COSMOS: A Radio and (Sub)mm Study of Starbursts and AGN throughout Cosmic History

• Applicants: Professor Dr. Frank Bertoldi; Dr. Eva Schinnerer
• Subject Area: Astrophysics and Astronomy
• Term: from 2005 to 2012
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 5449732

• Final Report Year: 2012

Final Report Abstract

This SPP-funded project was an integral part of the pan-chromatic (X-ray to radio) COSMOS survey that has enabled a most comprehensive study of galaxy and super-massive black hole evolution in the crucial redshift range z = 0:5 to 5, with particular attention to the influence of environment and large scale structure. For a significant time to come, the COSMOS project will provide key data for constraining models of galaxy formation and large scale structure given its areal coverage that delineates structure on the largest relevant scales (_ 100 Mpc comoving). The SPP-project obtained and analyzed continuum and line data data from the VLA, from the IRAM telescopes, and from APEX. These radio and (sub-)mm observations represent a fundamental contribution to the project, including: (i) a detailed study of the role and contribution of star forming galaxies over cosmic time, including the most extreme objects at highest redshift, (ii) the most comprehensive study of the evolution of the FIR/radio correlation for star forming galaxies, and (iii) the evolution of low luminosity radio AGN out to high redshift.

Publications

• 2006. Seeing the sky through Hubble’s eye: The COSMOS SkyWalker. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Vol. 118. 2006, Number 846, pp. 1186-1189.
  Jahnke K., S´anchez S. F., Koekemoer A. M.
  (See online at https://dx.doi.org/10.1086/507051)
• 2007. COSBO: The MAMBO 1.2 Millimeter Imaging Survey of the COSMOS Field. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, Vol. 172. 2007, pp. 132-149.
  Bertoldi, et al.
  (See online at https://dx.doi.org/10.1086/520511)
• 2007. The far-infrared-radio relationship at high and low redshift. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 379.2007, Issue 3, pp. 1042-1048.
  Vlahakis, C., Eales, S., Dunne, L.
  (See online at https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.12007.x)
• 2007. The VLA-COSMOS Survey. II. Source Catalog of the Large Project. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, Vol. 172. 2007, Number 1, pp. 46-69.
  Schinnerer et al.
  (See online at https://dx.doi.org/10.1086/516587)
• 2008. FERENGI: Redshifting galaxies from SDSS to GEMS, STAGES and COSMOS. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, Vol. 175. 2008, Number 1, pp. 105–115.
  Barden M., Jahnke K., H¨außler B.
  (See online at https://dx.doi.org/10.1086/524039)
• 2008. LABOCA and MAMBO-2 imaging of the dust ring of the Sombrero galaxy (NGC 4594). Astronomy & Astrophysics, Vol. 485. 2008, Number 3, pp. L25 - L28.
  Vlahakis, C., et al.
  (See online at https://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810048)
• 2008. Molecular Gas in a Submillimeter Galaxy at z = 4.5: Evidence for a Major Merger at 1 Billion Years after the Big Bang. Astrophysical Journal Letters, Vol. 689. 2008, Number 1, pp. L5-L8.
  Schinnerer, E., et al.
  (See online at https://dx.doi.org/10.1086/595680)
• 2009. AGN Host Galaxy Morphologies in COSMOS. Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 691 2009, Number 1, pp. 705-722.
  Gabor et al.
  (See online at https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/691/1/705)
• 2009. Star Formation and Dust Obscuration at z ≈ 2: Galaxies at the Dawn of Downsizing. Astrophysical Journal Letters, Vol. 698. 2009, Number 2: 116.
  Pannella, M., et al.
  (See online at https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/698/2/L116)
• 2009. The COSMOS Active Galactic Nucleus Spectroscopic Survey. I. XMM-Newton Counterparts. Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 696. 2009, Number 2, pp. 1195-1212.
  Trump, J.R., et al.
  
• 2010. No Evolution in the IR-Radio Relation for IR-luminous Galaxies at z<2 in the COSMOS Field. Astrophysical Journal Letters, Vol. 714.2010, Number 2: L113.
  Sargent, M.T., et al.
  (See online at https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/714/2/L190)
• 2010. Properties and environment of radio-emitting galaxies in the VLA-zCOSMOS Survey. Astronomy & Astrophysics, Vol. 511. 2010: A1.
  Bardelli, S., et al.
  (See online at https://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912809)
• 2010. The VLA-COSMOS Survey. IV. Deep Data and Joint Catalog. Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, Vol. 188.2010, Number 2: 384.
  Schinnerer, E., et al.
  (See online at https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0067-0049/188/2/384)
• 2011. The Star Formation History of Mass-selected Galaxies in the COSMOS Field. Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 730. 2011, Number 2, Art. 61.
  Karim, A., et al.
  (See online at https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/730/2/61)