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Viero, M. P.; Wang, L.; Zemcov, M.; Addison, G.; Amblard, A.; Arumugam, V.; Aussel, H.; Béthermin, M.; Bock, J.; Boselli, A.; Buat, V.; Burgarella, D.; Casey, C. M.; Clements, D. L.; Conley, A.; Conversi, L.; Cooray, A.; De Zotti, G.; Dowell, C. D.; Farrah, D.; Franceschini, A.; Glenn, J.; Griffin, M.; Hatziminaoglou, E.; Heinis, S.; Ibar, E.; Ivison, R. J.; Lagache, G.; Levenson, L.; Marchetti, L.; Marsden, G.; Nguyen, H. T.; O'Halloran, B.; Oliver, S. J.; Omont, A.; Page, M. J.; Papageorgiou, A.; Pearson, C. P.; Pérez-Fournon, I.; Pohlen, M.; Rigopoulou, D.; Roseboom, I. G.; Rowan-Robinson, M.; Schulz, B.; Scott, D.; Seymour, N.; Shupe, D. L.; Smith, A. J.; Symeonidis, M.; Vaccari, M.; Valtchanov, I.; Vieira, J. D.; Wardlow, J.; Xu, C. K.
Bibliographical reference
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 772, Issue 1, article id. 77, 27 pp. (2013).
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We present measurements of the auto- and cross-frequency power spectra
of the cosmic infrared background (CIB) at 250, 350, and 500 μm
(1200, 860, and 600 GHz) from observations totaling ~70 deg2
made with the SPIRE instrument aboard the Herschel Space Observatory. We
measure a fractional anisotropy δI/I = 14% ± 4%, detecting
signatures arising from the clustering of dusty star-forming galaxies in
both the linear (2-halo) and nonlinear (1-halo) regimes; and that the
transition from the 2- to 1-halo terms, below which power originates
predominantly from multiple galaxies within dark matter halos, occurs at
k θ ~ 0.10-0.12 arcmin–1 (l ~
2160-2380), from 250 to 500 μm. New to this paper is clear evidence
of a dependence of the Poisson and 1-halo power on the flux-cut level of
masked sources—suggesting that some fraction of the more luminous
sources occupy more massive halos as satellites, or are possibly close
pairs. We measure the cross-correlation power spectra between bands,
finding that bands which are farthest apart are the least correlated, as
well as hints of a reduction in the correlation between bands when
resolved sources are more aggressively masked. In the second part of the
paper, we attempt to interpret the measurements in the framework of the
halo model. With the aim of fitting simultaneously with one model the
power spectra, number counts, and absolute CIB level in all bands, we
find that this is achievable by invoking a luminosity-mass relationship,
such that the luminosity-to-mass ratio peaks at a particular halo mass
scale and declines toward lower and higher mass halos. Our best-fit
model finds that the halo mass which is most efficient at hosting star
formation in the redshift range of peak star-forming activity, z ~ 1-3,
is log(M peak/M ☉) ~ 12.1 ± 0.5, and
that the minimum halo mass to host infrared galaxies is log(M
min/M ☉) ~ 10.1 ± 0.6.
Herschel is an ESA space observatory with science instruments provided
by European-led Principal Investigator consortia and with important
participation from NASA.
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Formation and Evolution of Galaxies: Observations in Infrared and other Wavelengths
This IAC research group carries out several extragalactic projects in different spectral ranges, using space as well as ground-based telescopes, to study the cosmological evolution of galaxies and the origin of nuclear activity in active galaxies. The group is a member of the international consortium which built the SPIRE instrument for the
Ismael
Pérez Fournon