U. Dudzevičiūtė

Bio: U. Dudzevičiūtė is an academic researcher from Durham University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Galaxy & Population. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 26 publications receiving 463 citations.

An ALMA survey of the SCUBA-2 CLS UDS field: physical properties of 707 sub-millimetre galaxies

Abstract: We analyse the physical properties of a large, homogeneously selected sample of ALMA-located sub-mm galaxies (SMGs) detected in the SCUBA-2 CLS 850-$\mu$m map of the UKIDSS/UDS field. This survey, AS2UDS, identified 707 SMGs across the ~1 sq.deg. field, including ~17 per cent which are undetected in the optical/near-infrared to $K$>~25.7 mag. We interpret the UV-to-radio data using a physically motivated model, MAGPHYS and determine a median photometric redshift of z=2.61+-0.08, with a 68th percentile range of z=1.8-3.4 and just ~6 per cent at z>4. The redshift distribution is well fit by a model combining evolution of the gas fraction in halos with the growth of halo mass past a threshold of ~4x10$^{12}$M$_\odot$, thus SMGs may represent the highly efficient collapse of gas-rich massive halos. Our survey provides a sample of the most massive, dusty galaxies at z>~1, with median dust and stellar masses of $M_d$=(6.8+-0.3)x10$^{8}$M$_\odot$ (thus, gas masses of ~10$^{11}$M$_\odot$) and $M_\ast=$(1.26+-0.05)x10$^{11}$M$_\odot$. These galaxies have gas fractions of $f_{gas}=$0.41+-0.02 with depletion timescales of ~150Myr. The gas mass function evolution at high masses is consistent with constraints at lower masses from blind CO-surveys, with an increase to z~2-3 and then a decline at higher redshifts. The space density and masses of SMGs suggests that almost all galaxies with $M_\ast$>~2x10$^{11}$M$_\odot$ have passed through an SMG-like phase. We find no evolution in dust temperature at a constant far-infrared luminosity across z~1.5-4. We show that SMGs appear to behave as simple homologous systems in the far-infrared, having properties consistent with a centrally illuminated starburst. Our study provides strong support for an evolutionary link between the active, gas-rich SMG population at z>1 and the formation of massive, bulge-dominated galaxies across the history of the Universe.

An ALMA survey of the SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey UKIDSS/UDS field : Source catalogue and properties

Abstract: Submitted to MNRAS; Comments welcome. Full catalogue will be made publicly available on acceptance of paper

The ALMA spectroscopic survey large program: the infrared excess of z = 1.5-10 UV-selected galaxies and the implied high-redshift star formation history

Abstract: We make use of sensitive (9.3 μJy beam−1 rms) 1.2 mm continuum observations from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) Spectroscopic Survey in the Hubble Ultra-Deep Field (ASPECS) large program to probe dust-enshrouded star formation from 1362 Lyman-break galaxies spanning the redshift range z = 1.5–10 (to ~7–28 M ⊙ yr−1 at 4σ over the entire range). We find that the fraction of ALMA-detected galaxies in our z = 1.5–10 samples increases steeply with stellar mass, with the detection fraction rising from 0% at 109.0 M ⊙ to ${85}_{-18}^{+9}$% at >1010 M ⊙. Moreover, on stacking all 1253 low-mass ( ${10}^{9.5}\,{M}_{\odot }$ and an SMC-like relation at lower masses. Using stellar mass and β measurements for z ~ 2 galaxies over the Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey, we derive a new empirical relation between β and stellar mass and then use this correlation to show that our IRX–β and IRX–stellar mass relations are consistent with each other. We then use these constraints to express the IRX as a bivariate function of β and stellar mass. Finally, we present updated estimates of star formation rate density determinations at z > 3, leveraging present improvements in the measured IRX and recent probes of ultraluminous far-IR galaxies at z > 2.

Revealing the stellar mass and dust distributions of submillimeter galaxies at Redshift 2.

Abstract: We combine high-resolution ALMA and HST/CANDELS observations of 20 submillimeter galaxies (SMGs), predominantly from the AS2UDS survey at z ≃ 2, wit

An ALMA survey of the SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey UKIDSS/UDS field: high-resolution dust continuum morphologies and the link between sub-millimetre galaxies and spheroid formation

