z/(1+z_spec_)=0.015 with 0.7% outliers. We measure a slight redshift bias of <0.001, and we note that the redshift bias tends to be larger at higher masses. We also examine the role of redshift on the derivation of rest-frame colors and stellar population parameters from SED fitting techniques. The ZFIRE survey extends spectroscopically confirmed z~2 samples across a richer range of environments, here we make available the first public release of the data for use by the community.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/457/629
- Title:
- ZFOURGE catalogue of AGN candidates
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/457/629
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We investigate active galactic nuclei (AGN) candidates within the FourStar Galaxy Evolution Survey (ZFOURGE) to determine the impact they have on star formation in their host galaxies. We first identify a population of radio, X-ray, and infrared-selected AGN by cross-matching the deep Ks-band imaging of ZFOURGE with overlapping multiwavelength data. From this, we construct a mass-complete (log(M*/M_{sun}_)>=9.75), AGN luminosity limited sample of 235 AGN hosts over z=0.2-3.2. We compare the rest-frame U-V versus V-J (UVJ) colours and specific star formation rates (sSFRs) of the AGN hosts to a mass-matched control sample of inactive (non-AGN) galaxies. UVJ diagnostics reveal AGN tend to be hosted in a lower fraction of quiescent galaxies and a higher fraction of dusty galaxies than the control sample. Using 160{mu}m Herschel PACS data, we find the mean specific star formation rate of AGN hosts to be elevated by 0.34-/-0.07dex with respect to the control sample across all redshifts. This offset is primarily driven by infrared-selected AGN, where the mean sSFR is found to be elevated by as much as a factor of ~5. The remaining population, comprised predominantly of X-ray AGN hosts, is found mostly consistent with inactive galaxies, exhibiting only a marginal elevation. We discuss scenarios that may explain these findings and postulate that AGN are less likely to be a dominant mechanism for moderating galaxy growth via quenching than has previously been suggested.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/897/44
- Title:
- 120 3<=z<=5 galaxies candidates in CANDELS fields
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/897/44
- Date:
- 11 Mar 2022
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Using the CANDELS photometric catalogs for the Hubble Space Telescope ACS and WFC3, we identified massive evolved galaxies at 3<z<4.5 employing three different selection methods. We find the comoving number density of these objects to be ~2x10^-5^ and 8x10^-6^/Mpc^3^ after correction for completeness for two redshift bins centered at z=3.4, 4.7. We quantify a measure of how much confidence we should have for each candidate galaxy from different selections and what the conservative error estimates propagated into our selection are. Then we compare the evolution of the corresponding number densities and their stellar mass density with numerical simulations, semianalytical models, and previous observational estimates, which shows slight tension at higher redshifts as the models tend to underestimate the number and mass densities. By estimating the average halo masses of the candidates (M_h_~4.2, 1.9, and 1.3x1012M{sun} for redshift bins centered at z=3.4, 4.1, and 4.7), we find them to be consistent with halos that were efficient in turning baryons to stars, relatively immune to the feedback effects, and on the verge of transition into hot-mode accretion. This can suggest the relative cosmological starvation of the cold gas followed by an overconsumption phase in which the galaxy rapidly consumes the available cold gas as one of the possible drivers for the quenching of the massive evolved population at high redshift.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/803/34
- Title:
- z~4-10 galaxies from HST legacy fields
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/803/34
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The remarkable Hubble Space Telescope (HST) data sets from the CANDELS, HUDF09, HUDF12, ERS, and BoRG/HIPPIES programs have allowed us to map the evolution of the rest-frame UV luminosity function (LF) from z~10 to z~4. We develop new color criteria that more optimally utilize the full wavelength coverage from the optical, near-IR, and mid-IR observations over our search fields, while simultaneously minimizing the incompleteness and eliminating redshift gaps. We have identified 5859, 3001, 857, 481, 217, and 6 galaxy candidates at z~4, z~5, z~6, z~7, z~8, and z~10, respectively, from the ~1000arcmin^2^ area covered by these data sets. This sample of >10000 galaxy candidates at z>=4 is by far the largest assembled to date with HST. The selection of z~4-8 candidates over the five CANDELS fields allows us to assess the cosmic variance; the largest variations are at z>=7. Our new LF determinations at z~4 and z~5 span a 6 mag baseline and reach to -16 AB mag. These determinations agree well with previous estimates, but the larger samples and volumes probed here result in a more reliable sampling of >L_{star}_ galaxies and allow us to reassess the form of the UV LFs. Our new LF results strengthen our earlier findings to 3.4{sigma} significance for a steeper faint-end slope of the UV LF at z>4, with {alpha} evolving from {alpha}=-1.64+/-0.04 at z~4 to {alpha}=-2.06+/-0.13 at z~7 (and {alpha}=-2.02+/-0.23 at z~8), consistent with that expected from the evolution of the halo mass function. We find less evolution in the characteristic magnitude M^*^ from z~7 to z~4 the observed evolution in the LF is now largely represented by changes in {phi}_{star}_. No evidence for a non-Schechter-like form to the z~4-8 LFs is found. A simple conditional LF model based on halo growth and evolution in the M/L ratio ({alpha}(1+z}^-1.5^) of halos provides a good representation of the observed evolution.