VLA FF survey: star-forming galaxy radii Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Jimenez-Andrade E.F.
  2. Murphy E.J.
  3. Heywood I.
  4. Smail I.
  5. Penner K.,Momjian E.
  6. Dickinson M.
  7. Armus L.
  8. Lazio T.J.W.
  9. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

To investigate the growth history of galaxies, we measure the rest-frame radio, ultraviolet (UV), and optical sizes of 98 radio-selected, star-forming galaxies (SFGs) distributed over 0.3<=z<=3 with a median stellar mass of log(M_*_/M_{sun}_)~10.4. We compare the size of galaxy stellar disks, traced by rest-frame optical emission, relative to the overall extent of star formation activity that is traced by radio continuum emission. Galaxies in our sample are identified in three Hubble Frontier Fields: MACS J0416.1-2403, MACSJ0717.5+3745, and MACS J1149.5+2223. Radio continuum sizes are derived from 3 and 6GHz radio images (<=0.6" resolution, ~0.9{mu}Jy/beam noise level) from the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array. Rest-frame UV and optical sizes are derived using observations from the Hubble Space Telescope and the Advanced Camera for Surveys and Wide Field Camera 3 instruments. We find no clear dependence between the 3GHz radio size and stellar mass of SFGs, which contrasts with the positive correlation between the UV/optical size and stellar mass of galaxies. Focusing on SFGs with log(M_*_/M_{sun}_)>10, we find that the radio/UV/optical emission tends to be more compact in galaxies with high star formation rates (>=100M_{sun}_/yr), suggesting that a central, compact starburst (and/or an active galactic nucleus) resides in the most luminous galaxies of our sample. We also find that the physical radio/UV/optical size of radio-selected SFGs with log(M_*_/M_{sun}_)>10 increases by a factor of 1.5-2 from z~3 to z~0.3, yet the radio emission remains two to three times more compact than that from the UV/optical. These findings indicate that these massive, radio-selected SFGs at 0.3<=z<=3 tend to harbor centrally enhanced star formation activity relative to their outer disks.

Keywords
  1. radio-galaxies
  2. ultraviolet-astronomy
  3. visible-astronomy
  4. galaxy-classification-systems
  5. redshifted
  6. surveys
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2021ApJ...910..106J
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ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/910/106
Document Object Identifer DOI
doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.19100106

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History

2022-09-30T16:28:12Z
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2022-09-30T16:28:12Z
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