Spitzer Observations of the SCUBA/VLA Sources in the Lockman Hole: Star Formation History of Infrared-Luminous Galaxies Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • We present Spitzer Space Telescope imaging observations at 3.6, 4.5, 5.8, 8.0, and 24 m of the SCUBA submillimeter sources and Jy VLA radio sources in a 5 x 5 area in the Lockman Hole East region. Out of the 40 SCUBA/VLA sources in the field, Spitzer counterparts were detected for nearly all except for the few low-weight SCUBA detections. We show that the majority (80%-90%) of the detected sources are cold (i.e., starburst-like) infrared-luminous galaxies (L IR > 10 11 L ) at redshift 0.5 < z < 3.5, whose star-formation rate density (SFRD) is comparable to that of the optically selected star-forming galaxies.

published proceedings

  • The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series

altmetric score

  • 3

author list (cited authors)

  • Egami, E., Dole, H., Huang, J., Prez-Gonzalez, P., Le Floch, E., Papovich, C., ... Wilson, G.

citation count

  • 97

complete list of authors

  • Egami, E||Dole, H||Huang, J-S||Pérez-Gonzalez, P||Le Floc’h, E||Papovich, C||Barmby, P||Ivison, RJ||Serjeant, S||Mortier, A||Frayer, DT||Rigopoulou, D||Lagache, G||Rieke, GH||Willner, SP||Alonso-Herrero, A||Bai, L||Engelbracht, CW||Fazio, GG||Gordon, KD||Hines, DC||Misselt, KA||Miyazaki, S||Morrison, JE||Rieke, MJ||Rigby, JR||Wilson, G

publication date

  • September 2004