- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+AS/137/299
- Title:
- Hamburg/SAO Survey for ELGs. II.
- Short Name:
- J/A+AS/137/299
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the second part of the Hamburg/SAO Survey for Emission-Line Galaxies (HSS therein, SAO - Special Astrophysical Observatory, Russia) which is based on the digitized objective-prism photoplates database of the Hamburg Quasar Survey (HQS). The main goal of the project is the search for emission-line galaxies (ELG) in order to create a new deep sample of blue compact/HII galaxies (BCG) in a large sky area. Another important goal of this work is to search for new extremely low-metallicity galaxies. In this paper we present new results of spectroscopy obtained with the 6m Russian telescope. The main ELG candidate selection criteria applied are blue or flat enough continuum (near 4000A) and the presence of strong or moderate emission lines close to 5000A recognized on digitized prism spectra of galaxies with the survey estimated B-magnitudes in the range 16 - 19.5. No other criteria were applied. The spectroscopy resulted in detection and quantitative spectral classification of 134 emission-line objects. For 121 of them the redshifts are determined for the first time. For 13 ELGs known before emission line ratios are presented at first time. 108 of 134 emission-line objects are classified as BCG/HII galaxies and 6 probable BCGs, 6 as QSOs, 1 as Seyfert galaxy, 1 as super-association in a dwarf spiral galaxy, 2 as probable LINERs, 14 are low excitation objects - either of starburst nuclei (SBN), or dwarf amorphous nuclei starburst galaxy (DANS) type -, and 1 nonclassified. 23 galaxies did not show significant emission lines. The five most metal-deficient BCGs discovered have oxygen abundances log(O/H)+12 in the range 7.4 to 7.7, similar to the most metal-deficient BCGs known before.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+AS/142/417
- Title:
- Hamburg/SAO Survey for ELGs. III.
- Short Name:
- J/A+AS/142/417
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the third list with results of the Hamburg/SAO Survey for Emission-Line Galaxies (HSS therein, SAO - Special Astrophysical Observatory, Russia). This survey is based on the digitized objective-prism photoplate database of the Hamburg Quasar Survey (HQS). Here, we present new spectroscopic results of candidates which were obtained in 1998 with the 2.1m KPNO and the 2.2m Calar Alto telescopes. All candidates are selected in the declination band +35{deg} to +40{deg}. The follow-up spectroscopy with the 2m class telescopes confirmed 85 emission-line objects out of 113 observed candidates and allowed their quantitative spectral classification. For 80 of them, the redshifts are determined for the first time. For 5 previously known Emission-Line Galaxies (ELGs), line ratios are presented for the first time. We could classify 55 out of the 85 emission-line objects as BCG/HII galaxies or probable BCGs (Blue Compact Galaxies) , 4 - as QSOs, 6 - as Seyfert galaxies, 1 - as super-association in a subluminous spiral galaxy, and 11 are low-excitation objects - either starburst nuclei (SBN), or dwarf amorphous nuclei starburst galaxies (DANS). We could not classify 8 ELGs. Further, for 8 more galaxies we did not detect any significant emission lines.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/442/109
- Title:
- Hamburg/SAO Survey for ELGs. VI.
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/442/109
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the sixth list with results of the Hamburg/SAO Survey for Emission-Line Galaxies. The final list resulted from follow-up spectroscopy conducted with the 4.5m MMT telescope in 1996, and with 2.2m CAHA and 6m SAO telescopes in 2000 to 2003. The data of this snap-shot spectroscopy survey confirmed 134 emission-line objects out of 182 observed candidates and allowed their quantitative spectral classification and redshift determination. We classify 73 emission-line objects as definite or probable blue compact or HII galaxies (BCG), 8 as QSOs, 4 as Seyfert 1 and 2 galaxies. 30 low-excitation objects were classified as definite or probable starburst nuclei (SBN), 3 as dwarf amorphous nuclei starburst galaxies (DANS) and 2 as LINERs. Due to the low signal-to-noise ratio we could not classify 14 ELGs (NON). For another 9 galaxies we did not detect any significant emission lines. For 98 emission-line galaxies, the redshifts and/or line intensities are determined for the first time. For the remaining 28 previously-known ELGs we give either improved data the line intensities or some independent measurements. The detection rate of ELGs is ~70%. This paper completes the classification of strong-lined ELGs found in the zone of the Hamburg/SAO survey. Together with previously known BCG/HII galaxies in this zone, this sample of ~500 objects is the largest to date in a well bound region.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/546/A64
- Title:
- H and K-band stacked spectra of U/LIRGs
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/546/A64
