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Title: Very deep IRAS survey - constraints on the evolution of starburst galaxies

Abstract

Counts of sources (primarily starburst galaxies) from a deep 60 microns IRAS survey published by Hacking and Houck (1987) are compared with four evolutionary models. The counts below 100 mJy are higher than expected if no evolution has taken place out to a redshift of approximately 0.2. Redshift measurements of the survey sources should be able to distinguish between luminosity-evolution and density-evolution models and detect as little as a 20 percent brightening or increase in density of infrared sources per billion years ago (H/0/ = 100 km/s per Mpc). Starburst galaxies cannot account for the reported 100 microns background without extreme evolution at high redshifts. 21 references.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY; National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Charlottesville, VA
OSTI Identifier:
6268946
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Astrophys. J.; (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 316
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; GALACTIC EVOLUTION; CONSTRAINTS; FLUX DENSITY; INFRARED RADIATION; INTERPOLATION; RED SHIFT; STAR EVOLUTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; RADIATIONS; 640105* - Astrophysics & Cosmology- Galaxies

Citation Formats

Hacking, P, Houck, J R, and Condon, J J. Very deep IRAS survey - constraints on the evolution of starburst galaxies. United States: N. p., 1987. Web. doi:10.1086/184883.
Hacking, P, Houck, J R, & Condon, J J. Very deep IRAS survey - constraints on the evolution of starburst galaxies. United States. https://doi.org/10.1086/184883
Hacking, P, Houck, J R, and Condon, J J. 1987. "Very deep IRAS survey - constraints on the evolution of starburst galaxies". United States. https://doi.org/10.1086/184883.
@article{osti_6268946,
title = {Very deep IRAS survey - constraints on the evolution of starburst galaxies},
author = {Hacking, P and Houck, J R and Condon, J J},
abstractNote = {Counts of sources (primarily starburst galaxies) from a deep 60 microns IRAS survey published by Hacking and Houck (1987) are compared with four evolutionary models. The counts below 100 mJy are higher than expected if no evolution has taken place out to a redshift of approximately 0.2. Redshift measurements of the survey sources should be able to distinguish between luminosity-evolution and density-evolution models and detect as little as a 20 percent brightening or increase in density of infrared sources per billion years ago (H/0/ = 100 km/s per Mpc). Starburst galaxies cannot account for the reported 100 microns background without extreme evolution at high redshifts. 21 references.},
doi = {10.1086/184883},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6268946}, journal = {Astrophys. J.; (United States)},
number = ,
volume = 316,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1987},
month = {Fri May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1987}
}