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The Sizes of Galaxies Identified in the BoRG Survey
Benne W. Holwerda, Joanna S. Bridge, Rebecca L. Steele +5
Redshift object selection is the effective limit of Hubble Space Telescope imaging capability, even when confirmed with Spitzer. If only a few photometry data points are…
RELICS: Reionization Lensing Cluster Survey
Dan Coe, Brett Salmon, Marusa Bradac +54
Large surveys of galaxy clusters with the Hubble and Spitzer Space Telescopes, including CLASH and the Frontier Fields, have demonstrated the power of strong gravitational lensing…
Conditions for Reionizing the Universe with A Low Galaxy Ionizing Photon Escape Fraction
Steven L. Finkelstein, Anson D'Aloisio, Jan-Pieter Paardekooper +7
We explore scenarios for reionizing the intergalactic medium with low galaxy ionizing photon escape fractions. We combine simulation-based halo-mass dependent escape fractions with…
Observational determination of the galaxy bias from cosmic variance with a random pointing survey: Clustering of z~2 galaxies from Hubble's BoRG survey
Alex Cameron, Michele Trenti, Rachael Livermore +1
Gravitational clustering broadens the count-in-cells distribution of galaxies for surveys along uncorrelated (well-separated) lines of sight beyond Poisson noise. A number of metho…
The bright-end galaxy candidates at z ~ 9 from 79 independent HST fields
T. Morishita, M. Trenti, M. Stiavelli +11
We present a full data analysis of the pure-parallel Hubble Space Telescope (HST) imaging observations in the Brightest of Reionizing Galaxies Survey (BoRG[z9]) in Cycle 22. The me…
RELICS: Strong Lensing Analysis of MACS J0417.5-1154 and Predictions for Observing the Magnified High-Redshift Universe with JWST
Guillaume Mahler, Keren Sharon, Carter Fox +37
Strong gravitational lensing by clusters of galaxies probes the mass distribution at the core of each cluster and magnifies the universe behind it. MACS J0417.5-1154 at z=0.443 is…
RELICS: High-Resolution Constraints on the Inner Mass Distribution of the z=0.83 Merging Cluster RXJ0152.7-1357 from strong lensing
Ana Acebron, May Alon, Adi Zitrin +37
Strong gravitational lensing (SL) is a powerful means to map the distribution of dark matter. In this work, we perform a SL analysis of the prominent X-ray cluster RXJ0152.7-1357 (…
RELICS: Strong-lensing analysis of the massive clusters MACS J0308.9+2645 and PLCK G171.9-40.7
Ana Acebron, Nathália Cibirka, Adi Zitrin +37
Strong gravitational lensing by galaxy clusters has become a powerful tool for probing the high-redshift Universe, magnifying distant and faint background galaxies. Reliable strong…
RELICS: A Strong Lens Model for SPT-CLJ0615-5746, a z=0.972 Cluster
Rachel Paterno-Mahler, Keren Sharon, Dan Coe +30
We present a lens model for the cluster SPT-CLJ06155746, which is the highest redshift () system in the Reionization of Lensing Clusters Survey (RELICS), making it the…
HST followup observations of two bright z ~ 8 candidate galaxies from the BoRG pure-parallel survey
R. C. Livermore, M. Trenti, L. D. Bradley +4
We present followup imaging of two bright (L > L*) galaxy candidates at z > 8 from the Brightest of Reionizing Galaxies (BoRG) survey with the F098M filter on HST/WFC3. The F098M f…
PLCK G165.7+67.0: Analysis of a Massive Lensing Cluster in a Hubble Space Telescope Census of Submillimeter Giant Arcs Selected Using Planck/Herschel
Brenda L. Frye, Massimo Pascale, Yujing Qin +19
We present Hubble Space Telescope WFC3-IR imaging in the fields of six apparently bright dusty star-forming galaxies (DSFGs) at = 2-4 identified by their rest-frame far-infrare…
Texas Spectroscopic Search for Ly Emission at the End of Reionization I. Constraining the Ly Equivalent Width Distribution at 6.0 < < 7.0
Intae Jung, Steven L. Finkelstein, Rachael C. Livermore +6
The distribution of Ly emission is an presently accessible method for studying the state of the intergalactic medium (IGM) into the reionization era. We carried out deep spectro…