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present an atlas of a sample of local (z<0.1) LIRGs (10) and ULIRGs (7) covering the luminosity range log(L_IR_\L_{sun}_)=11.1-12.4. The atlas is based on near-infrared H (1.45-1.85um) and K-band (1.95-2.45um) VLT-SINFONI integral field spectroscopy. The atlas presents the ionised, partially ionised, and warm molecular gas 2D flux distributions and kinematics over a FoV of ~3x3kpc (LIRGs) and ~12x12kpc (ULIRGs) and with average linear resolutions of ~0.2kpc and ~0.9kpc, respectively. The different phases of the gas show a wide morphological variety with the nucleus as the brightest Br_g source for ~33% of the LIRGs and ~71% of the ULIRGs, whereas all the LIRGs and ULIRGs have their maximum H_2_ emission in their nuclear regions. In LIRGs, the ionised gas distribution is dominated by the emission from the star-forming rings or giant HII regions in the spiral arms. The Br_g_ and [FeII] line at 1.644um trace the same structures, although the emission peaks at different locations in some of the objects, and the [FeII] seems to be more extended and diffuse. The ULIRG subsample is at larger distances and contains mainly pre-coalescence interacting systems. Although the peaks of the molecular gas emission and the continuum coincide in ~71% of the ULIRGs, regions with intense Pa_a_ (Br_g_) emission tracing luminous star-forming regions located at distances of 2-4kpc away from the nucleus are also detected, usually associated with secondary nuclei or tidal tails. LIRGs have mean observed (i.e. uncorrected for internal extinction) SFR surface densities of about 0.4 to 0.9M_{sun}_/yr/kpc^2^ over large areas (4-9kpc^2^) with peaks of about 2-2.5M_{sun}_/yr/kpc^2^ in the smaller regions (0.16kpc^2^) associated with the nucleus of the galaxy or the brightest Br_g_ region. ULIRGs do have similar average SFR surface densities for the integrated emitting regions of ~0.4M_{sun]_/yr/kpc^2^ in somewhat larger areas (100-200kpc^2^) and for the Pa_a peak (~2M_{sun}_/yr/kpc^2^ in 4kpc^2^). The observed gas kinematics in LIRGs is primarily due to rotational motions around the centre of the galaxy, although local deviations associated with radial flows and/or regions of higher velocity dispersions are present. The ionised and molecular gas share the same kinematics (velocity field and velocity dispersion) to first order, showing slight differences in the velocity amplitudes (peak-to-peak) in some cases, whereas the average velocity dispersions are compatible within uncertainties. As expected, the kinematics of the ULIRG subsample is more complex, owing to the interacting nature of the objects of the sample.
1415. HAPLESS galaxies sample
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/452/397
- Title:
- HAPLESS galaxies sample
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/452/397
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the properties of the first 250 {mu}m blind sample of nearby galaxies (15<D<46Mpc) containing 42 objects from the Herschel Astrophysical Terahertz Large Area Survey. Herschel's sensitivity probes the faint end of the dust luminosity function for the first time, spanning a range of stellar mass (7.4<M*<11.3log10M_{sun}_), star formation activity (-11.8<SSFR<-8.9log10yr^-1^), gas fraction (3-96 per cent), and colour (0.6<FUV-K_S_<7.0mag). The median cold dust temperature is 14.6K, colder than in the Herschel Reference Survey (18.5K) and Planck Early Release Compact Source Catalogue (17.7K). The mean dust-to-stellar mass ratio in our sample is higher than these surveys by factors of 3.7 and 1.8, with a dust mass volume density of (3.7+/-0.7)x10^5^M_{sun}_/Mpc^3^. Counter-intuitively, we find that the more dust rich a galaxy, the lower its UV attenuation. Over half of our dust-selected sample are very blue in FUV-K_S_ colour, with irregular and/or highly flocculent morphology; these galaxies account for only 6 per cent of the sample's stellar mass but contain over 35 per cent of the dust mass. They are the most actively star-forming galaxies in the sample, with the highest gas fractions and lowest UV attenuation. They also appear to be in an early stage of converting their gas into stars, providing valuable insights into the chemical evolution of young galaxies.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/465/3558
- Title:
- HATLAS candidate lensed galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/465/3558
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a sample of 80 candidate strongly lensed galaxies with flux density above 100mJy at 500{mu}m extracted from the Herschel Astrophysical Terahertz Large Area Survey, over an area of 600deg^2^. Available imaging and spectroscopic data allow us to confirm the strong lensing in 20 cases and to reject it in one case. For other eight objects, the lensing scenario is strongly supported by the presence of two sources along the same line of sight with distinct photometric redshifts. The remaining objects await more follow-up observations to confirm their nature. The lenses and the background sources have median redshifts z_L_=0.6 and z_S_=2.5, respectively, and are observed out to z_L_=1.2 and z_S_=4.2. We measure the number counts of candidate lensed galaxies at 500{mu}m and compare them with theoretical predictions, finding a good agreement for a maximum magnification of the background sources in the range 10-20. These values are consistent with the magnification factors derived from the lens modelling of individual systems. The catalogue presented here provides sub-mm bright targets for follow-up observations aimed at exploiting gravitational lensing, to study with unprecedented details the morphological and dynamical properties of dusty star-forming regions in z>=1.5 galaxies.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/462/1910
- Title:
- H-ATLAS NGP LOFAR radio catalogue
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/462/1910
