ALMA redshifts of millimeter-selected galaxies from the SPT survey: The redshift distribution of dusty star-forming galaxies

• Published in: arXiv.org 2013-03
• Main Authors: Weiss, A, De Breuck, C, Marrone, D P, Vieira, J D, Aguirre, J E, Aird, K A, Aravena, M, Ashby, M L N, Bayliss, M, Benson, B A, Bethermin, M, Biggs, A D, Bleem, L E, Bock, J J, Bothwell, M, Bradford, C M, Brodwin, M, Carlstrom, J E, Chang, C L, Chapman, S C, Crawford, T M, Crites, A T, de Haan, T, Dobbs, M A, Downes, T P, Fassnacht, C D, George, E M, Gladders, M D, Gonzalez, A H, Greve, T R, Halverson, N W, Hezaveh, Y D, High, F W, Holder, G P, Holzapfel, W L, Hoover, S, Hrubes, J D, Husband, K, Keisler, R, Lee, A T, Leitch, E M, Lueker, M, Luong-Van, D, Malkan, M, McIntyre, V, McMahon, J J, Mehl, J, Menten, K M, Meyer, S S, Murphy, E J, Padin, S, Plagge, T, Reichardt, C L, Rest, A, Rosenman, M, Ruel, J, Ruhl, J E, Schaffer, K K, Shirokoff, E, Spilker, J S, Stalder, B, Staniszewski, Z, Stark, A A, Story, K, Vanderlinde, K, Welikala, N, Williamson, R
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Atmospheric models; Galaxies; Galaxy distribution; Gravitational effects; Gravitational lenses; Photometry; Radio telescopes; Red shift; South Pole; Star formation
• ISSN: 2331-8422
• DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.1303.2726

Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), we have conducted a blind redshift survey in the 3 mm atmospheric transmission window for 26 strongly lensd dusty star-forming galaxies (DSFGs) selected with the South Pole Telescope (SPT). The sources were selected to have S_1.4mm>20 mJy and a dust-like spectrum and, to remove low-z sources, not have bright radio (S_843MHz