Large disk-like galaxies at high redshift

Abstract

Using deep near-infrared imaging of the Hubble Deep Field South with ISAAC on the Very Large Telescope we find 6 large disk-like galaxies at redshifts z = 1.4-3.0. The galaxies, selected in K_s (2.2 micron), are regular and surprisingly large in the near-infrared (rest-frame optical), with face-on effective radii r_e = 0.65"-0.9" or 5.0-7.5 h_70^-1 kpc in a Lambda-CDM cosmology, comparable to the Milky Way. The surface brightness profiles are consistent with an exponential law over 2-3 effective radii. The WFPC2 morphologies in Hubble Space Telescope imaging (rest-frame UV) are irregular and show complex aggregates of star-forming regions ~2" (~15 h_70^-1 kpc) across, symmetrically distributed around the K_s-band centers. The spectral energy distributions show clear breaks in the rest-frame optical. The breaks are strongest in the central regions of the galaxies, and can be identified as the age-sensitive Balmer/4000 Angstrom break. The most straightforward interpretation is that these galaxies are large disk galaxies; deep NIR data are indispensable for this classification. The candidate disks constitute 50% of galaxies with L_V > 6 x 10^10 h_70^-2 L_sun at z = 1.4-3.0. This discovery was not expected on the basis of previously studied samples. In particular, the Hubble Deep Field North is deficient in large galaxies with the morphologies and profiles we report here.

LaTeX, 5 pages, 2 figures, 1 table. Accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal Letters

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