J/AJ/140/2052 MESS: Multi-wavelength Extreme Starburst Sample (Laag+, 2010)
The multi-wavelength extreme starburst sample of luminous galaxies.
I. Sample characteristics.
Laag E., Croft S., Canalizo G., Lacy M.
<Astron. J., 140, 2052-2069 (2010)>
=2010AJ....140.2052L 2010AJ....140.2052L
ADC_Keywords: Galaxy catalogs ; Photometry, infrared
Keywords: catalogs - galaxies: evolution - galaxies: starburst -
infrared: galaxies
Abstract:
This paper introduces the Multi-wavelength Extreme Starburst Sample
(MESS), a new catalog of 138 star-forming galaxies (0.1<z<0.3)
optically selected from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey using emission
line strength diagnostics to have a high absolute star formation rate
(SFR; minimum 11M☉/yr with median SFR∼61M☉/yr based on a
Kroupa initial mass function). The MESS was designed to complement
samples of nearby star-forming galaxies such as the luminous infrared
galaxies (LIRGs) and ultraviolet luminous galaxies (UVLGs).
Observations using the Multi-band Imaging Photometer (24, 70, and
160um channels) on the Spitzer Space Telescope indicate that the MESS
galaxies have IR luminosities similar to those of LIRGs, with an
estimated median total IR luminosity LIR≃3x1011L☉.
File Summary:
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FileName Lrecl Records Explanations
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ReadMe 80 . This file
table1.dat 44 138 The Sample
table2.dat 55 138 MIPS photometry
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See also:
II/294 : The SDSS Photometric Catalog, Release 7 (Adelman-McCarthy+, 2009)
http://www.sdss.org : SDSS Home Page
Byte-by-byte Description of file: table1.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 14 A14 --- Name SDSS name (JHHMMSS+DDMMSS)
15 A1 --- n_logSFR [b] SFR computed from SDSS-DR4 release (1)
17- 24 F8.4 deg RAdeg Right ascension in decimal degrees (J2000)
26- 33 F8.4 deg DEdeg Declination in decimal degrees (J2000)
35- 39 F5.3 --- z SDSS spectroscopic redshift
41- 44 F4.2 [Msun/yr] logSFR Brinchmann et al. (2004MNRAS.351.1151B 2004MNRAS.351.1151B)
star formation rate, with SDSS-DR7
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Note (1): b: This source was not included in the DR7 SFR release, so the
SFR is from the DR4 release.
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table2.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 14 A14 --- Name SDSS name (JHHMMSS+DDMMSS)
16- 20 F5.1 mJy F24 MIPS flux at 24um
22- 24 F3.1 mJy e_F24 rms uncertainty on F24
26- 31 F6.1 mJy F70 MIPS flux at 70um
33- 37 F5.1 mJy e_F70 rms uncertainty on F70
39- 44 F6.1 mJy F160 MIPS flux at 160um
46- 50 F5.1 mJy e_F160 rms uncertainty on F160
52- 55 F4.1 [Lsun] logLIR Total infrared luminosity
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(End) Patricia Vannier [CDS] 13-Jul-2012