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The European Large Area ISO Survey - IV. The preliminary 90-microns luminosity function
Serjeant, S.; Efstathiou, A.; Oliver, S. et al.
2001In Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 322, p. 262-268
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Keywords :
SURVEYS; GALAXIES: EVOLUTION; GALAXIES: FORMATION; GALAXIES: STARBURST; COSMOLOGY: OBSERVATIONS; INFRARED: GALAXIES
Abstract :
[en] We present the luminosity function of 90-μm-selected galaxies from the European Large Area ISO Survey (ELAIS), extending to z=0.3. Their luminosities are in the range 10[SUP]9[/SUP]< h 65 -2L/L[SUB]solar[/SUB]<10[SUP]12[/SUP], i.e. non-ultraluminous. From our sample of 37 reliably detected galaxies in the ELAIS S1 region from the Efstathiou et al. S[SUB]90[/SUB]>=100mJy data base, we have found optical, 15-μm or 1.4-GHz identifications for 24 (65 per cent). We have obtained 2dF and UK Schmidt FLAIR spectroscopy of 89 per cent of identifications to rigid multivariate flux limits. We construct a luminosity function assuming that (i) our spectroscopic subset is an unbiased sparse sample, and (ii) there are no galaxies that would not be represented in our spectroscopic sample at any redshift. We argue that we can be confident of both assumptions. We find that the luminosity function is well described by the local 100-μm luminosity function of Rowan-Robinson, Helou & Walker. Assuming this local normalization, we derive luminosity evolution of (1+z)[SUP]2.45+/-0.85[/SUP] (95 per cent confidence). We argue that star formation dominates the bolometric luminosities of these galaxies, and we derive comoving star formation rates in broad agreement with the Flores et al. and Rowan-Robinson et al. mid-infrared-based estimates.
Disciplines :
Space science, astronomy & astrophysics
Author, co-author :
Serjeant, S.;  Astrophysics Group, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2BW
Efstathiou, A.;  Astrophysics Group, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2BW
Oliver, S.;  Astrophysics Group, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2BW ; Astronomy Centre, CPES, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QJ
Surace, C.;  Astrophysics Group, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2BW
Heraudeau, P.
Linden-Vornle, M. J. D.
Gruppioni, C.;  Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna, via Ranzani 1, 40127 Bologna, Italy
La Franca, F.;  Dipartimento di Fisica E. Amaldi, Via della Visca Navale 84, Rome, Italy
Rigopoulou, D.;  Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik Giessenbachstraà e, 85748 Garching, Germany
Morel, Thierry  ;  Astrophysics Group, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Blackett Laboratory, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2BZ
Crockett, H.;  Astrophysics Group, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2BW
Sumner, T.;  Astrophysics Group, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2BW
Rowan-Robinson, M.;  Astrophysics Group, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2BW
Graham, M.;  Astrophysics Group, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2BW
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Language :
English
Title :
The European Large Area ISO Survey - IV. The preliminary 90-microns luminosity function
Publication date :
01 April 2001
Journal title :
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
ISSN :
0035-8711
eISSN :
1365-2966
Publisher :
Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, United Kingdom
Volume :
322
Pages :
262-268
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Commentary :
http://de.arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0010025
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