Radio and IR counterparts of BLAST sources in CDFS

We have matched 114 of these counterparts to optical sources with previously derived photometric redshifts and fitted spectral energy distributions to the BLAST fluxes and fluxes at 70 and 160um acquired with the Spitzer Space Telescope.

In this way, we have constrained dust temperatures, total far-infrared/submillimeter luminosities, and star formation rates for each source. Our findings show that, on average, the BLAST sources lie at significantly lower redshifts and have significantly lower rest-frame dust temperatures compared to submillimeter sources detected in surveys conducted at 850um. We demonstrate that an apparent increase in dust temperature with redshift in our sample arises as a result of selection effects.