Browsing by Author "Laporte, N."

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    ALMA Lensing Cluster Survey: a strongly lensed multiply imaged dusty system at z ≥ 6
    (2021) Laporte, N.; Zitrin, A.; Ellis, R. S.; Fujimoto, S.; Brammer, G.; Richard, J.; Oguri, M.; Caminha, G. B.; Kohno, K.; Yoshimura, Y.; Ao, Y.; Bauer, F. E.; Caputi, K.; Egami, E.; Espada, D.; Gonzalez-Lopez, J.; Hatsukade, B.; Knudsen, K. K.; Lee, M. M.; Magdis, G.; Ouchi, M.; Valentino, F.; Wang, T.
    We report the discovery of an intrinsically faint, quintuply-imaged, dusty galaxy MACS0600-z6 at a redshift z = 6.07 viewed through the cluster MACSJ0600.1-2008 (z = 0.46). A similar or equal to 4 sigma dust detection is seen at 1.2mm as part of the ALMA Lensing Cluster Survey (ALCS), an on-going ALMA Large programme, and the redshift is secured via [C II] 158 mu m emission described in a companion paper. In addition, spectroscopic follow-up with GMOS/Gemini-North shows a break in the galaxy's spectrum, consistent with the Lyman break at that redshift. We use a detailed mass model of the cluster and infer a magnification mu greater than or similar to 30 for the most magnified image of this galaxy, which provides an unprecedented opportunity to probe the physical properties of a sub-luminous galaxy at the end of cosmic reionization. Based on the spectral energy distribution, we infer lensing-corrected stellar and dust masses of 2.9(-2.3)(+11.5) x 10(9) and 4.8(-3.4)(+4.5) x 10(6) M-circle dot, respectively, a star formation rate of 9.7(-6.6)(+22.0) M-circle dot yr(-1), an intrinsic size of 0.54(-0.14)(+0.26) kpc, and a luminosity-weighted age of 200 +/- 100 Myr. Strikingly, the dust production rate in this relatively young galaxy appears to be larger than that observed for equivalent, lower redshift sources. We discuss if this implies that early supernovae are more efficient dust producers and the consequences for using dust mass as a probe of earlier star formation.
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    Faint end of the z ∼ 3-7 luminosity function of Lyman-alpha emitters behind lensing clusters observed with MUSE
    (2019) de La Vieuville, G.; Bina, D.; Pello, R.; Mahler, G.; Richard, J.; Drake, A. B.; Herenz, E. C.; Bauer, F. E.; Clement, B.; Lagattuta, D.; Laporte, N.; Martinez, J.; Patricio, V.; Wisotzki, L.; Zabl, J.; Bouwens, R. J.; Contini, T.; Garel, T.; Guiderdoni, B.; Marino, R. A.; Maseda, M. V.; Matthee, J.; Schaye, J.; Soucail, G.
    Contact. This paper presents the results obtained with the Multi-Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) at the ESOVery Large Telescope on the faint end of the Lyman-alpha luminosity function (LF) based on deep observations of four lensing clusters. The goal of our project is to set strong constraints on the relative contribution of the Lyman-alpha emitter (LAE) population to cosmic reionization.
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    Frontier Fields: Combining HST, VLT, and Spitzer data to explore the z ∼ 8 Universe behind the lensing cluster MACSJ0416.1-2403
    (2015) Laporte, N.; Streblyanska, A.; Kim, S.; Pello, R.; Bauer, F. E.; Bina, D.; Brammer, G.; De Leo, M. A.; Infante, L.; Perez-Fournon, I.
    Context. The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Frontier Fields (HFFs) project started at the end of 2013 with the aim of providing extremely deep images of six massive galaxy clusters. One of the main goals of this program is to push several telescopes to their limits to provide the best current view of the earliest stages of the Universe. The analysis of the initial data has already demonstrated the huge capabilities of the program.
