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Ultraluminous and Hyperluminous Infrared Galaxies in the SDSS, 2dFGRS and 6dFGS

arXiv:astro-ph/0611755 · doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.11279.x

Abstract

We present a result of cross-correlating the Infrared Astronomical Satellite Faint Source Catalogue (IRAS FSC) with the spectroscopic catalogues of galaxies in the Fourth Data Release of Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), the Final Data Release of 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey (2dFGRS) and the Second Data Release of 6dF Galaxy Survey (6dFGS). We have identified 324 ultraluminous infrared galaxies (ULIRGs) including 190 newly discovered ULIRGs, and 2 hyperluminous infrared galaxies (HLIRGs). Adding these new ULIRGs, we increase the number of known ULIRGs by about 30 per cent. The reliability of the cross-correlation is estimated using the likelihood ratio method. The incompleteness of our sample introduced by the identification procedure in this study is estimated to be about 5 per cent. Our sample covers the redshift range of z=0.0370.517 with a median redshift of =0.223, which is larger than that (=0.184) of the sample of previously known ULIRGs.

14 pages, 13 figures. To appear in MNRAS. The complete versions of Table 1, Table 2, Table 3 & Figure 1 and Appendix A & B will be published in the online version of the journal

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