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Physical Properties of Low-Luminosity Galaxies at z ~ 2

Astrophysics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We report the results obtained from ISAAC/VLT near-IR spectroscopy of two low-luminosity z ~ 1.9 galaxies located in the core of the lensing cluster AC114. The amplification factor allowed to obtain, for the first time, physical properties (SFR, abundance ratios, mass, etc) of star-forming galaxies, 1 to 2 magnitudes fainter than in previous studies of Lyman-break galaxies at z ~ 3.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0207141,
  title  = {Physical Properties of Low-Luminosity Galaxies at z ~ 2},
  author = {M. Lemoine-Busserolle and T. Contini and R. Pello and J. -F. Le Borgne and J. -P. Kneib and C. Lidman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0207141},
  year   = {2007}
}

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2 pages . To appear in "A Massive Star Odyseey, from Main Sequence to Supernova", Proceedings IAU Symposium No. 212, K.A. van der Hucht, A. Herrero, & C. Esteban (eds)