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    GRAVITATIONAL LENS MODELS BASED ON SUBMILLIMETER ARRAY IMAGING OF HERSCHEL-SELECTED STRONGLY LENSED SUB-MILLIMETER GALAXIES AT z > 1.5
    (2013) Bussmann, R. S.; Perez-Fournon, I.; Amber, S.; Calanog, J.; Gurwell, M. A.; Dannerbauer, H.; De Bernardis, F.; Fu, Hai; Harris, A. I.; Krips, M.; Lapi, A.; Maiolino, R.; Omont, A.; Riechers, D.; Wardlow, J.; Baker, A. J.; Birkinshaw, M.; Bock, J.; Bourne, N.; Clements, D. L.; Cooray, A.; De Zotti, G.; Dunne, L.; Dye, S.; Eales, S.; Farrah, D.; Gavazzi, R.; Nuevo, J. Gonzalez; Hopwood, R.; Ibar, E.; Ivison, R. J.; Laporte, N.; Maddox, S.; Martinez-Navajas, P.; Michalowski, M.; Negrello, M.; Oliver, S. J.; Roseboom, I. G.; Scott, Douglas; Serjeant, S.; Smith, A. J.; Smith, Matthew; Streblyanska, A.; Valiante, E.; van der Werf, P.; Verma, A.; Vieira, J. D.; Wang, L.; Wilner, D.
    Strong gravitational lenses are now being routinely discovered in wide-field surveys at (sub-)millimeter wavelengths. We present Submillimeter Array (SMA) high-spatial resolution imaging and Gemini-South and Multiple Mirror Telescope optical spectroscopy of strong lens candidates discovered in the two widest extragalactic surveys conducted by the Herschel Space Observatory: the Herschel-Astrophysical Terahertz Large Area Survey (H-ATLAS) and the Herschel Multi-tiered Extragalactic Survey (HerMES). From a sample of 30 Herschel sources with S-500 > 100 mJy, 21 are strongly lensed (i.e., multiply imaged), 4 are moderately lensed (i.e., singly imaged), and the remainder require additional data to determine their lensing status. We apply a visibility-plane lens modeling technique to the SMA data to recover information about the masses of the lenses as well as the intrinsic (i.e., unlensed) sizes (r(half)) and far-infrared luminosities (L-FIR) of the lensed submillimeter galaxies (SMGs). The sample of lenses comprises primarily isolated massive galaxies, but includes some groups and clusters as well. Several of the lenses are located at z(lens) > 0.7, a redshift regime that is inaccessible to lens searches based on Sloan Digital Sky Survey spectroscopy. The lensed SMGs are amplified by factors that are significantly below statistical model predictions given the 500 mu m flux densities of our sample. We speculate that this may reflect a deficiency in our understanding of the intrinsic sizes and luminosities of the brightest SMGs. The lensed SMGs span nearly one decade in L-FIR (median L-FIR = 7.9 x 10(12) L-circle dot) and two decades in FIR luminosity surface density (median Sigma(FIR) = 6.0 x 10(11) L-circle dot kpc(-2)). The strong lenses in this sample and others identified via (sub-) mm surveys will provide a wealth of information regarding the astrophysics of galaxy formation and evolution over a wide range in redshift.
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    HerMES: CANDIDATE HIGH-REDSHIFT GALAXIES DISCOVERED WITH HERSCHEL/SPIRE
    (2014) Dowell, C. Darren; Conley, A.; Glenn, J.; Arumugam, V.; Asboth, V.; Aussel, H.; Bertoldi, F.; Bethermin, M.; Bock, J.; Boselli, A.; Bridge, C.; Buat, V.; Burgarella, D.; Cabrera-Lavers, A.; Casey, C. M.; Chapman, S. C.; Clements, D. L.; Conversi, L.; Cooray, A.; Dannerbauer, H.; De Bernardis, F.; Ellsworth-Bowers, T. P.; Farrah, D.; Franceschini, A.; Griffin, M.; Gurwell, M. A.; Halpern, M.; Hatziminaoglou, E.; Heinis, S.; Ibar, E.; Ivison, R. J.; Laporte, N.; Marchetti, L.; Martinez-Navajas, P.; Marsden, G.; Morrison, G. E.; Nguyen, H. T.; O'Halloran, B.; Oliver, S. J.; Omont, A.; Page, M. J.; Papageorgiou, A.; Pearson, C. P.; Petitpas, G.; Perez-Fournon, I.; Pohlen, M.; Riechers, D.; Rigopoulou, D.; Roseboom, I. G.; Rowan-Robinson, M.; Sayers, J.; Schulz, B.; Scott, Douglas; Seymour, N.; Shupe, D. L.; Smith, A. J.; Streblyanska, A.; Symeonidis, M.; Vaccari, M.; Valtchanov, I.; Vieira, J. D.; Viero, M.; Wang, L.; Wardlow, J.; Xu, C. K.; Zemcov, M.
