J/A+A/578/A105 EELGs out to z~1 in zCOSMOS (Amorin+, 2015) ================================================================================ Extreme emission-line galaxies out to z~1 in zCOSMOS. I. Sample and characterization of global properties. Amorin R., Perez-Montero E., Contini T., Vilchez J.M., Bolzonella M., Tasca L.A.M., Lamareille F., Zamorani i G., Maier C., Carollo C.M., Kneib J.-P., Le Fevre O., Lilly S., Mainieri V., Renzini A., Scodeggio M., Bardelli S., Bongiorno A., Caputi K., Cucciati O., de la Torre S., de Ravel L., Franzetti P., Garilli B., Iovino A., Kampczyk P., Knobel C., Kovac K., Le Borgne J.-F., Le Brun V., Mignoli M., Pello R., Peng Y., Presotto V., Ricciardelli E., Silverman J.D., Tanaka M., Tresse L., Vergani D., Zucca E. (the zCOSMOS team) =2015A&A...578A.105A ================================================================================ ADC_Keywords: Galaxy catalogs ; Spectroscopy ; Abundances Keywords: galaxies: evolution - galaxies: fundamental parameters - galaxies: abundances - galaxies: starbursts - galaxies: irregular - galaxies: star formation Abstract: We present line measurements and physical properties of a sample of 165 extreme emission-line galaxies (EELGs) in the zCOSMOS 20k-Bright Survey (Lilly et al., 2009, Cat. J/ApJS/184/218). The zCOSMOS spectra consist of ~1h integrations in the medium resolution LRRED grism setting (R~600 with 2.5{AA}/pixel), covering a wavelength range 5550<{lambda}<9650{AA}. Measured emission-line fluxes are given in units of 10^-17^erg/s/cm^2^. Flux errors have been derived following Perez-Montero et al. (2013A&A...549A..25P) and Amorin et al. (2012ApJ...749..185A and 2012ApJ...754L..22A). No extinction correction has been applied to these fluxes. For each galaxy the reddening constant, c(H{beta}), is presented. These values and their corresponding uncertainties have been derived from the H{alpha}/H{beta} or H{gamma}/H{beta} ratios, whenever possible. A reddening constant derived from the SED best-fitting was adopted for (a) those galaxies where the computation of c(H{beta}) from emission lines is not possible because of the lack of lines, or (b) the corresponding line ratio produces a negative extinction correction (i.e., Ha/Hb<2.82 or Hg/Hb<0.47, assuming Case B recombination with T_e_=2*10^4K, n_e_=100cm^-3^). Stellar mass and 1{sigma} uncertainties have been obtained from SED fitting (Bolzonella et al., 2010A&A...524A..76B) after removal of the flux contribution from strong emission lines. Description: Star formation rates have been computed from H{alpha} or H{beta} luminosity (IMF from Chabrier et al. (2003PASP..115..763C) and assuming a theoretical ratio H{alpha}/H{beta}=2.82) following Kennicutt (1998ApJ...498..541K). Uncertainties in SFR account for the propagation of errors in line fluxes and reddening. Gas-phase metallicity has been derived using four methods: (1) the direct method (Hagele et al., 2008MNRAS.383..209H); (2) the T_e_-Z correlation (This work); (3) the N2 calibration (Perez-Montero & Contini, 2009MNRAS.398..949P); and (4) the R23 calibration (McGaugh, 1991ApJ...380..140M) scaled to the direct method using the linear relation presented by Lamareille et al. (2006, Cat. J/A+A/448/893 and 2006A&A...448..907L, see also Perez-Montero et al., 2013A&A...549A..25P). In all cases, 1{sigma} uncertainties in metallicity account for the propagated errors in line fluxes and reddening. File Summary: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FileName Lrecl Records Explanations -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ReadMe 80 . This file table1.dat 141 165 Emission line fluxes and reddening table2.dat 80 165 Derived physical properties of EELGs in zCOSMOS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See also: J/ApJS/184/218 : The zCOSMOS 10k-bright spectroscopic sample (Lilly+, 2009) Byte-by-byte Description of file: table1.dat -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bytes Format Units Label Explanations -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1- 6 I6 --- zCOSMOS zCOSMOS ID NUMBER 8- 17 F10.6 deg RAdeg Right ascension (J2000.0) 19- 26 F8.6 deg DEdeg Declination (J2000.0) 28- 32 F5.3 --- z [0.1/1.0] Spectroscopic redshift 34- 39 F6.2 10-20W/m2 F(3727) ?