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

• Applicant: Professor Dr. Frank Bertoldi
• Subject Area: Astrophysics and Astronomy
• Term: from 2005 to 2007
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 5449734

• 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

• 2009, ApJ, 693, 447 “Chasing highly obscured QSOs in the COSMOS field”
  Fiore et al.
  
• 2009, ApJ, 696, 1195 “The COSMOS Active Galactic Nucleus Spectroscopic Survey. I. XMM-Newton Counterparts”
  Trump, J.R., et al.
  
• 2009, ApJ, 696, 24 “Cosmic Evolution of Radio Selected Active Galactic Nuclei in the COSMOS Field”
  Smolčić, V. et al.
  
• 2009, ApJL, 698, 116 “Star Formation and Dust Obscuration at z≈2: Galaxies at the Dawn of Downsizing”
  Pannella, M., et al.
  
• 2010, A&A, 511, 1 “Properties and environment of radio-emitting galaxies in the VLA-zCOSMOS survey”
  Bardelli, S., et al.
  
• 2010, A&A, 518, L67: PACS and SPIRE photometer maps of M 33: First results of the HERschel M 33 Extended Survey (HERM33ES)
  Kramer, C., et al.
  
• 2010, A&A, 524, A52: LABOCA observations of giant molecular clouds in the southwest region of the Small Magellanic Cloud
  Bot, C., et al.
  
• 2010, ApJ, 709, 572 “A Multiwavelength Study of a Sample of 70 µm Selected Galaxies in the COSMOS Field. I. Spectral Energy Distributions and Luminosities”
  Kartaltepe, J., et al.
  
• 2010, ApJ, 713, 484 “Identifying Dynamically Young Galaxy Groups Via Wideangle Tail Galaxies: A Case Study in the COSMOS Field at z = 0.53”
  Oklopčić, A., et al.
  
• 2010, ApJ, 714, 218 “Radio Galaxy Feedback in X-ray-selected Groups from COSMOS: The Effect on the Intracluster Medium”
  Giodini, S., et al.
  
• 2010, ApJ, 721, 98 “A Multiwavelength Study of a Sample of 70 µm Selected Galaxies in the COSMOS Field. II. The Role of Mergers in Galaxy Evolution”
  Kartaltepe, J., et al.
  
• 2010, ApJL, 708, L36 “Environment of MAMBO Galaxies in the COSMOS Field”
  Aravena, M., et al.
  
• 2010, ApJL, 714, L113 “No Evolution in the IR-Radio Relation for IR-luminous Galaxies at z<2 in the COSMOS Field”
  Sargent, M.T., et al.
  
• 2010, ApJL, 718, L15 “Identification of Two Bright z>3 Submillimeter Galaxy Candidates in the COSMOS Field”
  Aravena, M., et al.
  
• 2010, ApJL, 720, L131 “A Massive Molecular Gas Reservoir in the z = 5.3 Submillimeter Galaxy AzTEC-3”
  Riechers, D.A., et al.
  
• 2010, ApJS, 186, 341 “The VLA-COSMOS Perspective on the Infrared-Radio Relation. I. New Constraints on Selection Biases and the Non-Evolution of the Infrared/Radio Properties of Star-Forming and Active Galactic Nucleus Galaxies at Intermediate and High Redshift”
  Sargent, M.T., et al.
  
• 2010, ApJS, 188, 384 “The VLA-COSMOS Survey. IV. Deep Data and Joint Catalog”
  Schinnerer, E., et al.
  
• 2011, ApJ, 730, 61 “The Star Formation History of Mass-selected Galaxies in the COSMOS Field”
  Karim, A., et al.