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ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
卷 638, 期 1, 页码 72-87出版社
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1086/498698
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cosmology : observations; galaxies : evolution; galaxies : high-redshift; galaxies : photometry
We present the results of a deep, wide area, optical and near-IR survey of massive high-redshift galaxies. The Suprime-Cam on the Subaru telescope was used to obtain BRIz ' imaging over 2 x 940 arcmin(2) fields, while JK(s) imaging was provided by the SOFI camera at the New Technology Telescope (NTT) for a subset of the area, partly from the EIS. In this paper, we report on the properties of K-band-selected galaxies, identified from a total area of similar to 920 arcmin(2) to K-Vega 19, of which 320 arcmin(2) are complete to K-Vega = 20. The BzK selection technique was used to assemble complete samples of about 500 candidate massive star-forming galaxies (sBzKs) and about 160 candidate massive passively evolving galaxies (pBzKs) at 1.4 less than or similar to z less than or similar to 2.5; and the (R - K)(Vega) > 5 color criterion was used to assemble a sample of about 850 extremely red objects (EROs). We accurately measure surface densities of 1.20 +/- 0.05 and 0.38 +/- 0.03 arcmin(-2) for the sBzKs and the pBzKs, respectively. Both sBzKs and pBzKs are strongly clustered, at a level at least comparable to that of EROs, with pBzKs appearing more clustered than sBzKs. We estimate the reddening, star formation rates (SFRs), and stellar masses (M-*) for the ensemble of sBzKs, confirming that to K-Vega similar to 20 typical (median) values are M-* similar to 10(11) M circle dot, SFR similar to 190 M circle dot yr(-1), and E(B - V) similar to 0.44. A correlation is detected such that the most massive galaxies at z similar to 2 are also the most actively star-forming, an effect that can be seen as a manifestation of downsizing at early epochs. The space density of massive pBzKs at z similar to 1.4 - 2 that we derive is 20% +/- 7% that of similarly massive early-type galaxies at z similar to 0. Adding this space density to that of our massive star-forming class, sBzKs, in the same redshift range produces a closer comparison with the local early-type galaxy population, naturally implying that we are detecting star formation in a sizable fraction of massive galaxies at z > 1.4, which has been quenched by the present day. Follow-up optical and near-infrared spectroscopy is in progress at the ESO Very Large Telescope (VLT) and at the Subaru telescope in order to elucidate more thoroughly the formation and evolution of massive galaxies.
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