The Giant Proto-Galaxy cB58; an Artifact of Gravitational Lensing?

Abstract

The proto-galaxy, cB58, was discovered in the CNOC survey of cluster redshifts. Absorption features reveal that this system is at a redshift of $z=2.72$, implying an absolute magnitude of ${\mathrm{M}}_{\mathrm{v}}\sim -26$, and a star-formation rate of $4700{\mathrm{M}}_{\odot }\mathrm{y}{\mathrm{r}}^{-1}$, making it the most ``active'' star-forming galaxy. This proto-galaxy is observed to lie close $\left(\sim 6\scnp\right)$ to a central cluster galaxy at $z=0.373$. The X-ray properties of the cluster suggest that its mass, and therefore its lensing potential, could be greater than that found using a virial analysis. In this Letter we argue that the phenomenal properties of this proto-galaxy are due to the gravitational lensing effect of the foreground cluster, and the unlensed properties of the source are typical of high-redshift star-forming systems.

4 pages, Submitted to MNRAS Letters

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