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Star formation in the early universe: beyond the tip of the iceberg

We present late-time Hubble Space Telescope imaging of the fields of six Swift GRBs lying at 5.0<z<9.5. Our data includes very deep observations of the field of the most distant spectroscopically confirmed burst, GRB 090423, at z=8.2. Using…

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Constraints on the $z\sim5$ Star-Forming Galaxy Luminosity Function From $\textit{Hubble Space Telescope}$ Imaging of an Unbiased and Complete Sample of Long Gamma-ray Burst Host Galaxies

We present rest-frame UV \textit{Hubble Space Telescope} imaging of the largest and most complete sample of 23 long duration gamma-ray burst (GRB) host galaxies between redshifts 4 and 6. Of these 23, we present new WFC3/F110W imaging for…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-08-29 Huei Sears , Ryan Chornock , Jay Strader , Daniel A. Perley , Peter K. Blanchard , Raffaella Margutti , Nial R. Tanvir

Herschel-ATLAS: Properties of dusty massive galaxies at low and high redshifts

We present a comparison of the physical properties of a rest-frame $250\mu$m selected sample of massive, dusty galaxies from $0<z<5.3$. Our sample comprises 29 high-redshift submillimetre galaxies (SMGs) from the literature, and 843 dusty…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-19 K. Rowlands , L. Dunne , S. Dye , A. Aragón-Salamanca , S. Maddox , E. da Cunha , D. J. B. Smith , N. Bourne , S. Eales , H. L. Gomez , I. Smail , M. Alpaslan , C. J. R. Clark , S. Driver , E. Ibar , R. J. Ivison , A. Robotham , M. W. L. Smith , E. Valiante

The Herschel Virgo Cluster Survey. XIX. Physical properties of low luminosity FIR sources at $z <$ 0.5

The Star formation rate (SFR) is a crucial parameter to investigate galaxy evolution. At low redshift the cosmic SFR density declines smoothly, and massive active galaxies become passive, reducing their star formation activity. This implies…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-04-06 Ciro Pappalardo , Luca Bizzocchi , Jacopo Fritz , Alessandro Boselli , Mederic Boquien , Samuel Boissier , Maarten Baes , Laure Ciesla , Simone Bianchi , Marcel Clemens , Sebastien Viaene , George J. Bendo , Ilse De Looze , Matthew W. L. Smith , Jonathan Davies

High-Redshift Starbursting Dwarf Galaxies Revealed by GRB Afterglows

We present a study of 15 long-duration gamma-ray burst (GRB) host galaxies at z>2. The GRBs are selected with available early-time afterglow spectra in order to compare interstellar medium (ISM) absorption-line properties with stellar…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Hsiao-Wen Chen , Daniel A. Perley , Lindsey K. Pollack , J. X. Prochaska , J. S. Bloom , M. Dessauges-Zavadsky , M. Pettini , S. Lopez , A. Dall'Aglio , G. D. Becker

Constraining the nature of the most distant Gamma-Ray Burst host galaxies

Long duration gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) allow us to explore the distant Universe, and are potentially the most effective tracer of the most distant objects. Our current knowledge of the properties of GRB host galaxies at redshifts >5 is very…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 S. Basa , J. G. Cuby , S. Savaglio , S. Boissier , B. Clement , H. Flores , D. Le Borgne , A. Mazure

Herschel unveils a puzzling uniformity of distant dusty galaxies

The Herschel Space Observatory enables us to accurately measure the bolometric output of starburst galaxies and active galactic nuclei (AGN) by directly sampling the peak of their far-infrared (IR) emission. Here we examine whether the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 D. Elbaz , H. S. Hwang , B. Magnelli , E. Daddi , H. Aussel , B. Altieri , A. Amblard , P. Andreani , V. Arumugam , R. Auld , T. Babbedge , S. Berta , A. Blain , J. Bock , A. Bongiovanni , A. Boselli , V. Buat , D. Burgarella , N. Castro-Rodriguez , A. Cava , J. Cepa , P. Chanial , R. -R. Chary , A. Cimatti , D. L. Clements , A. Conley , L. Conversi , A. Cooray , M. Dickinson , H. Dominguez , C. D. Dowell , J. S. Dunlop , E. Dwek , S. Eales , D. Farrah , N. Forster Schreiber , M. Fox , A. Franceschini , W. Gear , R. Genzel , J. Glenn , M. Griffin , C. Gruppioni , M. Halpern , E. Hatziminaoglou , E. Ibar , K. Isaak , R. J. Ivison , G. Lagache , D. Le Borgne , E. Le Floc'h , L. Levenson , N. Lu , D. Lutz , S. Madden , B. Maffei , G. Magdis , G. Mainetti , R. Maiolino , L. Marchetti , A. M. J. Mortier , H. T. Nguyen , R. Nordon , B. O'Halloran , K. Okumura , S. J. Oliver , A. Omont , M. J. Page , P. Panuzzo , A. Papageorgiou , C. P. Pearson , I. Perez Fournon , A. M. Perez Garcıa , A. Poglitsch , M. Pohlen , P. Popesso , F. Pozzi , J. I. Rawlings , D. Rigopoulou , L. Riguccini , D. Rizzo , G. Rodighiero , I. G. Roseboom , M. Rowan-Robinson , A. Saintonge , M. Sanchez-Portal , P. Santini , M. Sauvage , B. Schulz , Douglas Scott , N. Seymour , L. Shao , D. L. Shupe , A. J. Smith , J. A. Stevens , E. Sturm , M. Symeonidis , L. Tacconi , M. Trichas , K. E. Tugwell , M. Vaccari , I. Valtchanov , J. Vieira , L. Vigroux , L. Wang , R. Ward , G. Wright , C. K. Xu , M. Zemcov