RELICS: Strong Lensing analysis of the galaxy clusters Abell S295, Abell 697, MACS J0025.4-1222, and MACS J0159.8-0849
Nathália Cibirka, Ana Acebron, Adi Zitrin +37
We present a strong-lensing analysis of four massive galaxy clusters imaged with the Hubble Space Telescope in the Reionization Lensing Cluster Survey. We use a Light-Traces-Mass t…
Star Formation at z=2.481 in the Lensed Galaxy SDSS J1110+6459: Star Formation down to 30 parsec scales
Traci L. Johnson, Jane R. Rigby, Keren Sharon +7
We present measurements of the surface density of star formation, the star-forming clump luminosity function, and the clump size distribution function, for the lensed galaxy SGAS J…
Large Molecular Gas Reservoirs in Ancestors of Milky Way-Mass Galaxies 9 Billion Years Ago
Casey Papovich, Ivo Labbé, Karl Glazebrook +10
The gas accretion and star-formation histories of galaxies like the Milky Way remain an outstanding problem in astrophysics. Observations show that 8 billion years ago, the progeni…
First results from Faint Infrared Grism Survey (FIGS): first simultaneous detection of Lyman-alpha emission and Lyman break from a galaxy at z=7.51
V. Tilvi, N. Pirzkal, S. Malhotra +22
Galaxies at high redshifts provide a valuable tool to study cosmic dawn, and therefore it is crucial to reliably identify these galaxies. Here, we present an unambiguous and first…
Directly Observing the Galaxies Likely Responsible for Reionization
R. C. Livermore, S. L. Finkelstein, J. M. Lotz
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 m…
Keck/MOSFIRE Spectroscopy of z=7-8 Galaxies: Ly Emission from a Galaxy at z=7.66
Mimi Song, Steven L. Finkelstein, Rachael C. Livermore +3
We report the results from some of the deepest Keck/Multi-Object Spectrometer For Infra-Red Exploration data yet obtained for candidate galaxies. Our data show one si…
Caught in the act: gas and stellar velocity dispersions in a fast quenching compact star-forming galaxy at z~1.7
G. Barro, S. M. Faber, A. Dekel +20
We present Keck-I MOSFIRE spectroscopy in the Y and H bands of GDN-8231, a massive, compact, star-forming galaxy (SFG) at a redshift . Its spectrum reveals both H and…
The Evolution of the Galaxy Rest-Frame Ultraviolet Luminosity Function Over the First Two Billion Years
Steven L. Finkelstein, Russell E. Ryan, Casey Papovich +26
We present a robust measurement and analysis of the rest-frame ultraviolet (UV) luminosity function at z=4-8. We use deep Hubble Space Telescope imaging over the CANDELS/GOODS fiel…
The HETDEX Pilot Survey V: The Physical Origin of Lyman-alpha Emitters Probed by Near-infrared Spectroscopy
Mimi Song, Steven L. Finkelstein, Karl Gebhardt +19
We present the results from a VLT/SINFONI and Keck/NIRSPEC near-infrared spectroscopic survey of 16 Lyman-alpha emitters (LAEs) at = 2.1 - 2.5 in the COSMOS and GOODS-N fields…
Keck-I MOSFIRE spectroscopy of compact star-forming galaxies at z2: High velocity dispersions in progenitors of compact quiescent galaxies
G. Barro, J. R. Trump, D. C. Koo +28
We present Keck-I MOSFIRE near-infrared spectroscopy for a sample of 13 compact star-forming galaxies (SFGs) at redshift with star formation rates of SFR100…
High resolution study of the cluster complexes in a lensed spiral at redshift ~1.5; constraints on the bulge formation and disk evolution
Angela Adamo, Goeran Ostlin, Nate Bastian +3
We analyse the clump population of the spiral galaxy Sp 1149 at redshift 1.5. Located behind the galaxy cluster MACS J1149.5+2223, Sp 1149 has been significantly magnified allowing…
The Emission Line Properties of Gravitationally-lensed 1.5 < z < 5 Galaxies
Johan Richard, Tucker Jones, Richard S. Ellis +3
We present and analyse near-infrared spectroscopy for a sample of 28 gravitationally- lensed star-forming galaxies in the redshift range 1.5 < z < 5, observed mostly with the Keck…