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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
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Submillimetre galaxies reside in dark matter haloes with masses greater than 3×1011 solar masses
Nature, Volume 470, No. 7335, Year 2011
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The extragalactic background light at far-infrared wavelengths comes from optically faint, dusty, star-forming galaxies in the Universe with star formation rates of a few hundred solar masses per year. These faint, submillimetre galaxies are challenging to study individually because of the relatively poor spatial resolution of far-infrared telescopes. Instead, their average properties can be studied using statistics such as the angular power spectrum of the background intensity variations. A previous attempt at measuring this power spectrum resulted in the suggestion that the clustering amplitude is below the level computed with a simple ansatz based on a halo model. Here we report excess clustering over the linear prediction at arcminute angular scales in the power spectrum of brightness fluctuations at 250, 350 and 500um. From this excess, we find that submillimetre galaxies are located in dark matter haloes with a minimum mass, M min, such that log10 [Mmin/M ⊙] = at 350mu, where M is the solar mass. This minimum dark matter halo mass corresponds to the most efficient mass scale for star formation in the Universe, and is lower than that predicted by semi-analytical models for galaxy formation14. © 2011 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Amblard, Alexandre
United States, Irvine
University of California, Irvine
Cooray, Asantha Roshan
United States, Irvine
University of California, Irvine
United States, Pasadena
California Institute of Technology
Serra, Paolo
United States, Irvine
University of California, Irvine
Altieri, Bruno
Spain, Madrid
European Space Astronomy Centre
Arumugam, Vinodiran
United Kingdom, Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh
Aussel, Hervé
France, Gif-sur-yvette
Cea Saclay
Blain, Andrew W.
United States, Pasadena
California Institute of Technology
Bock, James J.
United States, Pasadena
California Institute of Technology
United States, Pasadena
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Boselli, Alessandro
France, Marseille
Oamp Observatoire Astronomique de Marseille-provence
Buat, Véronique
France, Marseille
Oamp Observatoire Astronomique de Marseille-provence
Castro-Rodriguéz, Nieves
Spain, San Cristobal de la Laguna
Instituto Astrofisico de Canarias
Spain, San Cristobal de la Laguna
Universidad de la Laguna
Cava, Antonio
Spain, San Cristobal de la Laguna
Instituto Astrofisico de Canarias
Spain, San Cristobal de la Laguna
Universidad de la Laguna
Chanial, Pierre F.
United Kingdom, London
Imperial College London
Chapin, Edward L.
Canada, Vancouver
The University of British Columbia
Clements, David L.
United Kingdom, London
Imperial College London
Conley, Alexander J.
United States, Boulder
Planetary Solutions, Inc.
Conversi, Luca
Spain, Madrid
European Space Astronomy Centre
Dowell, Charles Darren
United States, Pasadena
California Institute of Technology
United States, Pasadena
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Dwek, Eli
United States, Greenbelt
Nasa Goddard Space Flight Center
Eales, Stephen A.
United Kingdom, Cardiff
Cardiff University
Elbaz, David
France, Gif-sur-yvette
Cea Saclay
Farrah, Duncan G.
United Kingdom, Brighton
University of Sussex
Franceschini, Alberto
Italy, Padua
Università Degli Studi Di Padova
Gear, Walter K.P.
United Kingdom, Cardiff
Cardiff University
Glenn, Jason
United States, Boulder
Planetary Solutions, Inc.
Griffin, Matthew J.
United Kingdom, Cardiff
Cardiff University
Halpern, Mark
Canada, Vancouver
The University of British Columbia
Hatziminaoglou, Evanthia
Germany, Garching Bei Munchen
European Southern Observatory
Ibar, E.
United Kingdom, Edinburgh
Uk Astronomy Technology Centre
Isaak, Kate G.
United Kingdom, Cardiff
Cardiff University
Ivison, Robert J.
United Kingdom, Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom, Edinburgh
Uk Astronomy Technology Centre
Khostovan, Ali Ahmad
United States, Irvine
University of California, Irvine
Lagache, Guilaine
France, Gif-sur-yvette
Université Paris-saclay
Levenson, Louis R.
United States, Pasadena
California Institute of Technology
United States, Pasadena
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Lu, Nanyao
United States, Pasadena
California Institute of Technology
Madden, Suzanne C.
France, Gif-sur-yvette
Cea Saclay
Maffei, Bruno
United Kingdom, Manchester
The University of Manchester
Mainetti, Gabrielle
Italy, Padua
Università Degli Studi Di Padova
Marchetti, Lucia
Italy, Padua
Università Degli Studi Di Padova
Marsden, Gaelen
Canada, Vancouver
The University of British Columbia
Mitchell-Wynne, Ketron
United States, Irvine
University of California, Irvine
Nguyên, Hien Trong
United States, Pasadena
California Institute of Technology
United States, Pasadena
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
O'Halloran, Brian
United Kingdom, London
Imperial College London
Oliver, Seb J.
United Kingdom, Brighton
University of Sussex
Omont, Alain A.
France, Paris
Sorbonne Université
Page, Mathew J.
United Kingdom, Didcot
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Panuzzo, Pasquale
France, Gif-sur-yvette
Cea Saclay
Papageorgiou, Andreas
United Kingdom, Cardiff
Cardiff University
Pearson, Christopher P.
United Kingdom, Didcot
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Pérez-Fournon, Ismael
Spain, San Cristobal de la Laguna
Instituto Astrofisico de Canarias
Spain, San Cristobal de la Laguna
Universidad de la Laguna
Pohlen, Michael
United Kingdom, Cardiff
Cardiff University
Rangwala, Naseem
United States, Boulder
Planetary Solutions, Inc.
Roseboom, Isaac G.
United Kingdom, Brighton
University of Sussex
Rowan-Robinson, Michael
United Kingdom, London
Imperial College London
Śanchez-Portal, Miguel
Spain, Madrid
European Space Astronomy Centre
Schulz, Bernhard
United States, Pasadena
California Institute of Technology
Scott, Douglas J.
Canada, Vancouver
The University of British Columbia
Seymour, Nick
United Kingdom, Didcot
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Shupe, David L.
United States, Pasadena
California Institute of Technology
Smith, Anthony J.
United Kingdom, Brighton
University of Sussex
Stevens, Jason A.
United Kingdom, Hatfield
University of Hertfordshire
Symeonidis, Myrto
United Kingdom, Didcot
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Trichas, Markos
United Kingdom, London
Imperial College London
Tugwell, K. E.
United Kingdom, London
University College London
Vaccari, Mattia
Italy, Padua
Università Degli Studi Di Padova
Valiante, Elisabetta
Canada, Vancouver
The University of British Columbia
Valtchanov, Ivan
Spain, Madrid
European Space Astronomy Centre
Vieira, Joaquin D.
United States, Pasadena
California Institute of Technology
Vigroux, Laurent G.
France, Paris
Sorbonne Université
Wang, Lingyu
United Kingdom, Brighton
University of Sussex
Wright, Gillian S.
United Kingdom, Edinburgh
Uk Astronomy Technology Centre
Xu, Cong Kevin
United States, Pasadena
California Institute of Technology
Zemcov, Michael B.
United States, Pasadena
California Institute of Technology
United States, Pasadena
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Statistics
Citations: 102
Authors: 73
Affiliations: 24
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1038/nature09771
ISSN:
00280836