2012ApJ...750..117K -
Astrophys. J., 750, 117 (2012/May-2)
Panchromatic estimation of star formation rates in BzK galaxies at 1 < z < 3.
KURCZYNSKI P., GAWISER E., HUYNH M., IVISON R.J., TREISTER E., SMAIL I., BLANC G.A., CARDAMONE C.N., GREVE T.R., SCHINNERER E., URRY M. and VAN DER WERF P.
Abstract (from CDS):
We determine star formation rates (SFRs) in a sample of color-selected, star-forming (sBzK) galaxies (KAB< 21.8) in the Extended Chandra Deep Field-South. To identify and avoid active galactic nuclei, we use X-ray, IRAC color, and IR/radio flux ratio selection methods. Photometric redshift-binned, average flux densities are measured with stacking analyses in Spitzer-MIPS IR, BLAST and APEX/LABOCA submillimeter, VLA and GMRT radio, and Chandra X-ray data. We include averages of aperture fluxes in MUSYC UBVRIz'JHK images to determine UV-through-radio spectral energy distributions. We determine the total IR luminosities and compare SFR calibrations from FIR, 24 µm, UV, radio, and X-ray wavebands. We find consistency with our best estimator, SFR_ IR + UV_, to within errors for the preferred radio SFR calibration. Our results imply that 24 µm only and X-ray SFR estimates should be applied to high-redshift galaxies with caution. Average IR luminosities are consistent with luminous infrared galaxies. We find SFR_ IR + UV_for our stacked sBzKs at median redshifts 1.4, 1.8, and 2.2 to be 55±6 (random error), 74±8, and 154±17 M☉/yr, respectively, with additional systematic uncertainty of a factor of ∼2.
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galaxies: high-redshift - galaxies: statistics - infrared: general - radio continuum: general - submillimeter: general
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