J/ApJS/274/5 SDSS DR16 galaxy counterparts to IRAS sources (Zhang+, 2024)
A comparative study of ultraluminous infrared galaxies in the IRAS and SDSS
surveys.
Zhang S., Luo Z., Shi X., Shu C., Xiao H., Zhou H.
<Astrophys. J. Suppl. Ser., 274, 5 (2024)>
=2024ApJS..274....5Z 2024ApJS..274....5Z
ADC_Keywords: Galaxies, IR; Spectra, optical; Redshifts; Photometry, infrared;
Cross identifications; Radio sources; Active gal. nuclei
Keywords: Starburst galaxies ; Galaxy formation ; Infrared galaxies ;
Active galaxies
Abstract:
We present a comprehensive study of ultraluminous infrared galaxies
(ULIRGs), leveraging data from the Infrared Astronomical Satellite
Faint Source Catalogue and the spectroscopic catalog in the Sloan
Digital Sky Survey Data Release 16. Our meticulous crossmatching
technique significantly enhances the reliability of ULIRG
identification, resulting in the identification of 283 reliable
ULIRGs, including 102 new detections, while discarding 120 previously
reported false sources. Covering a redshift range of z=0.018-0.996,
with a median redshift of {bar}z=0.259, our uniform sample reveals
apparent interaction features in approximately 40% of ULIRGs,
increasing to 92% for those with z<0.1. Through optical spectra
analysis, it is indicated that over 58% of ULIRGs host an active
galactic nucleus (AGN), which is twice as high as detections based
solely on infrared colors. Moreover, a pronounced excess of radio
emissions associated with AGN activity results in a steeper
radio-far-infrared correlation. Notably, Type I ULIRGs exhibit
properties similar to those of narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies, with an
elevated incidence rate of Mg ii broad absorption lines (16.7%),
surpassing that of typical optically selected quasars by over tenfold,
consistent with current evolutionary models. We anticipate that
forthcoming telescopes such as the China Space Station Telescope and
Leighton Chajnantor Telescope will provide deeper insights into ULIRG
morphology, dust distribution, molecular gas, and AGN activity.
Description:
This work starts from the IRAS Faint Source Catalog (FSC92;
|b|>10°, version 2.0; Moshir+ 1992; see II/156) and the Sloan
Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Data Release 16 (DR16; Ahumada+ 2020, V/154).
FSC92 sources present substantial positional uncertainties, ranging
from 1" to 13" in the in-scan direction (typical value of 5") to
3"-55" in the cross-scan direction (typical value of 16"), described
as "error ellipses." The catalog ensures reliabilities of at least
98.5% at 12 and 25um and approximately 94% at 60um.
The SDSS DR16 release is distinguished as the latest and final data
release of optical spectra from the SDSS extended Baryon Oscillation
Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS).
we also opt for a robust crossmatching approach with the WISE
(see II/328) photometric database. This ensures reliable
identification of counterparts and mitigates uncertainties associated
with flux intensity and source brightness in the infrared wave band.
See Section 2.
Finally, to obtain the radio properties of our ultraluminous infrared
galaxies (ULIRGs), we cross-identified them with the latest catalogs
of FIRST (see VIII/92) and NVSS (Condon+ 1998, VIII/65) using a
matching radius of 3.0".
See Section 3.3.
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table1.dat 104 284 Parameters of the ultraluminous infrared galaxy sample
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See also:
II/156 : IRAS Faint Source Catalog, |b| > 10, Version 2.0 (Moshir+ 1989)
II/275 : IRAS Faint Source Reject Catalog (IPAC 1992)
VIII/65 : 1.4GHz NRAO VLA Sky Survey (NVSS) (Condon+ 1998)
II/328 : AllWISE Data Release (Cutri+ 2013)
VIII/92 : The FIRST Survey Catalog, Version 2014Dec17 (Helfand+ 2015)
VII/289 : SDSS quasar catalog, sixteenth data release (DR16Q) (Lyke+, 2020)
V/154 : Sloan Digital Sky Surveys (SDSS), Release 16 (DR16) (Ahumada+, 2020)
VII/294 : The Million Quasars (Milliquas) catalogue, version 8 (Flesch, 2023)
J/ApJ/252/102 : Radio sources in bright spiral galaxies. II. (Condon+, 1982)
J/ApJ/378/65 : 8.4GHz observations of compact starbursts (Condon+ 1991)
J/ApJ/522/113 : 1Jy IRAS galaxies optical spectroscopy (Veilleux+, 1999)
J/ApJ/554/803 : New VLA Sky Survey (NVSS) Cat of IRAS 2Jy Gal. (Yun+ 2001)
J/ApJS/143/315 : IRAS 1Jy sample of ultralum. galaxies. II. (Veilleux+, 2002)
J/ApJS/165/1 : BAL QSOs from SDSS DR3 (Trump+, 2006)
J/ApJS/166/128 : Narrow line Seyfert 1 galaxies from SDSS-DR3 (Zhou+, 2006)
J/ApJ/665/990 : SDSS DR2 BAL QSOs (Ganguly+, 2007)
J/MNRAS/375/115 : ULIRGs galaxies in SDSS, 2dF and 6dF (Hwang+, 2007)
J/ApJ/663/81 : SED of hard X-ray selected AGN in XMDS (Polletta+, 2007)
J/ApJ/692/758 : BAL QSOs in SDSS-DR5 (Gibson+, 2009)
J/ApJ/704/789 : Ultra-luminous infrared galaxies in SDSS-DR6 (Hou+, 2009)
J/AJ/140/390 : Karhunen-Loeve transform of SDSS QSOs (Boroson+, 2010)
J/ApJS/206/4 : SED and bol. corrections for luminous QSOs (Krawczyk+, 2013)
J/ApJS/229/39 : Narrow line Seyfert 1 gal. from SDSS-DR12 (Rakshit+, 2017)
Byte-by-byte Description of file: table1.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 11 A11 --- IRAS IRAS name (FHHMMm+DDMM) (1)
13- 28 A16 --- SpID SDSS MJD-plate-fiber optical counterpart
30- 35 F6.4 --- z [0.018/1.51] SDSS spectroscopic redshift
37- 41 F5.2 [Lsun] logLIR [12/14.03] log of total IR luminosity
43- 48 F6.4 Jy F12um [0.039/0.5] IRAS 12um flux density
50- 55 F6.4 Jy F25um [0.047/8] IRAS 25um flux density
57- 64 F8.4 Jy F60um [0.15/104] IRAS 60um flux density
66- 73 F8.4 Jy F100um [0.25/112.4] IRAS 100um flux density
75- 78 I4 --- Qual [1131/3332] Quality of IRAS fluxes from II/156
80- 81 I2 --- Nwise [1/13] Number of WISE counterparts within the
IRAS source's positional uncertainty ellipse
83- 85 I3 % FRatio [50/100] Flux ratio in the W4 band of the
optical counterpart to all WISE counterparts
87- 93 F7.2 mJy Ffirst [0.57/6599]? FIRST 1.4GHz flux density
95- 101 F7.2 mJy Fnvss [2.3/6931]? NVSS 1.4GHz flux density
103- 104 A2 --- AGN Type I or Type II AGN
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Note (1): Source name in the IRAS FSC92 catalog; see II/156.
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