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EVIDENCE FOR INFRARED-FAINT RADIO SOURCES AS z > 1 RADIO-LOUD ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI

Journal Article · · Astrophysical Journal
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4]
  1. Infrared Processing and Analysis Center, MS 220-6, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 (United States)
  2. Australia Telescope National Facility, CSIRO, Epping, NSW 1710 (Australia)
  3. California Institute of Technology, MS 105-24, Pasadena, CA 91125 (United States)
  4. Astronomisches Institut, Ruhr-Universitat Bochum, Universitatsstr. 150, 44801 Bochum (Germany)

Infrared-Faint Radio Sources (IFRSs) are a class of radio objects found in the Australia Telescope Large Area Survey which have no observable mid-infrared counterpart in the Spitzer Wide-area Infrared Extragalactic (SWIRE) survey. The extended Chandra Deep Field South now has even deeper Spitzer imaging (3.6-70 {mu}m) from a number of Legacy surveys. We report the detections of two IFRS sources in IRAC images. The non-detection of two other IFRSs allows us to constrain the source type. Detailed modeling of the spectral energy distribution of these objects shows that they are consistent with high-redshift (z {approx}> 1) active galactic nuclei.

OSTI ID:
21394480
Journal Information:
Astrophysical Journal, Journal Name: Astrophysical Journal Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 710; ISSN ASJOAB; ISSN 0004-637X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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