Are we missing massive red galaxies at z>3?

Alcalde Pampliega, B.; Pérez-González, P. G.; Barro, G.; Domínguez Sánchez, H.; Eliche-Moral, M. C.
Referencia bibliográfica

Highlights on Spanish Astrophysics X, Proceedings of the XIII Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Astronomical Society held on July 16-20, 2018, in Salamanca, Spain, ISBN 978-84-09-09331-1. B. Montesinos, A. Asensio Ramos, F. Buitrago, R. Schödel, E. Villaver, S. Pérez-Hoyos, I. Ordóñez-Etxeberria (eds.) p. 81-87

Fecha de publicación:
3
2019
Número de autores
5
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1
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0
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Descripción
We present the detection of a sample of galaxies which are extremely faint in the optical and near-infrared but bright at mid-infrared wavelengths. This population of galaxies, missed by the deepest HST surveys such as CANDELS or Hubble Frontier Fields, are considerably bright in IRAC. The bulk of the sample (65%) is located in a 2σ region around the main sequence. Approximately 20% of the BBGs are very dusty starbursts with strong mid-to-far infrared detections and extreme star formation rates. The remaining, 15%, are located more than 2σ below the main sequence and might be either regular star-forming galaxies or quiescent systems. Nearly one third of them are MIPS emitters, most probably revealing the presence of an obscured AGN co-existing with the intense star formation, as measured by Herchel. Only 2 sources are detected in X-rays and 3 at sub-millimiter or radio wavelengths. Our results point out that BBGs significantly contribute (35%) to the general population of massive red galaxies at z=4-6 and that one of every ten massive log(M/M_⊙)>11 galaxies in the local Universe was assembled in the first 1.5 Gyr after the Big Bang.