=-9.9 [OII]3727 line flux 41- 44 F4.1 10-20W/m2 e_F(3727) ?=-9.9 error in [OII]3727 line flux 46- 49 F4.1 10-20W/m2 F(Hg) ?=-9.9 H{gamma} line flux 51- 54 F4.1 10-20W/m2 e_F(Hg) ?=-9.9 error in H{gamma} line flux 56- 59 F4.1 10-20W/m2 F(4363) ?=-9.9 [OIII]4363 line flux 61- 64 F4.1 10-20W/m2 e_F(4363) ?=-9.9 error in [OIII]4363 line flux 66- 70 F5.2 10-20W/m2 F(Hb) ?=-9.9 H{beta} line flux 72- 75 F4.1 10-20W/m2 e_F(Hb) ?=-9.9 error in H{beta} line flux 77- 82 F6.2 10-20W/m2 F(4959) ?=-9.9 [OIII]4959 line flux 84- 87 F4.1 10-20W/m2 e_F(4959) ?=-9.9 error in [OIII]4959 line flux 89- 94 F6.2 10-20W/m2 F(5007) ?=-9.9 [OIII]5007 line flux 96- 98 F3.1 10-20W/m2 e_F(5007) ?=-9.9 error in [OIII]5007 line flux 100-105 F6.2 10-20W/m2 F(Ha) ?=-9.9 H{alpha} line flux 107-110 F4.1 10-20W/m2 e_F(Ha) ?=-9.9 error in H{alpha} line flux 112-116 F5.2 10-20W/m2 F(6584) ?=-9.9 [NII]6584 line flux 118-121 F4.1 10-20W/m2 e_F(6584) ?=-9.9 error in [NII]6584 line flux 123-126 F4.1 10-20W/m2 F(6717) ?=-9.9 [SII]6717 line flux 128-131 F4.1 10-20W/m2 e_F(6717) ?=-9.9 error in [SII]6717 line flux 133-136 F4.1 10-20W/m2 F(6730) ?=-9.9 [SII]6730 line flux 138-141 F4.1 10-20W/m2 e_F(6730) ?=-9.9 error in [SII]6730 line flux -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Byte-by-byte Description of file: table2.dat -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bytes Format Units Label Explanations -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1- 6 I6 --- zCOSMOS zCOSMOS ID number 8 I1 --- MT [1/4] Morphological Type (1) 10- 15 F6.2 mag BMAG ?=-9.9 Rest-frame B-band absolute magnitude 17- 21 F5.2 [Lsun] logLFUV ?=-9.9 Rest-frame, dust corrected, far-UV (FUV) luminosity 23- 27 F5.2 kpc r50 ?=-9.9 Circularized half-light radius 29- 33 F5.2 [Msun] logMs ?=-9.9 Logarithm of stellar mass (2) 36- 39 F4.2 [Msun] e_logMs ?=-9.9 Uncertainty in stellar mass (3) 41- 46 F6.3 [Msun/yr] logSFR ?=-9.9 Logarithm of star formation rate (4) 47- 51 F5.2 [Msun/yr] e_logSFR ?=-9.9 Uncertainty in log_SFR (5) 54- 57 F4.2 --- c(Hb) ?=-9.9 Reddening constant, c(H{beta}) 59- 62 F4.2 --- e_c(Hb) ?=-9.9 error in the reddening constant 64 A1 --- n_c(Hb) [abc] Method for the reddening constant (6) 66- 70 F5.2 --- Ab(O) ?=-9.9 Gas-phase metallicity 12+log(O/H) 72- 76 F5.2 --- e_Ab(O) ?=-9.9 Uncertainty in metallicity (5) 79- 80 I2 --- n_Ab(O) [1/4]?=-9 Method for metallicity (7) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note (1): Morphological Type as follows: 1 = Round/nucleated 2 = Clumpy/Chain 3 = Tadpole/cometary 4 = Merger/interacting Note (2): A Chabrier IMF was adopted. Note (3): They account for the statistical uncertainties in the SED fitting. Note (4): It is computed from H{alpha} or H{beta} luminosity and adopting the Kennicutt (1998ApJ...498..541K) calibration (by assuming a Chabrier et al. (2003PASP..115..763C) IMF and a theoretical ratio H{alpha}/H{beta}=2.82). Note (5): 1{sigma} error, it accounts for the propagation of errors in line fluxes and reddening Note (6): Method for the reddening constant as follows: a = from H{alpha}/H{beta} b = from H{gamma}/H{beta} c = from the SED best-fitting Note (7): Method for gas-phase metallicity as follows: 1 = Direct (T_e_) method following Hagele et al. (2008MNRAS.383..209H) 2 = T(OIII)-Z calibration (This work) 3 = N2 calibration from Perez-Montero & Contini (2009MNRAS.398..949P) 4 = R23 calibration from McGaugh (1991ApJ...380..140M) scaled to the direct method using the linear relation presented by Lamareille et al. (2006, Cat. J/A+A/448/893 and 2006A&A...448..907L) (see also Perez-Montero et al. 2013A&A...549A..25P) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgements: Ricardo Amorin, ricardo.amorin(at)oa-roma.inaf.it ================================================================================ (End) Patricia Vannier [CDS] 04-Jun-2015