The Stellar-mass Function of Long Gamma-Ray Burst Host Galaxies

Long gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) have been discussed as a potential tool to probe the cosmic star formation rate (SFR) for a long time. Some studies found an enhancement in the GRB rate relative to the galaxy-inferred SFR at high redshifts,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-10-26 Guang-Xuan Lan , Jun-Jie Wei , Ye Li , Hou-Dun Zeng , Xue-Feng Wu

A Herschel view of the far-infrared properties of submillimetre galaxies

We study a sample of 61 submillimetre galaxies (SMGs) selected from ground-based surveys, with known spectroscopic redshifts and observed with Herschel as part of the PACS Evolutionary Probe (PEP) and the Herschel Multi-tiered Extragalactic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 B. Magnelli , D. Lutz , P. Santini , A. Saintonge , S. Berta , M. Albrecht , B. Altieri , P. Andreani , H. Aussel , F. Bertoldi , M. Bethermin , A. Bongiovanni , P. Capak , S. Chapman , J. Cepa , A. Cimatti , A. Cooray , E. Daddi , A. L. R. Danielson , H. Dannerbauer , J. S. Dunlop , D. Elbaz , D. Farrah , N. M. Förster Schreiber , R. Genzel , H. S. Hwang , E. Ibar , R. J. Ivison , E. Le Floc'h , G. Magdis , R. Maiolino , R. Nordon , S. J. Oliver , A. Pèrez Garcìa , A. Poglitsch , P. Popesso , F. Pozzi , L. Riguccini , G. Rodighiero , D. Rosario , I. Roseboom , M. Salvato , M. Sanchez-Portal , D. Scott , I. Smail , E. Sturm , A. M. Swinbank , L. J. Tacconi , I. Valtchanov , L. Wang , S. Wuyts

Herschel observations of a z~2 stellar mass selected galaxy sample drawn from the GOODS NICMOS Survey

We present a study of the far-IR properties of a stellar mass selected sample of 1.5 < z < 3 galaxies with log(M_*/M_sun) > 9.5 drawn from the GOODS NICMOS Survey (GNS), the deepest H-band Hubble Space Telescope survey of its type prior to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 M. Hilton , C. J. Conselice , I. G. Roseboom , D. Burgarella , V. Buat , S. Berta , M. Béthermin , J. Bock , S. C. Chapman , D. L. Clements , A. Conley , L. Conversi , A. Cooray , D. Farrah , E. Ibar , G. Magdis , B. Magnelli , G. Marsden , R. Nordon , S. J. Oliver , M. J. Page , P. Popesso , F. Pozzi , B. Schulz , Douglas Scott , A. J. Smith , M. Symeonidis , I. Valtchanov , M. Viero , L. Wang , M. Zemcov

Missing GRB host galaxies in deep mid-infrared observations: implications on the use of GRBs as star formation tracers

We report on the first mid-infrared observations of 16 GRB host galaxies performed with the Spitzer Space Telescope, and investigate the presence of evolved stellar populations and dust-enshrouded star-forming activity associated with GRBs.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 E. Le Floc'h , V. Charmandaris , W. J. Forrest , F. Mirabel , L. Armus , D. Devost

Evidence for diffuse molecular gas and dust in the hearts of gamma-ray burst host galaxies

Here we built up a sample of 22 GRBs at redshifts $z > 2$ observed with X-shooter to determine the abundances of hydrogen, metals, dust, and molecular species. This allows us to study the metallicity and dust depletion effects in the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-03-22 J. Bolmer , C. Ledoux , P. Wiseman , A. De Cia , J. Selsing , P. Schady , J. Greiner , S. Savaglio , J. M. Burgess , V. D'Elia , J. P. U. Fynbo , P. Goldoni , D. Hartmann , K. E. Heintz , P. Jakobsson , J. Japelj , L. Kaper , N. R. Tanvir , P. M. Vreeswijk , T. Zafar

The complex physics of dusty star-forming galaxies at high redshifts as revealed by Herschel and Spitzer

