The environment and characteristics of low-redshift galaxies detected by theHerschel-ATLAS

A. Dariush; L. Cortese; S. Eales; E. Pascale; M. W L Smith; L. Dunne; S. Dye; D. Scott; R. Auld; M. Baes; J. Bland-Hawthorn; S. Buttiglione; A. Cava; D. L. Clements; A. Cooray; G. Dezotti; S. Driver; J. Fritz; H. L. Gomez; A. Hopkins; R. Hopwood; R. J. Ivison; M. J. Jarvis; D. H. Jones; L. Kelvin; H. G. Khosroshahi; J. Liske; J. Loveday; S. Maddox; B. F. Madore; M. J. Michalowski; P. Norberg; S. Phillipps; M. Pohlen; C. C. Popescu; M. Prescott; E. Rigby; A. Robotham; G. Rodighiero; M. Seibert; D. J B Smith; P. Temi; R. J. Tuffs; P. P. van der Werf

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.19340.x

The environment and characteristics of low-redshift galaxies detected by theHerschel-ATLAS

A. Dariush^*, L. Cortese, S. Eales, E. Pascale, M. W L Smith, L. Dunne, S. Dye, D. Scott, R. Auld, M. Baes, J. Bland-Hawthorn, S. Buttiglione, A. Cava, D. L. Clements, A. Cooray, G. Dezotti, S. Driver, J. Fritz, H. L. Gomez, A. HopkinsR. Hopwood, R. J. Ivison, M. J. Jarvis, D. H. Jones, L. Kelvin, H. G. Khosroshahi, J. Liske, J. Loveday, S. Maddox, B. F. Madore, M. J. Michalowski, P. Norberg, S. Phillipps, M. Pohlen, C. C. Popescu, M. Prescott, E. Rigby, A. Robotham, G. Rodighiero, M. Seibert, D. J B Smith, P. Temi, R. J. Tuffs, P. P. van der Werf

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We investigate the ultraviolet and optical properties and environment of low-redshift galaxies detected in the Herschel Astrophysical Terahertz Large Area Survey (H-ATLAS) science demonstration data. We use the Sloan Digital Sky Survey seventh release and the Galaxy And Mass Assembly data base to select galaxies with mag in the redshift range 0.02 ≤z≤ 0.2 and look for their submillimetre counterparts in H-ATLAS. Our results show that at low redshift, H-ATLAS detects mainly blue/star-forming galaxies with a minor contribution from red systems which are highly obscured by dust. In addition we find that the colour of a galaxy rather than the local density of its environment determines whether it is detectable by H-ATLAS. The average dust temperature of galaxies that are simultaneously detected by both PACS and SPIRE is 25 ± 4K, independent of environment. This analysis provides a glimpse of the potential of the H-ATLAS data to investigate the submillimetre properties of galaxies in the local universe.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	64-73
Number of pages	10
Journal	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volume	418
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.19340.x
Publication status	Published - Nov 2011
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Galaxies: general
Galaxies: statistics
Methods: data analysis
Submillimetre: galaxies
Submillimetre: general

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Dariush, A., Cortese, L., Eales, S., Pascale, E., Smith, M. W. L., Dunne, L., Dye, S., Scott, D., Auld, R., Baes, M., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Buttiglione, S., Cava, A., Clements, D. L., Cooray, A., Dezotti, G., Driver, S., Fritz, J., Gomez, H. L., ... van der Werf, P. P. (2011). The environment and characteristics of low-redshift galaxies detected by theHerschel-ATLAS. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 418(1), 64-73. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.19340.x

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AU - Dye, S.

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