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We show that the measured abundance of ultra-faint lensed galaxies at $z\approx 6$ in the Hubble Frontier Fields (HFF) provides stringent constraints on the parameter space of i) Dark Matter models based on keV sterile neutrinos; ii) the…

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We report the discovery of 24 Lyman-break candidates at 7<z<10.5, in the Hubble Frontier Fields (HFF) imaging data of Abell 2744 (z=0.308), plus Spiter/IRAC data and archival ACS data. The sample includes a triple image system with a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 W. Zheng , X. Shu , J. Moustakas , A. Zitrin , H. C. Ford , X. Huang , T. Broadhurst , A. Molino , J. M. Diego , L. Infante , F. E. Bauer , D. D. Kelson , R. Smit

Strong gravitational lensing by galaxy clusters is a fundamental tool to study dark matter and constrain the geometry of the Universe. Recently, the Hubble Space Telescope Frontier Fields programme has allowed a significant improvement of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-06-19 Ana Acebron , Eric Jullo , Marceau Limousin , André Tilquin , Carlo Giocoli , Mathilde Jauzac , Guillaume Mahler , Johan Richard

We present the comprehensive analyses of faint dropout galaxies up to $z\sim10$ with the first full-depth data set of Abell 2744 lensing cluster and parallel fields observed by the Hubble Frontier Fields (HFF) program. We identify $54$…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-22 Masafumi Ishigaki , Ryota Kawamata , Masami Ouchi , Masamune Oguri , Kazuhiro Shimasaku , Yoshiaki Ono

We present the results of the deepest search to date for star-forming galaxies beyond a redshift z~8.5 utilizing a new sequence of near-infrared Wide Field Camera 3 images of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field. This `UDF12' campaign completed in…

We report the first results from the Hubble Infrared Pure Parallel Imaging Extragalactic Survey, which utilizes the pure parallel orbits of the Hubble Space Telescope to do deep imaging along a large number of random sightlines. To date,…

We use deep Hubble Space Telescope imaging of the Frontier Fields to accurately measure the galaxy rest-frame ultraviolet luminosity function (UV LF) in the redshift range $z \sim 6-8$. We combine observations in three lensing clusters…

We present a catalog of 74 galaxies detected serendipitously during a campaign of spectroscopic observations of the Hubble Deep Field North (HDF) and its environs. Among the identified objects are five candidate Ly-alpha emitters at z > 5,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Steve Dawson , Daniel Stern , Andrew J. Bunker , Hyron Spinrad , Arjun Dey

We present a high-precision mass model of galaxy cluster Abell 2744, based on a strong-gravitational-lensing analysis of the \emph{Hubble Space Telescope Frontier Fields} (HFF) imaging data, which now include both \emph{Advanced Camera for…

We present strong-lensing models, as well as mass and magnification maps, for the cores of the six HST Frontier Fields galaxy clusters. Our parametric lens models are constrained by the locations and redshifts of multiple image systems of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 Traci L. Johnson , Keren Sharon , Matthew B. Bayliss , Michael D. Gladders , Dan Coe , Harald Ebeling

We provide the first observational constraints on the sizes of the faintest galaxies lensed by the Hubble Frontier Fields (HFF) clusters. Ionizing radiation from faint galaxies likely drives cosmic reionization, and the HFF initiative…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-07-05 R. J. Bouwens , G. D. Illingworth , P. A. Oesch , H. Atek , D. Lam , M. Stefanon

Using the power of gravitational lensing magnification by massive galaxy clusters, the Hubble Frontier Fields provide deep views of six patches of the high redshift Universe. The combination of deep Hubble imaging and exceptional lensing…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-14 Jett Priewe , Liliya L. R. Williams , Jori Liesenborgs , Dan Coe , Steven A. Rodney

We measure the size-luminosity relation of photometrically-selected galaxies within the redshift range $z\sim6-9$, using galaxies lensed by six foreground Hubble Frontier Fields (HFF) clusters. The power afforded by strong gravitational…

The Grism Lens-Amplified Survey from Space (GLASS) is a Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Large Program, which will obtain 140 orbits of grism spectroscopy of the core and infall regions of 10 galaxy clusters, selected to be among the very best…

We compare the sizes and luminosities of faint $z=6$-8 galaxies magnified by the Hubble Frontier Fields (HFF) clusters with star-forming regions, as well as more evolved objects, in the nearby universe. Our high-redshift comparison sample…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-12-01 R. J. Bouwens , G. D. Illingworth , P. G. van Dokkum , B. Ribeiro , P. A. Oesch , M. Stefanon

Using the newly available infrared images of the Hubble Deep Field in the J, H, and K bands and an optimal photometric method, we have refined a technique to estimate the redshifts of 1067 galaxies. A detailed comparison of our results with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 A. Fernandez-Soto , K. M. Lanzetta , A. Yahil

Hubble Frontier Fields (HFF) imaging of the most powerful lensing clusters provides access to the most magnified distant galaxies. The challenge is to construct lens models capable of describing these complex massive, merging clusters so…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 Daniel Lam , Tom Broadhurst , Jose M. Diego , Jeremy Lim , Dan Coe , Holland C. Ford , Wei Zheng

The deflection angles of lensed sources increase with their distance behind a given lens. We utilize this geometric effect to corroborate the $z_{phot}\simeq9.8$ photometric redshift estimate of a faint near-IR dropout, triply-imaged by the…

We report a new analysis of the Hubble Frontier Fields clusters Abell 2744 and MACS 0416 using wavelet decomposition to remove the cluster light, enabling the detection of highly magnified (>50x) galaxies a factor of 10x fainter in…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-05-15 R. C. Livermore , S. L. Finkelstein , J. M. Lotz

The installation of the Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) will revolutionize the study of high-redshift galaxy populations. Initial observations of the HST Ultra Deep Field (UDF) have yielded multiple z>~7…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-13 Brant E. Robertson