    We present a method for selecting z > 4 dusty, star-forming galaxies (DSFGs) using Herschel/Spectral and Photometric Imaging Receiver 250/350/500 mu m flux densities to search for red sources. We apply this method to 21 deg(2) of data from the HerMES survey to produce a catalog of 38 high-z candidates. Follow-up of the first five of these sources confirms that this method is efficient at selecting high-z DSFGs, with 4/5 at z = 4.3-6.3 (and the remaining source at z = 3.4), and that they are some of the most luminous dusty sources known. Comparison with previous DSFG samples, mostly selected at longer wavelengths (e. g., 850 mu m) and in single-band surveys, shows that our method is much more efficient at selecting high-z DSFGs, in the sense that a much larger fraction are at z > 3. Correcting for the selection completeness and purity, we find that the number of bright (S-500 (mu m) >= 30 mJy), red Herschel sources is 3.3 +/- 0.8 deg(-2). This is much higher than the number predicted by current models, suggesting that the DSFG population extends to higher redshifts than previously believed. If the shape of the luminosity function for high-z DSFGs is similar to that at z similar to 2, rest-frame UV based studies may be missing a significant component of the star formation density at z = 4-6, even after correction for extinction.
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    MUSE observations towards the lensing cluster A2744: Intersection between the LBG and LAE populations at z ∼ 3-7
    (2020) de La Vieuville, G.; Pello, R.; Richard, J.; Mahler, G.; Leveque, L.; Bauer, F. E.; Lagattuta, D. J.; Blaizot, J.; Contini, T.; Guaita, L.; Kusakabe, H.; Laporte, N.; Martinez, J.; Maseda, M., V; Schaerer, D.; Schmidt, K. B.; Verhamme, A.
    We present a study of the intersection between the populations of star forming galaxies selected as either Lyman break galaxies (LBGs) or Lyman-alpha emitters (LAEs) in the redshift range 2.9-6.7 and within the same volume of universe sampled by the Multi-Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) behind the Hubble Frontier Fields lensing cluster A2744. We define three samples of star-forming galaxies: LBG galaxies with an LAE counterpart (92 galaxies), LBG galaxies without an LAE counterpart (408 galaxies), and LAE galaxies without an LBG counterpart (46 galaxies). All these galaxies are intrinsically faint because of the lensing nature of the sample (M-1500 >=-20.5). The fraction of LAEs among all selected star-forming galaxies increases with redshift up to z similar to 6 and decreases for higher redshifts, in agreement with previous findings. The evolution of LAE/LBG populations with UV magnitude and Ly alpha luminosity shows that the LAE selection is able to identify intrinsically UV faint galaxies with M-1500 >=-15 that are typically missed in the deepest lensing photometric surveys. The LBG population seems to fairly represent the total population of star-forming galaxies down to M-1500 similar to-15. Galaxies with M-1500<-17 tend to have SFRLy alpha-17, including galaxies only detected by their Ly alpha emission, with a large scatter. These trends, previously observed in other samples of star-forming galaxies at high-z, are seen here for very faint M-1500 similar to-15 galaxies; that is, much fainter than in previous studies. The present results show no clear evidence for an intrinsic difference between the properties of the two populations selected as LBG and/or LAE. The observed trends could be explained by a combination of several phenomena, like the existence of different star-formation regimes, the dust content, the relative distribution and morphology of dust and stars, or the stellar populations.
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    The ALMA Frontier Fields Survey. IV. Lensing-corrected 1.1 mm number counts in Abell 2744, MACS J0416.1-2403, and MACS J1149.5+2223 (Corrigendum)
    (2019) Muñoz Arancibia, A. M.; González-López, J.; Ibar, E.; Bauer, F. E.; Carrasco, M.; Laporte, N.; Anguita, T.; Aravena, M.; Barrientos, F.; Bouwens, R. J.; Demarco, R.; Infante, L.; Kneissl, R.; Nagar, N.; Padilla, N.; Romero-Cañizales, C.; Troncoso, P.; Zitrin, A.