An MMT hectospec redshift survey of 24 μm sources in the SPITZER First Look Survey

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  • Casey Papovich
  • Richard Cool
  • Daniel Eisenstein
  • Emeric Le Floc'h
  • F. A.N. Xiaohui
  • Robert C. Kennicutt
  • J. D.T. Smith
  • G. H. Rieke
  • Vestergaard, Marianne

We present a spectroscopic survey using the MMT Hectospec fiber spectrograph of 24 μm sources selected with the Spitzer Space Telescope in the Spitzer First Look Survey. We report 1296 new redshifts for 24 μm sources, including 599 with fν(24 μm) ≥ 1 mJy. Combined with 291 additional redshifts for sources from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), our observing program was highly efficient and is ∼90% complete for i ≤ 21 mag and fν(24 μm) ≥ 1 mJy and 35% complete for i ≤ 20.5 mag and 0.3 mJy ≤ fν(24 μm) < 1.0 mJy. Our Hectospec survey includes 1078 and 168 objects spectroscopically classified as galaxies and QSOs, respectively. Combining the Hectospec and SDSS samples, we find 24 μm-selected galaxies to z gal ≤ 0.98 and QSOs to Z QSO ≤ 3.6, with mean redshifts of 〈z gal〉 = 0.27 and (Z QSO) = 1.1. As part of this publication, we include the redshift catalogs and the reduced spectra; these are also available through the NASA/IPAC Infrared Science Archive.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftAstronomical Journal
Vol/bind132
Udgave nummer1
Sider (fra-til)231-241
Antal sider11
ISSN0004-6256
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 1 jul. 2006
Eksternt udgivetJa

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