PRIMUS: Obscured Star Formation on the Red Sequence
Publication information:
Zhu G, Blanton M, Burles S, Coil A, Cool R, Eisenstein D, Moustakas J, Wong K, Aird J. PRIMUS: Obscured Star Formation on the Red Sequence. The Astrophysical Journal. 2011;726:110.
Abstract
We quantify the fraction of galaxies at moderate redshifts (0.1 < z< 0.5) that appear red-and-dead in the optical, but in fact containobscured star formation detectable in the infrared (IR), with the PRIsmMUlti-object Survey (PRIMUS). PRIMUS has measured ~120,000 robust