Searching for high-z DSFGs with NIKA2 and NOEMA
Abstract
As the possible progenitors of passive galaxies at z=2-3, dusty starforming galaxies (DSFGs) at z>4 provide a unique perspective to study the formation, assembly, and early quenching of massive galaxies in the early Universe. The extreme obscuration in optical-IR makes (sub)mm spectral scans the most universal and unbiased way to confirm/exclude the high-z nature of candidate dusty star-forming galaxies. We present here the status of the NIKA2 Cosmological Legacy Survey (N2CLS), which is the deepest wide-area singledish survey in the millimeter searching for high-z DSFGs. We also introduce a joint-analysis method to effciently search for the spectroscopic redshift of high-z DSFGs with noisy spectra and photometric data and present its success in identifying the redshift of DSFGs found in NIKA2 science verification data.
- Publication:
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mm Universe @ NIKA2 - Observing the mm Universe with the NIKA2 Camera
- Pub Date:
- July 2022
- DOI:
- 10.1051/epjconf/202225700006
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2111.00090
- Bibcode:
- 2022EPJWC.25700006B
- Keywords:
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- Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
- E-Print:
- To appear in the Proceedings of the International Conference entitled "mm Universe @ NIKA2", Rome (Italy), June 2021, EPJ Web of conferences