Abstract: We present an analysis of the morphology and profiles of the dust continuum emission in 153 bright sub-millimetre galaxies (SMGs) detected with ALMA at signal to noise ratios of >8 in high-resolution 0′′.18 (∼1 kpc) 870 μm maps. We measure sizes, shapes and light profiles for the rest-frame far-infrared emission from these luminous star-forming systems and derive a median effective radius (Re) of 0′′.10 ± 0′′.04 for our sample with a median flux of S870=5.6 ± 0.2 mJy. We find that the apparent axial ratio (b/a) distribution of the SMGs peaks at b/a ∼ 0.63 ± 0.02 and is best described by triaxial morphologies, while their emission profiles are best fit by a Sersic model with n ≃ 1.0 ± 0.1, similar to exponential discs. This combination of triaxiality and n ∼ 1 Sersic index are characteristic of bars and we suggest that the bulk of the 870 μm dust continuum emission in the central ∼2 kpc of these galaxies arises from bar-like structures. As such we caution against using the orientation of shape of the bright dust continuum emission at ≂ resolution to assess either the orientation of any disc on the sky or tits inclination. By stacking our 870 μm maps we recover faint extended dust continuum emission on ∼4 kpc scales which contributes 13 ± 1% of the total 870 μm emission. The scale of this extended emission is similar to that seen for the molecular gas and rest-frame optical light in these systems, suggesting that it represents an extended dust and gas disc at radii larger than the more active bar component. Including this component in our estimated size of the sources we derive a typical effective radius of ≃ 0′′.15 ± 0′′.05 or 1.2 ± 0.4 kpc. Our results suggest that kpc-scale bars are ubiquitous features of high star-formation rate systems at z ≫ 1, while these systems also contain fainter and more extended gas and stellar envelopes. We suggest that these features, seen some 10–12 Gyrs ago, represent the formation phase of the earliest galactic-scale components: stellar bulges.

What about the messenger

Abstract: Recently NAFU SA and other role players expressed some criticism about government programmes. The criticism was not so much about the objectives and content of these programmes, but rather about their accessibility, or lack thereof, to emerging farmers.

The Evolution of the Global Star Formation History as Measured from the Hubble Deep Field

Abstract: The Hubble Deep Field (HDF) is the deepest set of multicolor optical photometric observations ever undertaken, and offers a valuable data set with which to study galaxy evolution. Combining the optical WFPC2 data with ground-based near-infrared photometry, we derive photometrically estimated redshifts for HDF galaxies with J 2, and bridge the redshift gap between those two samples. The overall star formation or metal enrichment rate history is consistent with the predictions of Pei and Fall (1995) based on the evolving HI content of Lyman-alpha QSO absorption line systems.

Identifying Luminous AGN in Deep Surveys: Revised IRAC Selection Criteria

Abstract: Spitzer IRAC selection is a powerful tool for identifying luminous AGN. For deep IRAC data, however, the AGN selection wedges currently in use are heavily contaminated by star-forming galaxies, especially at high redshift. Using the large samples of luminous AGN and high-redshift star-forming galaxies in COSMOS, we redefine the AGN selection criteria for use in deep IRAC surveys. The new IRAC criteria are designed to be both highly complete and reliable, and incorporate the best aspects of the current AGN selection wedges and of infrared power-law selection while excluding high redshift star-forming galaxies selected via the BzK, DRG, LBG, and SMG criteria. At QSO-luminosities of log L(2-10 keV) (ergs/s) > 44, the new IRAC criteria recover 75% of the hard X-ray and IRAC-detected XMM-COSMOS sample, yet only 38% of the IRAC AGN candidates have X-ray counterparts, a fraction that rises to 52% in regions with Chandra exposures of 50-160 ks. X-ray stacking of the individually X-ray non-detected AGN candidates leads to a hard X-ray signal indicative of heavily obscured to mildly Compton-thick obscuration (log N_H (cm^-2) = 23.5 +/- 0.4). While IRAC selection recovers a substantial fraction of luminous unobscured and obscured AGN, it is incomplete to low-luminosity and host-dominated AGN.

Star Formation and Dust Attenuation Properties in Galaxies from a Statistical UV-to-FIR Analysis

Abstract: We study two galaxy samples selected in ultraviolet (UV) and in far-infrared (FIR) for which the spectral energy distributions (SEDs) from the far UV (FUV) to the FIR are available. We compare the observed SEDs to modelled SEDs with several star formation histories (SFHs; decaying star formation rate plus burst) and attenuation laws (power law + 2175 Angstroem bump). The Bayesian method allows to estimate statistically the best parameters by comparing each observed SED to the full set of 82800 models. We reach the conclusion that the UV dust attenuation cannot be estimated correctly from an SED analysis if the FIR information is not used. The deduced dispersion is larger than with the FIR data and the distribution is not symetrically distributed about zero: there is an over-estimation for UV-selected galaxies and an under-estimation for FIR-selected galaxies. The output from the analysis process suggests that UV-selected galaxies have attenuation laws in average similar to the LMC extinction while FIR-selected galaxy attenuation laws more resemble the MW extinction law. The dispersion about the average relation in the Log(Fdust/Ffuv) vs. FUV-NUV diagram (once the main relation with FUV-NUV is accounted for) is explained by two other parameters: the slope of the attenuation law and the instantaneous birthrate parameter b_0 for UV-selected galaxies and the same ones plus the strength of the bump for the FIR-selected galaxies. We propose a recipe to estimate the UV dust attenuation for UV-galaxies only (that should be used whenever the FIR information is not available because the resulting Afuv is poorly defined with an uncertainty of about 0.32): A_{FUV} = 1.4168 (FUV-NUV)^2 + 0.3298 (NUV-I)^2 + 2.1207 (FUV-NUV) + 2.7465 (NUV-I) + 5.8408