Evidence for infrared-faint radio sources as z > 1 radio-loud active galactic nuclei

Minh T. Huynh, Ray P. Norris, Brian Siana, Enno Middelberg

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    Abstract

    Infrared-Faint Radio Sources (IFRSs) are a class of radio objects found in the Australia Telescope Large Area Survey which have no observable mid-infrared counterpart in the Spitzer Wide-area Infrared Extragalactic (SWIRE) survey. The extended Chandra Deep Field South now has even deeper Spitzer imaging (3.6-70 μm) from a number of Legacy surveys. We report the detections of two IFRS sources in IRAC images. The non-detection of two other IFRSs allows us to constrain the source type. Detailed modeling of the spectral energy distribution of these objects shows that they are consistent with high-redshift (z ≳ 1) active galactic nuclei.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)698-705
    Number of pages8
    JournalAstrophysical Journal
    Volume710
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2010

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