Herschel-SPIRE radio galaxies (Chapman+, 2010)

Chapman, S. C.; Ivison, R. J.; Roseboom, I. G.; Auld, R.; Bock, J.; Brisbin, D.; Burgarella, D.; Chanial, P.; Clements, D. L.; Cooray, A.; Eales, S.; Franceschini, A.; Giovannoli, E.; Glenn, J.; Griffin, M.; Mortier, A. M. J.; Oliver, S. J.; Omont, A.; Page, M. J.; Papageorgiou, A.; Pearson, C. P.; Perez-Fournon, I.; Pohlen, M.; Rawlings, J. I.; Raymond, G.; Rodighiero, G.; Rowan-Robinson, M.; Scott, D.; Seymour, N.; Smith, A. J.; Symeonidis, M.; Tugwell, K. E.; Vaccari, M.; Vieira, J. D.; Vigroux, L.; Wang, L.; Wright, G.
Bibliographical reference

VizieR On-line Data Catalog: J/MNRAS/409/L13. Originally published in: 2010MNRAS.409L..13C

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2011
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We present the first study of the far-infrared (FIR) properties of high-redshift, radio-selected ultraluminous infrared galaxies (ULIRGs) using deep observations obtained with the Spectral and Photometric Imaging Receiver (SPIRE) from the Herschel Multi-tiered Extragalactic Survey (HerMES). These galaxies span a large range of 850-um fluxes from submillimetre-luminous ~10mJy sources (SCUBA galaxies) to ~1.5mJy from stacked SCUBA non-detections, thus likely representing a complete distribution of ULIRG spectral energy distributions (SEDs). From Keck spectroscopic surveys in the Lockman-North field we identified a sample of 31 submillimetre galaxies (SMGs) and 37 submillimetre-faint, optically faint radio galaxies (OFRGs), all with radio-inferred IR luminosities >1012^L&sun;. These galaxies were cross-identified with SPIRE 250-, 350- and 500-um catalogues based on fluxes extracted at 24-um positions in the SWIRE survey, yielding a sample of more than half of the galaxies well detected in at least two of the SPIRE bandpasses. (1 data file).