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present Low-Frequency Array (LOFAR) High-Band Array observations of the Herschel-ATLAS North Galactic Pole survey area. The survey we have carried out, consisting of four pointings covering around 142deg^2^ of sky in the frequency range 126-173MHz, does not provide uniform noise coverage but otherwise is representative of the quality of data to be expected in the planned LOFAR wide-area surveys, and has been reduced using recently developed 'facet calibration' methods at a resolution approaching the full resolution of the data sets (~10x6 arcsec) and an rms off-source noise that ranges from 100{mu}Jy beam^-1^ in the centre of the best fields to around 2mJy/beam at the furthest extent of our imaging. We describe the imaging, cataloguing and source identification processes, and present some initial science results based on a 5{sigma} source catalogue. These include (i) an initial look at the radio/far-infrared correlation at 150 MHz, showing that many Herschel sources are not yet detected by LOFAR; (ii) number counts at 150MHz, including, for the first time, observational constraints on the numbers of star-forming galaxies; (iii) the 150-MHz luminosity functions for active and star-forming galaxies, which agree well with determinations at higher frequencies at low redshift, and show strong redshift evolution of the star-forming population; and (iv) some discussion of the implications of our observations for studies of radio galaxy life cycles.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/749/65
- Title:
- H-ATLAS search for strongly lensed galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/749/65
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- While the selection of strongly lensed galaxies (SLGs) with 500{mu}m flux density S_500_>100mJy has proven to be rather straightforward, for many applications it is important to analyze samples larger than the ones obtained when confining ourselves to such a bright limit. Moreover, only by probing to fainter flux densities is it possible to exploit strong lensing to investigate the bulk of the high-z star-forming galaxy population. We describe HALOS (the Herschel-ATLAS Lensed Objects Selection), a method for efficiently selecting fainter candidate SLGs, reaching a surface density of =~1.5-2/deg^2^, i.e., a factor of about 4-6 higher than that at the 100mJy flux limit. HALOS will allow the selection of up to ~1000 candidate SLGs (with amplifications {mu}>~2) over the full H-ATLAS survey area. Applying HALOS to the H-ATLAS Science Demonstration Phase field (=~14.4deg^2^) we find 31 candidate SLGs, whose candidate lenses are identified in the VIKING near-infrared catalog. Using the available information on candidate sources and candidate lenses we tentatively estimate a =~72% purity of the sample. As expected, the purity decreases with decreasing flux density of the sources and with increasing angular separation between candidate sources and lenses. The redshift distribution of the candidate lensed sources is close to that reported for most previous surveys for lensed galaxies, while that of candidate lenses extends to redshifts substantially higher than found in the other surveys. The counts of candidate SLGs are also in good agreement with model predictions. Even though a key ingredient of the method is the deep near-infrared VIKING photometry, we show that H-ATLAS data alone allow the selection of a similarly deep sample of candidate SLGs with an efficiency close to 50%; a slightly lower surface density (=~ 1.45/deg2) can be reached with a ~70% efficiency.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/127/3137
- Title:
- Hawaii redshifts in the ACS-GOODS region
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/127/3137
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We report the results of an extensive spectroscopic survey of galaxies in the roughly 160 arcmin^2^ ACS-GOODS region surrounding the Hubble Deep Field North (HDF-N). We have identified 892 galaxies or stars with z<24, R<24.5, or B<25 in the region. The spectra were obtained with either the DEIMOS or LRIS spectrographs on the Keck 10m telescopes. The results are compared with photometric redshift estimates and with redshifts from the literature, as well as with the redshifts of a parallel effort led by a group at Keck. Our sample, when combined with the literature data, provides identifications for 1324 sources. We use our results to determine the redshift distributions with magnitude, to analyze the rest-frame color distributions with redshift and spectral type, and to investigate the dependence of the X-ray galaxy properties on the local galaxy density in the redshift interval z=0-1.5. We find the rather surprising result that the galaxy X-ray properties are not strongly dependent on the local galaxy density for galaxies in the same luminosity range.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/414/905
- Title:
- H-band photometry in Pisces-Perseus disk galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/414/905
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We investigate the scaling relations of bulge and disk structural parameters for a sample of 108 disk galaxies. Structural parameters of individual galaxies are obtained from two-dimensional bulge/disk decomposition of their H-band surface brightness distributions. Bulges are modelled with a generalized exponential (Sersic) with variable integer shape index n.
