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We present a detailed study of the spatially resolved kinematics, star-formation and stellar mass in a highly amplified galaxy at z=4.92 behind the lensing cluster MS1358+62. We use the observed optical, near- and mid-infrared imaging from…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 Mark Swinbank , Tracy Webb , Johan Richard , Richard Bower , Richard Ellis , Garth Illingworth , Tucker Jones , Mariska Kriek , Ian Smail , Dan Stark , Pieter Van Dokkum

We report the detection, both in line and continuum emission, of a galaxy responsible for a damped Ly-alpha absorption (DLA) system at z=3.15 projected 2.3 arcsec from QSO 2233+131. The star formation rate implied by both the Ly-alpha and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 M. A. Pahre , S. G. Djorgovski , J. Bechtold , R. Elston

I provide an overview about star-forming galaxies at high redshift and their physical properties. Starting from the populations of Ly-$\alpha$ emitters and Lyman break galaxies, I summarize their common features and distinction. Then I…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-03-14 Daniel Schaerer

We present discovery spectra of a sample of eight lensed galaxies at high redshift, 3.7<z<5.2, selected by their red colors in the fields of four massive clusters: A1689, A2219, A2390, and AC114. Metal absorption lines are detected and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Brenda Frye , Tom Broadhurst , Narciso Benitez

We examine the properties of damped Lyman-$\alpha$ absorbers (DLAs) emerging from a single set of cosmological initial conditions in two state-of-the-art cosmological hydrodynamic simulations: {\sc Simba} and {\sc Technicolor Dawn}. The…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-01-13 Sultan Hassan , Kristian Finlator , Romeel Davé , Christopher W. Churchill , J. Xavier Prochaska

The spectrum of the quasar PHL 1226 is known to have a strong Mg II and sub-damped Lyman-alpha (sub-DLA) absorption line system with N(HI)=(5+/-2)*10^19 cm^-2 at z=0.1602. Using integral field spectra from the Potsdam Multi Aperture…

We use deep HST STIS and NICMOS images of three spectroscopically confirmed galaxy counterparts of high-redshift damped Ly-alpha (DLA) absorbers (one of which is a new discovery) to test the hypothesis that high-redshift DLA galaxies are…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 P. Møller , S. J. Warren , S. M. Fall , J. U. Fynbo , P. Jakobsen

The origin of the rest-optical emission of compact, red, high-redshift sources known as `little red dots' (LRDs) poses a major puzzle. If interpreted as starlight, it would imply that LRDs would constitute the densest stellar systems in the…

The neglect of modelling both stellar and nebular emission significantly affects the derived physical properties of galaxies, particularly those with high star formation rates. While this issue has been studied, it has not been established…

We study six luminous Lyman-alpha emitters (LAEs) with very blue rest-frame UV continua at $5.7\le z \le 6.6$. These LAEs have previous HST and Spitzer IRAC observations. Combining our newly acquired HST images, we find that their…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-02-12 Linhua Jiang , Seth H. Cohen , Rogier A. Windhorst , Eiichi Egami , Kristian Finlator , Daniel Schaerer , Fengwu Sun

We present a homogeneous, detailed analysis of the spectral energy distribution (SED) of $\sim$ 1700 LBGs from the GOODS-MUSIC catalogue with deep multi-wavelength photometry from $U$ band to 8 $\mu$m to determine stellar mass, age, dust…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-05-08 S. de Barros , D. Schaerer , D. P. Stark

We explore the properties of high-redshift Lyman-alpha emitters (LAE), and their link with the Lyman-Break galaxy population (LBG), using a semi-analytic model of galaxy formation that takes into account resonant scattering of Lya photons…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-24 T. Garel , J. Blaizot , B. Guiderdoni , L. Michel-Dansac , M. Hayes , A. Verhamme

We present detailed predictions for the properties of Ly-alpha-emitting galaxies in the framework of the Lambda-CDM cosmology, calculated using the semi-analytical galaxy formation model GALFORM. We explore a model which assumes a top-heavy…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 M. Le Delliou , C. G. Lacey , C. M. Baugh , S. L. Morris

The acquisition of deep Near-IR imaging with Wide Field Camera 3 on the Hubble Space Telescope has provided the opportunity to study the very-high redshift Universe. For galaxies up to $z\approx 7.7$ sufficient wavelength coverage exists to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Stephen M. Wilkins , Andrew J. Bunker , Elizabeth Stanway , Silvio Lorenzoni , Joseph Caruana

Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/sub-millimeter Array, we have detected CO(3-2) line and far-infrared continuum emission from a galaxy associated with a high-metallicity ([M/H] = -0.27) damped Ly-alpha absorber (DLA) at z =2.19289. The…

Before the end of the epoch of reionization, the Hydrogen in the Universe was predominantly neutral. This leads to a strong attenuation of Ly$\alpha$ lines of $z\gtrsim6$ galaxies in the intergalactic medium. Nevertheless, Ly$\alpha$ has…

In an ongoing programme to identify a sample of high z DLA galaxies we have found the long sought for case of a Ly-alpha emitter seen in the centre of a broad DLA trough. This is the predicted `textbook case' of an intervening DLA galaxy if…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 P. Moller , J. P. U. Fynbo , S. M. Fall

We report the discovery of two z ~ 12 galaxy candidates with unusually red UV slopes (betaUV ~> -1.5), and probe the origin of such colors at cosmic dawn. From Prospector fits to the UNCOVER/MegaScience dataset -- deep JWST/NIRCam imaging…

We use the deep ground-based optical photometry of the Lyman Break Galaxy (LBG) Survey to derive robust measurements of the faint-end slope (alpha) of the UV LF at redshifts 1.9<z<3.4. Our sample includes >2000 spectroscopic redshifts and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Naveen A. Reddy , Charles C. Steidel

We use a sample of 532 star-forming galaxies at redshifts $z\sim 1.4-2.6$ with deep rest-frame optical spectra from the MOSFIRE Deep Evolution Field (MOSDEF) survey to place the first constraints on the nebular attenuation curve at high…