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MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
卷 335, 期 1, 页码 L17-L21出版社
BLACKWELL PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05760.x
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gravitational lensing; galaxies : formation; galaxies : starburst; infrared : galaxies; submillimetre
Spectroscopic surveys of submillimetre(submm)-selected sources have uncovered optically bright galaxies at z less than or similar to 1 close to the positions of several submm sources. Naive statistical analyses suggest that these galaxies are associated with the submm emission. However, in some cases, it is difficult to understand this association given the relatively modest redshifts and unprepossessing spectral characteristics of the galaxies. These are in stark contrast to those expected from the massive dust-enshrouded starbursts and AGN thought to power the bulk of the bright submm population. We present new observations of optically bright counterparts to two luminous submm sources, along with a compilation of previously proposed optically bright counterparts with z less than or similar to 1. We suggest that the majority of these associations between bright galaxies and submm sources may be as a result of the action of the foreground galaxies as gravitational lenses on the much fainter and more distant submm sources. We discuss the implications of this conclusion for our understanding of the SCUBA population.
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