Herschel-ATLAS: The far-infrared-radio correlation at z <0.5

Matt Jarvis, D Smith, D Bonfield, M Hardcastle, J Falder, J Stevens, R Ivison, R Auld, M Baes, Ivan Baldry, Steven Bamford, N Bourne, S Buttiglione, A Cava, Asantha Cooray, A Dariush, G De Zotti, James Dunlop, L Dunne, S DyeS Eales, J Fritz, D Hill, R Hopwood, D Hughes, E Ibar, David Jones, L Kelvin, Andy Lawrence, L Leeuw, J Loveday, S Maddox, M Michalowski, M Negrello, Peder Norberg, M Pohlen, Matthew Prescott, E Rigby, A Robotham, G Rodighiero, Douglas Scott, Robert Sharp, P Temi, M Thompson, P van der Werf, E van Kampen, C Vlahakis, G White

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Abstract

We use data from the Herschel-ATLAS to investigate the evolution of the far-infrared-radio correlation over the redshift range 0 <z <0.5. Using the total far-infrared luminosity of all >5I? sources in the Herschel-ATLAS Science Demonstration Field and cross-matching these data with radio data from the Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty-Centimetres (FIRST) survey and the NRAO Very Large Array (VLA) Northern Sky Survey (NVSS), we obtain 104 radio counterparts to the Herschel sources. With these data we find no evidence for evolution in the far-infrared-radio correlation over the redshift range 0 <z <0.5, where the median value for the ratio between far-infrared and radio luminosity, qIR, over this range is qIR= 2.40 A? 0.12 (and a mean of qIR= 2.52 A? 0.03 accounting for the lower limits), consistent with both the local value determined from IRAS and values derived from surveys targeting the high-redshift Universe.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)92 - 101
Number of pages10
JournalMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volume409
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2010
Externally publishedYes

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