The ALMA Frontier Fields Survey. VI. Lensing-corrected 1.1mm number counts in Abell 2744, MACSJ0416.1-2403, MACSJ1149.5+2223, Abell 370 and Abell S1063

Abstract

[abridged] Probing the faint end of the number counts at mm wavelengths is important to identify the origin of the extragalactic background light in this regime. Aided by strong gravitational lensing, ALMA observations towards massive galaxy clusters have opened a window to disentangle this origin, allowing to resolve sub-mJy dusty star-forming galaxies. We aim to derive number counts at 1.1 mm down to flux densities fainter than 0.1 mJy, based on ALMA observations towards five Hubble Frontier Fields (FF) galaxy clusters, following a statistical approach to correct for lensing effects. We created a source catalog that includes 29 ALMA 1.1 mm continuum detections down to a 4.5sigma significance. We derived source intrinsic flux densities using public lensing models. We folded the uncertainties in both magnifications and source redshifts into the number counts through Monte Carlo simulations. We derive cumulative number counts over two orders of magnitude down to 0.01 mJy after correction for lensing effects. Cosmic variance estimates are all exceeded by uncertainties in our median combined cumulative counts that come from both our Monte Carlo simulations and Poisson statistics. Our number counts are consistent to 1sigma with most of recent ALMA estimates and galaxy evolution models. However, below 0.1 mJy, they are lower by 0.4 dex compared to two deep ALMA studies but consistent with ASPECS-LP to 1sigma. Importantly, the flattening found for our cumulative counts extends further to 0.01 mJy. Our results bring further support in line of the flattening of the number counts reported previously by us and ASPECS-LP, which has been interpreted by a recent galaxy evolution model as a measurement of the "knee" of the infrared luminosity function at high redshift. Our estimates of the contribution to the EBL in the FFs suggest that we may be resolving most of the EBL at 1.1mm down to 0.01 mJy.

18 pages, 10 figures, 4 tables. Accepted for publication in A&A

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