The ALMA Frontier Fields Survey IV. Lensing-corrected 1.1 mm number counts in Abell 2744, MACS J0416.1-2403 and MACS J1149.5+2223

Munoz Arancibia, A. M.; Gonzalez-Lopez, J.; Ibar, E.; Bauer, F. E.; Carrasco, M.; Laporte, N.; Anguita, T.; Aravena, M.; Barrientos, F.; Bouwens, R. J.; Demarco, R.; Infante, L.; Kneissl, R.; Nagar, N.; Padilla, N.; Romero-Canizales, C.; Troncoso, P.; Zitrin, A.
2018
ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
DOI
10.1051/0004-6361/201732442
Context. Characterizing the number counts of faint (i.e., sub-mJy and especially sub-100 mu Jy), dusty star-forming galaxies is currently a challenge even for deep, high-resolution observations in the FIR-to-mm regime. They are predicted to account for approximately half of the total extragalactic background light at those wavelengths. Searching for dusty star-forming galaxies behind massive galaxy clusters benefits from strong lensing, enhancing their measured emission while increasing spatial resolution. Derived number counts depend, however, on mass reconstruction models that properly constrain these clusters.