Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) Imaging of the Lockman Hole Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • IRAC imaging of a 4.7 x 4.7 area in the Lockman Hole detected over 400 galaxies in the IRAC 3.6 and 4.5 m bands, 120 in the 5.8 m band, and 80 in the 8.0 m band in 30 minutes of observing time. Color-color diagrams suggest that about half of these galaxies are at redshifts 0.6 < z < 1.3 with about a quarter at higher redshifts (z > 1.3). We also detect IRAC counterparts for six of the seven SCUBA sources and all nine XMM-Newton sources in this area. The detection of the counterparts of the SCUBA sources and galaxies at z > 1.3 demonstrates the ability of IRAC to probe the universe at very high redshifts.

published proceedings

  • The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series

author list (cited authors)

  • Huang, J., Barmby, P., Fazio, G. G., Willner, S. P., Wilson, G., Rigopoulou, D., ... Miyazaki, S.

citation count

  • 68

complete list of authors

  • Huang, J-S||Barmby, P||Fazio, GG||Willner, SP||Wilson, G||Rigopoulou, D||Alonso-Herrero, A||Dole, H||Egami, E||Le Floc’h, E||Papovich, C||Pérez-González, PG||Rigby, J||Engelbracht, CW||Gordon, K||Hines, D||Rieke, M||Rieke, GH||Meisenheimer, K||Miyazaki, S

publication date

  • September 2004