Browsing by Author "Mullaney, J."

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    GOODS- Herschel : Radio-excess signature of hidden AGN activity in distant star-forming galaxies
    (2013) Del Moro, A.; Alexander, D.; Mullaney, J.; Daddi, E.; Pannella, M.; Bauer, Franz Erik
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    GOODS-ALMA 2.0: Source catalog, number counts, and prevailing compact sizes in 1.1 mm galaxies
    (2022) Gómez-Guijarro, C.; Elbaz, D.; Xiao, M.; Béthermin, M.; Franco, M.; Magnelli, B.; Daddi, E.; Dickinson, M.; Demarco, R.; Inami, H.; Rujopakarn, W.; Magdis, G. E.; Shu, X.; Chary, R.; Zhou, L.; Alexander, D. M.; Bournaud, F.; Ciesla, L.; Ferguson, H. C.; Finkelstein, S. L.; Giavalisco, M.; Iono, D.; Juneau, S.; Kartaltepe, J. S.; Lagache, G.; Le Floc'h, E.; Leiton, R.; Lin, L.; Motohara, K.; Mullaney, J.; Okumura, K.; Pannella, M.; Papovich, C.; Pope, A.; Sargent, M. T.; Silverman, J. D.; Treister, E.; Wang, T.
    Submillimeter/millimeter observations of dusty star-forming galaxies with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have shown that dust continuum emission generally occurs in compact regions smaller than the stellar distribution. However, it remains to be understood how systematic these findings are. Studies often lack homogeneity in the sample selection, target discontinuous areas with inhomogeneous sensitivities, and suffer from modest uv coverage coming from single array configurations. GOODS-ALMA is a 1.1 mm galaxy survey over a continuous area of 72.42 arcmin(2) at a homogeneous sensitivity. In this version 2.0, we present a new low resolution dataset and its combination with the previous high resolution dataset from the survey, improving the uv coverage and sensitivity reaching an average of sigma = 68.4 mu Jy beam(-1). A total of 88 galaxies are detected in a blind search (compared to 35 in the high resolution dataset alone), 50% at S/N-peak >= 5 and 50% at 3.5 <= S/N-peak <= 5 aided by priors. Among them, 13 out of the 88 are optically dark or faint sources (H- or K-band dropouts). The sample dust continuum sizes at 1.1 mm are generally compact, with a median effective radius of R-e = 0 ''.10 +/- 0 ''.5 (a physical size of R-e = 0.73 +/- 0.29 kpc at the redshift of each source). Dust continuum sizes evolve with redshift and stellar mass resembling the trends of the stellar sizes measured at optical wavelengths, albeit a lower normalization compared to those of late-type galaxies. We conclude that for sources with flux densities S-1.1mm > 1 mJy, compact dust continuum emission at 1.1 mm prevails, and sizes as extended as typical star-forming stellar disks are rare. The S-1.1mm < 1 mJy sources appear slightly more extended at 1.1 mm, although they are still generally compact below the sizes of typical star-forming stellar disks.
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    GOODS-ALMA 2.0: Starbursts in the main sequence reveal compact star formation regulating galaxy evolution prequenching
    (2022) Gomez-Guijarro, C.; Elbaz, D.; Xiao, M.; Kokorev, V., I; Magdis, G. E.; Magnelli, B.; Daddi, E.; Valentino, F.; Sargent, M. T.; Dickinson, M.; Bethermin, M.; Franco, M.; Pope, A.; Kalita, B. S.; Ciesla, L.; Demarco, R.; Inami, H.; Rujopakarn, W.; Shu, X.; Wang, T.; Zhou, L.; Alexander, D. M.; Bournaud, F.; Chary, R.; Ferguson, H. C.; Finkelstein, S. L.; Giavalisco, M.; Iono, D.; Juneau, S.; Kartaltepe, J. S.; Lagache, G.; Le Floc'h, E.; Leiton, R.; Leroy, L.; Lin, L.; Motohara, K.; Mullaney, J.; Okumura, K.; Pannella, M.; Papovich, C.; Treister, E.
    Compact star formation appears to be generally common in dusty star-forming galaxies (SFGs). However, its role in the framework set by the scaling relations in galaxy evolution remains to be understood. In this work we follow up on the galaxy sample from the GOODS-ALMA 2.0 survey, an ALMA blind survey at 1.1 mm covering a continuous area of 72.42 arcmin(2) using two array configurations. We derived physical properties, such as star formation rates, gas fractions, depletion timescales, and dust temperatures for the galaxy sample built from the survey. There exists a subset of galaxies that exhibit starburst-like short depletion timescales, but they are located within the scatter of the so-called main sequence of SFGs. These are dubbed starbursts in the main sequence and display the most compact star formation and they are characterized by the shortest depletion timescales, lowest gas fractions, and highest dust temperatures of the galaxy sample, compared to typical SFGs at the same stellar mass and redshift. They are also very massive, accounting for similar to 60% of the most massive galaxies in the sample (log(M-*/M-circle dot) > 11.0). We find trends between the areas of the ongoing star formation regions and the derived physical properties for the sample, unveiling the role of compact star formation as a physical driver of these properties. Starbursts in the main sequence appear to be the extreme cases of these trends. We discuss possible scenarios of galaxy evolution to explain the results drawn from our galaxy sample. Our findings suggest that the star formation rate is sustained in SFGs by gas and star formation compression, keeping them within the main sequence even when their gas fractions are low and they are presumably on the way to quiescence.
