期刊
ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL
卷 137, 期 6, 页码 4854-4866出版社
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/0004-6256/137/6/4854
关键词
infrared: galaxies; instrumentation: adaptive optics; galaxies: high-redshift; galaxies: structure
资金
- W. M. Keck Foundation
- NASA
- NOAO
- National Science Foundation
A simple optical to mid-IR color selection, R - [24] > 14, i.e., f(nu)(24 mu m)/f(nu)(R) greater than or similar to 1000, identifies highly dust obscured galaxies (DOGs) with typical redshifts of z similar to 2 +/- 0.5. Extreme mid-IR luminosities (L-IR > 10(12-14)) suggest that DOGs are powered by a combination of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) and star formation, possibly driven by mergers. In an effort to compare their photometric properties with their rest-frame optical morphologies, we obtained high-spatial resolution (0.'' 05-0.'' 1) Keck Adaptive Optics K'-band images of 15 DOGs. The images reveal a wide range of morphologies, including small exponential disks (eight of 15), small ellipticals (four of 15), and unresolved sources (two of 15). One particularly diffuse source could not be classified because of low signal-to-noise ratio. We find a statistically significant correlation between galaxy concentration and mid-IR luminosity, with the most luminous DOGs exhibiting higher concentration and smaller physical size. DOGs with high concentration also tend to have spectral energy distributions (SEDs) suggestive of AGN activity. Thus, central AGN light may be biasing the morphologies of the more luminous DOGs to higher concentration. Conversely, more diffuse DOGs tend to show an SED shape suggestive of star formation. Two of 15 in the sample show multiple resolved components with separations of similar to 1 kpc, circumstantial evidence for ongoing mergers.
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