THE SINS SURVEY: SINFONI INTEGRAL FIELD SPECTROSCOPY OF z similar to 2 STAR-FORMING GALAXIES

Schreiber, N; Genzel, R; Bouche, N; Cresci, G; Davies, R; Buschkamp, P; Shapiro, K; Tacconi, L; Hicks, E; Genel, S; Shapley, A; Erb, D; Steidel, C; Lutz, D; Eisenhauer, F; Gillessen, S; Sternberg, A; Renzini, A; Cimatti, A; Daddi, E; Kurk, J; Lilly, S; Kong, X; Lehnert, MD; Nesvadba, N

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THE SINS SURVEY: SINFONI INTEGRAL FIELD SPECTROSCOPY OF z similar to 2 STAR-FORMING GALAXIES

Abstract:: We present the Spectroscopic Imaging survey in the near-infrared (near-IR) with SINFONI (SINS) of high-redshift galaxies. With 80 objects observed and 63 detected in at least one rest-frame optical nebular emission line, mainly Hα, SINS represents the largest survey of spatially resolved gas kinematics, morphologies, and physical properties of star-forming galaxies at z 1-3. We describe the selection of the targets, the observations, and the data reduction. We then focus on the "SINS Hα sample," consisting of 62 rest-UV/optically selected sources at 1.3 < z < 2.6 for which we targeted primarily the Hα and [N II] emission lines. Only ≈ 30% of this sample had previous near-IR spectroscopic observations. The galaxies were drawn from various imaging surveys with different photometric criteria; as a whole, the SINS Hα sample covers a reasonable representation of massive M* ≳ 1010 M ·star-forming galaxies at z 1.5-2.5, with some bias toward bluer systems compared to pure K-selected samples due to the requirement of secure optical redshift. The sample spans 2 orders of magnitude in stellar mass and in absolute and specific star formation rates, with median values ≈ 3 × 1010 M ·, ≈ 70 M· yr-1, and 3 Gyr-1. The ionized gas distribution and kinematics are spatially resolved on scales ranging from 1.5 kpc for adaptive optics assisted observations to typically 4-5 kpc for seeing-limited data. The Hα morphologies tend to be irregular and/or clumpy. About one-third of the SINS Hα sample galaxies are rotation-dominated yet turbulent disks, another one-third comprises compact and velocity dispersion-dominated objects, and the remaining galaxies are clear interacting/merging systems; the fraction of rotation-dominated systems increases among the more massive part of the sample. The Hα luminosities and equivalent widths suggest on average roughly twice higher dust attenuation toward the H II regions relative to the bulk of the stars, and comparable current and past-averaged star formation rates. © 2009. The American Astronomical Society.

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Schreiber, N., Genzel, R., Bouche, N., Cresci, G., Davies, R., Buschkamp, P., Shapiro, K., Tacconi, L., Hicks, E., Genel, S., Shapley, A., Erb, D., Steidel, C., Lutz, D., Eisenhauer, F., Gillessen, S., Sternberg, A., Renzini, A., Cimatti, A., … Nesvadba, N. (2009). THE SINS SURVEY: SINFONI INTEGRAL FIELD SPECTROSCOPY OF z similar to 2 STAR-FORMING GALAXIES. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 706(2), 1364–1428.

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Schreiber, N, et al. “THE SINS SURVEY: SINFONI INTEGRAL FIELD SPECTROSCOPY OF z Similar to 2 STAR-FORMING GALAXIES.” ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, vol. 706, no. 2, 2009, pp. 1364–428.

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Schreiber, N, R Genzel, N Bouche, et al. 2009. “THE SINS SURVEY: SINFONI INTEGRAL FIELD SPECTROSCOPY OF z Similar to 2 STAR-FORMING GALAXIES.” ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL 706 (2): 1364–1428.
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