Faint Submillimter Galaxy Counts at 450 micron

Abstract

We present the results of SCUBA2 observations at 450 micron and 850 micron of the field lensed by the massive cluster A370. With a total survey area > 100 arcmin2 and 1 sigma sensitivities of 3.92 and 0.82 mJy/beam at 450 and 850 micron respectively, we find a secure sample of 20 sources at 450 micron and 26 sources at 850 micron with a signal-to-noise ratio > 4. Using the latest lensing model of A370 and Monte Carlo simulations, we derive the number counts at both wavelengths. The 450 micron number counts probe a factor of four deeper than the counts recently obtained from the Herschel Space Telescope at similar wavelengths, and we estimate that ~47-61% of the 450 micron extragalactic background light (EBL) resolved into individual sources with 450 micron fluxes greater than 4.5 mJy. The faint 450 micron sources in the 4 sigma sample have positional accuracies of 3 arcseconds, while brighter sources (signal-to-noise > 6 sigma) are good to 1.4 arcseconds. Using the deep radio map (1 sigma ~ 6 uJy) we find that the percentage of submillimeter sources having secure radio counterparts is 85% for 450 micron sources with intrinsic fluxes > 6 mJy and 67% for 850 micron sources with intrinsic fluxes > 4 mJy. We also find that 67% of the > 4 sigma 450 micron sources are detected at 850 micron, while the recovery rate at 450 micron of > 4 sigma 850 micron sources is 54%. Combined with the source redshifts estimated using millimetric flux ratios, the recovered rate is consistent with the scenario where both 450 micron and 20 cm emission preferentially select lower redshift dusty sources, while 850 micron emission traces a higher fraction of dusty sources at higher redshifts. [Abridge]

22 pages, 14 figures, ApJ in press. Minor changes to the submitted version

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