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    The composite nature of Dust-Obscured Galaxies (DOGs) at z ∼ 2–3 in the COSMOS field – I. A far-infrared view.
    (2015) Riguccini, L; Treister, Ezequiel; Le Floc'H e.; Mullaney, J.; Menéndez-Delmestre, K.; Aussel, H.; Berta, S.; Calanog, J.; Capak, P.; Cooray, A.; Ilbert, O.
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    The hidden side of cosmic star formation at z > 3 Bridging optically dark and Lyman-break galaxies with GOODS-ALMA
    (2023) Xiao, M-Y.; Elbaz, D.; Gomez-Guijarro, C.; Leroy, L.; Bing, L-J.; Daddi, E.; Magnelli, B.; Franco, M.; Zhou, L.; Dickinson, M.; Wang, T.; Rujopakarn, W.; Magdis, G. E.; Treister, Ezequiel; Inami, H.; Demarco, R.; Sargent, M. T.; Shu, X.; Kartaltepe, J. S.; Alexander, D. M.; Bethermin, M.; Bournaud, F.; Ciesla, L.; Ferguson, H. C.; Finkelstein, S. L.; Giavalisco, M.; Gu, Q-S.; Iono, D.; Juneau, S.; Lagache, G.; Leiton, R.; Messias, H.; Motohara, K.; Mullaney, J.; Nagar, N.; Pannella, M.; Papovich, C.; Pope, A.; Schreiber, C.; Silverman, J.
    Our current understanding of the cosmic star formation history at z > 3 is primarily based on UV-selected galaxies (Lyman-break galaxies, i.e., LBGs). Recent studies of H-dropouts (HST-dark galaxies) have revealed that we may be missing a large proportion of star formation that is taking place in massive galaxies at z > 3. In this work, we extend the H-dropout criterion to lower masses to select optically dark or faint galaxies (OFGs) at high redshifts in order to complete the census between LBGs and H-dropouts. Our criterion (H > 26.5 mag & [4.5] < 25 mag) combined with a de-blending technique is designed to select not only extremely dust-obscured massive galaxies but also normal star-forming galaxies (typically E(B - V) > 0.4) with lower stellar masses at high redshifts. In addition, with this criterion, our sample is not contaminated by massive passive or old galaxies. In total, we identified 27 OFGs at (Zphot) > 3 (with a median of z(med) = 4.1) in the GOODS-ALMA field, covering a wide distribution of stellar masses with log(M-star/M-circle dot) = 9.4-11.1 (with a median of log(M-star med/M-circle dot) = 10.3). We find that up to 75% of the OFGs with log(M-star/M-circle dot) = 9.5-10.5 were neglected by previous LBGs and H-dropout selection techniques. After performing an optical-to-millimeter stacking analysis of the OFGs, we find that rather than being limited to a rare population of extreme starbursts, these OFGs represent a normal population of dusty star-forming galaxies at z > 3. The OFGs exhibit shorter gas depletion timescales, slightly lower gas fractions, and lower dust temperatures than the scaling relation of typical star-forming galaxies. Additionally, the total star formation rate (SFRtot = SFRIR + SFRUV) of the stacked OFGs is much higher than the SFRUVcorr (SFRUV corrected for dust extinction), with an average SFRtot/SFRUVcorr = 8 +/- 1, which lies above (similar to 0.3 dex) the 16-84th percentile range of typical star-forming galaxies at 3 <= z <= 6. All of the above suggests the presence of hidden dust regions in the OFGs that absorb all UV photons, which cannot be reproduced with dust extinction corrections. The effective radius of the average dust size measured by a circular Gaussian model fit in the uv plane is R-e(1.13 mm) = 1.01 +/- 0.05 kpc. After excluding the five LBGs in the OFG sample, we investigated their contributions to the cosmic star formation rate density (SFRD). We found that the SFRD at z > 3 contributed by massive OFGs (log(M-star/M-circle dot) > 10.3) is at least two orders of magnitude higher than the one contributed by equivalently massive LBGs. Finally, we calculated the combined contribution of OFGs and LBGs to the cosmic SFRD at z = 4-5 to be 4 x 10(-2) M-circle dot yr(-1) Mpc(-3), which is about 0.15 dex (43%) higher than the SFRD derived from UV-selected samples alone at the same redshift. This value could be even larger, as our calculations were performed in a very conservative way.
