HerMES: deep galaxy number counts from a P(D) fluctuation analysis of SPIRE Science Demonstration Phase observations
Dusty, star-forming galaxies contribute to a bright, currently unresolved cosmic far-infrared background. Deep Herschel-Spectral and Photometric Imaging Receiver (SPIRE) images designed to detect and characterize the galaxies that comprise this background are highly confused, such that the bulk lies...
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| author | Glenn, J Conley, A Bethermin, M Altieri, B Amblard, A Arumugam, V Aussel, H Babbedge, T Blain, A Bock, J Boselli, A Buat, V Castro-Rodriguez, N Cava, A Chanial, P Clements, D Conversi, L Cooray, A Dowell, C Dwek, E Eales, S Elbaz, D Ellsworth-Bowers, T Fox, M Franceschini, A |
| author_facet | Glenn, J Conley, A Bethermin, M Altieri, B Amblard, A Arumugam, V Aussel, H Babbedge, T Blain, A Bock, J Boselli, A Buat, V Castro-Rodriguez, N Cava, A Chanial, P Clements, D Conversi, L Cooray, A Dowell, C Dwek, E Eales, S Elbaz, D Ellsworth-Bowers, T Fox, M Franceschini, A |
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| description | Dusty, star-forming galaxies contribute to a bright, currently unresolved cosmic far-infrared background. Deep Herschel-Spectral and Photometric Imaging Receiver (SPIRE) images designed to detect and characterize the galaxies that comprise this background are highly confused, such that the bulk lies below the classical confusion limit. We analyse three fields from the Herschel Multi-tiered Extragalactic Survey (HerMES) programme in all three SPIRE bands (250, 350 and 500 μm); parametrized galaxy number count models are derived to a depth of ~2 mJy beam-1, approximately four times the depth of previous analyses at these wavelengths, using a probability of deflection [P(D)] approach for comparison to theoretical number count models. Our fits account for 64, 60 and 43 per cent of the far-infrared background in the three bands. The number counts are consistent with those based on individually detected SPIRE sources, but generally inconsistent with most galaxy number count models, which generically overpredict the number of bright galaxies and are not as steep as the P(D)-derived number counts. Clear evidence is found for a break in the slope of the differential number counts at low flux densities. Systematic effects in the P(D) analysis are explored. We find that the effects of clustering have a small impact on the data, and the largest identified systematic error arises from uncertainties in the SPIRE beam. © 2010 The Authors. Journal compilation © 2010 RAS. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:c0fd1480-7d66-4386-8d1b-3bd2bcf83b1d2022-03-27T05:58:20ZHerMES: deep galaxy number counts from a P(D) fluctuation analysis of SPIRE Science Demonstration Phase observationsJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:c0fd1480-7d66-4386-8d1b-3bd2bcf83b1dEnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2010Glenn, JConley, ABethermin, MAltieri, BAmblard, AArumugam, VAussel, HBabbedge, TBlain, ABock, JBoselli, ABuat, VCastro-Rodriguez, NCava, AChanial, PClements, DConversi, LCooray, ADowell, CDwek, EEales, SElbaz, DEllsworth-Bowers, TFox, MFranceschini, ADusty, star-forming galaxies contribute to a bright, currently unresolved cosmic far-infrared background. Deep Herschel-Spectral and Photometric Imaging Receiver (SPIRE) images designed to detect and characterize the galaxies that comprise this background are highly confused, such that the bulk lies below the classical confusion limit. We analyse three fields from the Herschel Multi-tiered Extragalactic Survey (HerMES) programme in all three SPIRE bands (250, 350 and 500 μm); parametrized galaxy number count models are derived to a depth of ~2 mJy beam-1, approximately four times the depth of previous analyses at these wavelengths, using a probability of deflection [P(D)] approach for comparison to theoretical number count models. Our fits account for 64, 60 and 43 per cent of the far-infrared background in the three bands. The number counts are consistent with those based on individually detected SPIRE sources, but generally inconsistent with most galaxy number count models, which generically overpredict the number of bright galaxies and are not as steep as the P(D)-derived number counts. Clear evidence is found for a break in the slope of the differential number counts at low flux densities. Systematic effects in the P(D) analysis are explored. We find that the effects of clustering have a small impact on the data, and the largest identified systematic error arises from uncertainties in the SPIRE beam. © 2010 The Authors. Journal compilation © 2010 RAS. |
| spellingShingle | Glenn, J Conley, A Bethermin, M Altieri, B Amblard, A Arumugam, V Aussel, H Babbedge, T Blain, A Bock, J Boselli, A Buat, V Castro-Rodriguez, N Cava, A Chanial, P Clements, D Conversi, L Cooray, A Dowell, C Dwek, E Eales, S Elbaz, D Ellsworth-Bowers, T Fox, M Franceschini, A HerMES: deep galaxy number counts from a P(D) fluctuation analysis of SPIRE Science Demonstration Phase observations |
| title | HerMES: deep galaxy number counts from a P(D) fluctuation analysis of SPIRE Science Demonstration Phase observations |
| title_full | HerMES: deep galaxy number counts from a P(D) fluctuation analysis of SPIRE Science Demonstration Phase observations |
| title_fullStr | HerMES: deep galaxy number counts from a P(D) fluctuation analysis of SPIRE Science Demonstration Phase observations |
| title_full_unstemmed | HerMES: deep galaxy number counts from a P(D) fluctuation analysis of SPIRE Science Demonstration Phase observations |
| title_short | HerMES: deep galaxy number counts from a P(D) fluctuation analysis of SPIRE Science Demonstration Phase observations |
| title_sort | hermes deep galaxy number counts from a p d fluctuation analysis of spire science demonstration phase observations |
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