COOL-LAMPS II. Characterizing the Size and Star Formation History of a Bright Strongly Lensed Early-Type Galaxy at Redshift 1.02

Abstract

We present COOL J1323+0343, an early-type galaxy at $z=1.0153\pm 0.0006$, strongly lensed by a cluster of galaxies at z = $z=0.353\pm 0.001$. This object was originally imaged by DECaLS and noted as a gravitational lens by COOL-LAMPS, a collaboration initiated to find strong-lensing systems in recent public optical imaging data, and confirmed with follow-up data. With ground-based grzH imaging and optical spectroscopy from the Las Campanas Observatory and the Nordic Optical Telescope, we derive a stellar mass, metallicity, and star-formation history from stellar-population synthesis modeling. The lens modeling implies a total magnification of $\mu \sim$113. The median remnant stellar mass in the source plane is M${}_{\ast }\sim 10.63$ $M_{\odot }$ and the median star-formation rate in the source plane is SFR $\sim 1.55\times 10^{-3}$ M${}_{\odot }$ yr${}^{-1}$ (log sSFR = -13.4 yr${}^{-1}$) in the youngest two age bins (0-100 Myr), closest to the epoch of observation. Our measurements place COOL J1323+0343 below the characteristic mass of the stellar mass function, making it an especially compelling target that could help clarify how intermediate mass quiescent galaxies evolve. We reconstruct COOL J1323+0343 in the source plane and fit its light profile. This object is below the expected size-evolution of early-type galaxy at this mass with an effective radius r${}_e\sim$ 0.5 kpc. This extraordinarily magnified and bright lensed early-type galaxy offers an exciting opportunity to study the morphology and star formation history of an intermediate mass early-type galaxy in detail at $z\sim$1 .

Submitted to the Astrophysical Journal. 11 pages, 7 figures, and 2 tables. Feedback welcome

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