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    The hidden side of cosmic star formation at z > 3 Bridging optically dark and Lyman-break galaxies with GOODS-ALMA
    (Wiley, 2023) Xiao, M-Y.; Elbaz, D.; Gomez-Guijarro, C.; Leroy, L.; Bing, L-J.; Daddi, E.; Magnelli, B.; Franco, M.; Zhou, L.; Dickinson, M.; Wang, T.; Rujopakarn, W.; Magdis, G. E.; Treister, Ezequiel; Inami, H.; Demarco, R.; Sargent, M. T.; Shu, X.; Kartaltepe, J. S.; Alexander, D. M.; Bethermin, M.; Bournaud, F.; Ciesla, L.; Ferguson, H. C.; Finkelstein, S. L.; Giavalisco, M.; Gu, Q-S.; Iono, D.; Juneau, S.; Lagache, G.; Leiton, R.; Messias, H.; Motohara, K.; Mullaney, J.; Nagar, N.; Pannella, M.; Papovich, C.; Pope, A.; Schreiber, C.; Silverman, J.
    Our current understanding of the cosmic star formation history at z > 3 is primarily based on UV-selected galaxies (Lyman-break galaxies, i.e., LBGs). Recent studies of H-dropouts (HST-dark galaxies) have revealed that we may be missing a large proportion of star formation that is taking place in massive galaxies at z > 3. In this work, we extend the H-dropout criterion to lower masses to select optically dark or faint galaxies (OFGs) at high redshifts in order to complete the census between LBGs and H-dropouts. Our criterion (H > 26.5 mag & [4.5] < 25 mag) combined with a de-blending technique is designed to select not only extremely dust-obscured massive galaxies but also normal star-forming galaxies (typically E(B - V) > 0.4) with lower stellar masses at high redshifts. In addition, with this criterion, our sample is not contaminated by massive passive or old galaxies. In total, we identified 27 OFGs at (Zphot) > 3 (with a median of z(med) = 4.1) in the GOODS-ALMA field, covering a wide distribution of stellar masses with log(M-star/M-circle dot) = 9.4-11.1 (with a median of log(M-star med/M-circle dot) = 10.3). We find that up to 75% of the OFGs with log(M-star/M-circle dot) = 9.5-10.5 were neglected by previous LBGs and H-dropout selection techniques. After performing an optical-to-millimeter stacking analysis of the OFGs, we find that rather than being limited to a rare population of extreme starbursts, these OFGs represent a normal population of dusty star-forming galaxies at z > 3. The OFGs exhibit shorter gas depletion timescales, slightly lower gas fractions, and lower dust temperatures than the scaling relation of typical star-forming galaxies. Additionally, the total star formation rate (SFRtot = SFRIR + SFRUV) of the stacked OFGs is much higher than the SFRUVcorr (SFRUV corrected for dust extinction), with an average SFRtot/SFRUVcorr = 8 +/- 1, which lies above (similar to 0.3 dex) the 16-84th percentile range of typical star-forming galaxies at 3 <= z <= 6. All of the above suggests the presence of hidden dust regions in the OFGs that absorb all UV photons, which cannot be reproduced with dust extinction corrections. The effective radius of the average dust size measured by a circular Gaussian model fit in the uv plane is R-e(1.13 mm) = 1.01 +/- 0.05 kpc. After excluding the five LBGs in the OFG sample, we investigated their contributions to the cosmic star formation rate density (SFRD). We found that the SFRD at z > 3 contributed by massive OFGs (log(M-star/M-circle dot) > 10.3) is at least two orders of magnitude higher than the one contributed by equivalently massive LBGs. Finally, we calculated the combined contribution of OFGs and LBGs to the cosmic SFRD at z = 4-5 to be 4 x 10(-2) M-circle dot yr(-1) Mpc(-3), which is about 0.15 dex (43%) higher than the SFRD derived from UV-selected samples alone at the same redshift. This value could be even larger, as our calculations were performed in a very conservative way.
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    The NuSTAR Extragalactic Survey: Average Broadband X-Ray Spectral Properties of the NuSTAR-detected AGNs
    (2017) Del Moro, A.; Bauer, Franz Erik; Treister, Ezequiel; Ricci, Claudio; Alexander, D. M.; Aird, J. A.; Civano, Francesca; Mullaney, J.; Ballantyne, D. R.; Brandt, W N.; Comastri, A.
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    The NuSTAR Extragalactic Surveys: Initial Results and Catalog from the Extended Chandra Deep Field South
    (2015) Mullaney, J.; Bauer, Franz Erik; Treister, Ezequiel; Del Moro, A.; Aird, J. A.; Alexander, D. M.; Civano, Francesca; Hickox, R. C.; Lansbury, George B.; Ajello, Marco; Assef, R.
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    The Nustar Extragalactic Surveys: Overview and Catalog from the COSMOS Field
    (2015) Civano, Francesca; Bauer, Franz Erik; Luo, B.; Saez, C.; Treister, Ezequiel; Hickox, R. C.; Puccetti, S.; Comastri, A.; Mullaney, J.; Zappacosta, L.; LaMassa, Stephanie M.
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    The NuSTAR Extragalactic Surveys: The Number Counts of Active Galactic Nuclei and the Resolved Fraction of the Cosmic X-Ray Background
    (2016) Harrison, F. A.; Bauer, Franz Erik; Treister, Ezequiel; Aird, J. A.; Civano, Francesca; Lansbury, George B.; Mullaney, J.; Ballantyne, D. R.; Alexander, D. M.; Stern, Daniel; Ajello, Marco