Kinematics of Galaxies in the Hubble Deep Field South: Discovery of a Very Massive Spiral at z=0.6

Abstract

We report the first results from a study of the internal kinematics, based on spatially resolved H_alpha velocity profiles, of three galaxies at redshift z~0.6 and one at redshift z~0.8, detected by ISOCAM in the Hubble Deep Field South. The kinematics are derived from high resolution near-infrared VLT spectroscopy. One of the galaxies is a massive spiral which possesses a very large rotational velocity of 460 km/s and contains a mass of 10^12 M_solar (within 20 kpc), significantly higher than the dynamical masses measured in most other local and high redshift spirals. Two of the galaxies comprise a counter-rotating interacting system, while the fourth is also a large spiral. The observed galaxies are representative examples of the morphologies encountered among ISOCAM galaxies. The mass-to-light (M /L_bol) ratios of ISOCAM galaxies lie between those of local luminous IR galaxies and massive spirals. We measure an offset of 1.6+/-0.3 mag in the rest frame B-band and of 0.7+/-0.3 mag in the rest frame I-band when we compare the four ISOCAM galaxies to the local Tully-Fisher B and I-band relations. We conclude that the large IR luminosity of the ISOCAM population results from a combination of large mass and efficient triggering of star formation. Since ISOCAM galaxies contribute significantly to the Cosmic Infrared Background our results imply that a relatively small number of very massive and IR luminous objects contribute significantly to the IR background and star formation activity near z~0.7.

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