The Calar Alto Deep Imaging Survey:: K-band galaxy number counts

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作者
Huang, JS [1 ]
Thompson, D [1 ]
Kümmel, MW [1 ]
Meisenheimer, K [1 ]
Wolf, C [1 ]
Beckwith, SVW [1 ]
Fockenbrock, R [1 ]
Fried, JW [1 ]
Hippelein, H [1 ]
von Kuhlmann, B [1 ]
Phelps, S [1 ]
Röser, HJ [1 ]
Thommes, E [1 ]
机构
[1] Max Planck Inst Astron, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
关键词
cosmology : observations; galaxies : evolution; galaxy : formation; surveys; infrared : galaxies;
D O I
10.1051/0004-6361:20010057
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We present K-band number counts for the faint galaxies in the Calar Alto Deep Imaging Survey (CADIS). We covered 4 CADIS fields, a total area of 0.2 deg(2), in the broad band filters B, R and K. We detect about 4000 galaxies in the K-band images, with a completeness limit of K = 19.75 mag, and derive the K-band galaxy number counts in the range of 14.25 < K < 19.75 mag. This is the largest medium deep K-band survey to date in this magnitude range. The B- and R-band number counts are also derived, down to completeness limits of B = 24.75 mag and R = 23.25 mag. The K-selected galaxies in this magnitude range are of particular interest, since some medium deep near-infrared surveys have identified breaks of both the slope of the K-band number counts and the mean B - K color at K = 17 similar to 18 mag. There is, however, a significant disagreement in the K-band number counts among the existing surveys. Our large near-infrared selected galaxy sample allows us to establish the presence of a clear break in the slope at K = 17.0 mag from dlog N/dm = 0.64 at brighter magnitudes to dlog N/dm = 0.36 at the fainter end; We construct no-evolution and passive evolution models, and find that the passive evolution model can simultaneously fit the B-, R- and K-band number counts well. The B - K colors show a clear trend to bluer colors for K > 18 mag. We also find that most of the K = 18-20 mag galaxies have a B - K color bluer than the prediction of a no-evolution model for an L* Sbc galaxy, implying either significant evolution, even for massive galaxies, or the existence of an extra population of small galaxies.
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