We combine far-infrared photometry from Herschel (PEP/HERMES) with deep mid-infrared spectroscopy from Spitzer to investigate the nature and the mass assembly history of a sample of 31 Luminous and Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies at z~1 and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 B. Lo Faro , A. Franceschini , M. Vaccari , L. Silva , G. Rodighiero , S. Berta , J. Bock , D. Burgarella , V. Buat , A. Cava , D. L. Clements , A. Cooray , D. Farrah , A. Feltre , E. A. González Solares , P. Hurley , D. Lutz , G. Magdis , B. Magnelli , L. Marchetti , S. J. Oliver , M. J. Page , P. Popesso , F. Pozzi , D. Rigopoulou , M. Rowan-Robinson , I. G. Roseboom , Douglas Scott , A. J. Smith , M. Symeonidis , L. Wang , S. Wuyts

The Herschel Virgo Cluster Survey. XVIII. Star-forming dwarf galaxies in a cluster environment

To assess the effects of the cluster environment on the different components of the interstellar medium, we analyse the FIR-submm properties of a sample of star-forming dwarf (SFD) galaxies detected by the Herschel Virgo Cluster Survey…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-02-11 M. Grossi , L. K. Hunt , S. C. Madden , T. M. Hughes , R. Auld , M. Baes , G. J. Bendo , S. Bianchi , L. Bizzocchi , M. Boquien , A. Boselli , M. Clemens , E. Corbelli , L. Cortese , J. Davies , I. De Looze , S. di Serego Alighieri , J. Fritz , C. Pappalardo , D. Pierini , A. Rémy-Ruyer , M. W. L. Smith , J. Verstappen , S. Viaene , C. Vlahakis

Are the hosts of Gamma-Ray Bursts sub-luminous and blue galaxies?

We present K-band imaging observations of ten Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB) host galaxies. We compare their observed and absolute K magnitudes as well as their R-K colours with those of other distant sources detected in various optical,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-07-09 E. Le Floc'h , P. -A. Duc , I. F. Mirabel , D. B. Sanders , G. Bosch , R. J. Diaz , C. J. Donzelli , I. Rodrigues , T. J. -L. Courvoisier , J. Greiner , S. Mereghetti , J. Melnick , J. Maza , D. Minniti

GRB hosts through cosmic time - VLT/X-Shooter emission-line spectroscopy of 96 GRB-selected galaxies at 0.1 < z < 3.6

[Abridged] We present data and initial results from VLT/X-Shooter emission-line spectroscopy of 96 GRB-selected galaxies at 0.1<z<3.6, the largest sample of GRB host spectroscopy available to date. Most of our GRBs were detected by Swift…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-09-25 T. Krühler , D. Malesani , J. P. U. Fynbo , O. E. Hartoog , J. Hjorth , P. Jakobsson , D. A. Perley , A. Rossi , P. Schady , S. Schulze , N. R. Tanvir , S. D. Vergani , K. Wiersema , P. M. J. Afonso , J. Bolmer , Z. Cano , S. Covino , V. D'Elia , A. de Ugarte Postigo , R. Filgas , M. Friis , J. F. Graham , J. Greiner , P. Goldoni , A. Gomboc , F. Hammer , J. Japelj , D. A. Kann , L. Kaper , S. Klose , A. J. Levan , G. Leloudas , B. Milvang-Jensen , A. Nicuesa Guelbenzu , E. Palazzi , E. Pian , S. Piranomonte , R. Sanchez-Ramirez , S. Savaglio , J. Selsing , G. Tagliaferri , P. M. Vreeswijk , D. J. Watson , D. Xu

Gamma-Ray-Burst Host Galaxy Surveys at Redshift z>4: Probes of Star Formation Rate and Cosmic Reionization

Measuring the star formation rate (SFR) at high redshift is crucial for understanding cosmic reionization and galaxy formation. Two common complementary approaches are Lyman-Break-Galaxy (LBG) surveys for large samples and Gamma-Ray-Burst…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 Michele Trenti , Rosalba Perna , Emily M. Levesque , J. Michael Shull , John T. Stocke

Constraining the star formation histories of GRB Host Galaxies from their observed abundance patterns

Long-duration Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) are linked to the collapse of massive stars and their hosts are exclusively identified as active, star forming galaxies. Four long GRBs observed at high spectral resolution at redshift 1.5 <z < 4…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 F. Calura , M. Dessauges-Zavadsky , J. X. Prochaska , F. Matteucci , ;

Herschel far-infrared photometry of the Swift Burst Alert Telescope active galactic nuclei sample of the local universe - III. Global star-forming properties and the lack of a connection to nuclear activity

We combine the Herschel Space Observatory PACS and SPIRE photometry with archival WISE photometry to construct the spectral energy distributions (SED) for over 300 local ($z < 0.05$), ultra-hard X-ray (14 - 195 keV) selected active galactic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-02-01 T. Taro Shimizu , Richard F. Mushotzky , Marcio Meléndez , Michael J. Koss , Amy J. Barger , Lennox L. Cowie

GRB Host Studies (GHostS)

The GRB Host Studies (GHostS) is a public archive collecting observed quantities of GRB host galaxies. At this time (January 2006) it contains information on 32 GRB hosts, i.e. about half of the total number of GRBs with known redshift.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 S. Savaglio , K. Glazebrook , D. Le Borgne