A MMT/Hectospec Redshift Survey of 24 Micron Sources in the Spitzer First Look Survey

Abstract

We present a spectroscopic survey using the MMT/Hectospec fiber spectrograph of 24 micron sources selected with the Spitzer Space Telescope in the Spitzer First Look Survey. We report 1296 new redshifts for 24 micron sources, including 599 with f(24micron) > 1 mJy. Combined with 291 additional redshifts for sources from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), our observing program was highly efficient and is ~90% complete for i' < 21 mag and f(24micron) > 1 mJy, and is 35% complete for i' < 20.5 mag and 0.3 mJy < f(24micron) < 1 mJy. Our Hectospec survey includes 1078 and 168 objects spectroscopically classified as galaxies and QSOs, respectively. Combining the Hectospec and SDSS samples, we find 24 micron-selected galaxies to z < 0.98 and QSOs to z < 3.6, with mean redshifts of <z(gal)> = 0.27 and <z(QSO)> =1.1. As part of this publication, we include the redshift catalogs and the reduced spectra; these are also available online (http://mips.as.arizona.edu/~papovich/fls) and through the NASA/IPAC Infrared Science Archive (http://irsa.ipac.caltech.edu).

Accepted for publication in the Astronomical Journal, AASTEX format, 23 pages, 7 figures (some in color). This replacement is the accepted version, and includes minor changes from previous version. Data tables and spectra available at http://mips.as.arizona.edu/~papovich/fls or at http://irsa.ipac.caltech.edu

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