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Over half of the far-infrared background light comes from galaxies at z ≥ 1.2

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  • Mark J. Devlin

    (University of Pennsylvania, 209 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA)

  • Peter A. R. Ade

    (School of Physics & Astronomy, Cardiff University, 5 The Parade, Cardiff CF24 3AA, UK)

  • Itziar Aretxaga

    (Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica Óptica y Electrónica)

  • James J. Bock

    (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California 91109-8099, USA)

  • Edward L. Chapin

    (University of British Columbia, 6224 Agricultural Road, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada)

  • Matthew Griffin

    (School of Physics & Astronomy, Cardiff University, 5 The Parade, Cardiff CF24 3AA, UK)

  • Joshua O. Gundersen

    (University of Miami, 1320 Campo Sano Drive, Coral Gables, Florida 33146, USA)

  • Mark Halpern

    (University of British Columbia, 6224 Agricultural Road, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada)

  • Peter C. Hargrave

    (School of Physics & Astronomy, Cardiff University, 5 The Parade, Cardiff CF24 3AA, UK)

  • David H. Hughes

    (Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica Óptica y Electrónica)

  • Jeff Klein

    (University of Pennsylvania, 209 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA)

  • Gaelen Marsden

    (University of British Columbia, 6224 Agricultural Road, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada)

  • Peter G. Martin

    (Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Toronto, 60 St George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H8, Canada
    University of Toronto, 50 St George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H4, Canada)

  • Philip Mauskopf

    (School of Physics & Astronomy, Cardiff University, 5 The Parade, Cardiff CF24 3AA, UK)

  • Lorenzo Moncelsi

    (School of Physics & Astronomy, Cardiff University, 5 The Parade, Cardiff CF24 3AA, UK)

  • Calvin B. Netterfield

    (University of Toronto, 50 St George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H4, Canada
    University of Toronto, 60 St George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A7, Canada)

  • Henry Ngo

    (University of British Columbia, 6224 Agricultural Road, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada)

  • Luca Olmi

    (University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus, Box 23343, UPR Station 00931, Puerto Rico
    INAF – Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Largo E. Fermi 5, I-50125 Firenze, Italy)

  • Enzo Pascale

    (School of Physics & Astronomy, Cardiff University, 5 The Parade, Cardiff CF24 3AA, UK)

  • Guillaume Patanchon

    (Université Paris Diderot, Laboratoire APC, 10 rue Alice Domon et Léonie Duquet, 75205 Paris, France)

  • Marie Rex

    (University of Pennsylvania, 209 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA)

  • Douglas Scott

    (University of British Columbia, 6224 Agricultural Road, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada)

  • Christopher Semisch

    (University of Pennsylvania, 209 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA)

  • Nicholas Thomas

    (University of Miami, 1320 Campo Sano Drive, Coral Gables, Florida 33146, USA)

  • Matthew D. P. Truch

    (University of Pennsylvania, 209 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA)

  • Carole Tucker

    (School of Physics & Astronomy, Cardiff University, 5 The Parade, Cardiff CF24 3AA, UK)

  • Gregory S. Tucker

    (Brown University, 182 Hope Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA)

  • Marco P. Viero

    (University of Toronto, 50 St George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H4, Canada)

  • Donald V. Wiebe

    (University of Toronto, 60 St George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A7, Canada)

Abstract

BLAST from the past Submillimetre galaxies at redshifts of 1 4 are thought to be precursors of the giant elliptical galaxies in the present-day Universe, as they are the only known objects with sufficiently massive star formation rates. A new extra-galactic survey from the Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimetre Telescope (BLAST) team, at 250, 350 and 500 µm has resulted in a 20-fold increase in the total number of galaxies observed in this wavelength range. The survey shows that the entire far infrared background derives from individual galaxies, with 70% of it from galaxies at z ≤ 1.2. These exploits are the subject of the documentary BLAST! ( http://www.blastthemovie.com ), being screened around the world as part of the International Year of Astronomy 2009 programme.

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  • Mark J. Devlin & Peter A. R. Ade & Itziar Aretxaga & James J. Bock & Edward L. Chapin & Matthew Griffin & Joshua O. Gundersen & Mark Halpern & Peter C. Hargrave & David H. Hughes & Jeff Klein & Gaelen, 2009. "Over half of the far-infrared background light comes from galaxies at z ≥ 1.2," Nature, Nature, vol. 458(7239), pages 737-739, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:458:y:2009:i:7239:d:10.1038_nature07918
    DOI: 10.1038/nature07918
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