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The AGN, Star-Forming, and Morphological Properties of Luminous IR-Bright/Optically-Faint Galaxies | | J. L. Donley
; G. H. Rieke
; D. M. Alexander
; E. Egami
; P. G. Perez-Gonzalez
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10 Jun 2010 | | Abstract: | We present the AGN, star-forming, and morphological properties of a sample of
13 MIR-luminous (f(24) > 700uJy) IR-bright/optically-faint galaxies (IRBGs,
f(24)/f(R) > 1000). While these z~2 sources were drawn from deep Chandra fields
with >200 ks X-ray coverage, only 7 are formally detected in the X-ray and four
lack X-ray emission at even the 2 sigma level. Spitzer IRS spectra, however,
confirm that all of the sources are AGN-dominated in the mid-IR, although half
have detectable PAH emission responsible for ~25% of their mid-infrared flux
density. When combined with other samples, this indicates that at least 30-40%
of luminous IRBGs have star-formation rates in the ULIRG range (~100-2000
Msun/yr). X-ray hardness ratios and MIR to X-ray luminosity ratios indicate
that all members of the sample contain heavily X-ray obscured AGN, 80% of which
are candidates to be Compton-thick. Furthermore, the mean X-ray luminosity of
the sample, log L(2-10 keV)(ergs/s)=44.6, indicates that these IRBGs are Type 2
QSOs, at least from the X-ray perspective. While those sources most heavily
obscured in the X-ray are also those most likely to display strong silicate
absorption in the mid-IR, silicate absorption does not always accompany X-ray
obscuration. Finally, ~70% of the IRBGs are merger candidates, a rate
consistent with that of sub-mm galaxies (SMGs), although SMGs appear to be
physically larger than IRBGs. These characteristics are consistent with the
proposal that these objects represent a later, AGN-dominated, and more relaxed
evolutionary stage following soon after the star-formation-dominated one
represented by the SMGs. | | Source: | arXiv, 1006.2153 | | Services: | Forum | Review | PDF | Favorites | |
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