Browsing by Author "Zitrin, Adi"

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    A HIGHLY ELONGATED PROMINENT LENS AT z=0.87 : FIRST STRONG-LENSING ANALYSIS OF EL GORDO
    (2013) Zitrin, Adi; Menanteau, Felipe; Hughes, John P.; Coe, Dan; Barrientos, Luis Felipe; Infante Lira, Leopoldo; Mandelbaum, Rachel
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    ALMA Lensing Cluster Survey: Bright [C ii] 158 μm Lines from a Multiply Imaged Sub-L* Galaxy at z=6.0719
    (2021) Fujimoto, Seiji; Oguri, Masamune; Brammer, Gabriel; Yoshimura, Yuki; Laporte, Nicolas; Gonzalez-Lopez, Jorge; Caminha, Gabriel B.; Kohno, Kotaro; Zitrin, Adi; Richard, Johan; Ouchi, Masami; Bauer, Franz E.; Smail, Ian; Hatsukade, Bunyo; Ono, Yoshiaki; Kokorev, Vasily; Umehata, Hideki; Schaerer, Daniel; Knudsen, Kirsten; Sun, Fengwu; Magdis, Georgios; Valentino, Francesco; Ao, Yiping; Toft, Sune; Dessauges-Zavadsky, Miroslava; Shimasaku, Kazuhiro; Caputi, Karina; Kusakabe, Haruka; Morokuma-Matsui, Kana; Shotaro, Kikuchihara; Egami, Eiichi; Lee, Minju M.; Rawle, Timothy; Espada, Daniel
    We present bright [C ii] 158 mu m line detections from a strongly magnified and multiply imaged (mu similar to 20-160) sub-L* (MUV=-19.75-0.44+0.55) Lyman-break galaxy (LBG) at z = 6.0719 +/- 0.0004, drawn from the ALMA Lensing Cluster Survey (ALCS). Emission lines are identified at 268.7 GHz at >= 8 sigma exactly at the positions of two multiple images of the LBG, behind the massive galaxy cluster RXCJ0600-2007. Our lens models, updated with the latest spectroscopy from VLT/MUSE, indicate that a sub region of the LBG crosses the caustic, and is lensed into a long (similar to 6 '') arc with a local magnification of mu similar to 160, for which the [C ii] line is also significantly detected. The source plane reconstruction resolves the interstellar medium (ISM) structure, showing that the [C ii] line is co-spatial with the rest-frame UV continuum at a scale of similar to 300 pc. The [C ii] line properties suggest that the LBG is a rotation-dominated system, whose velocity gradient explains a slight difference in redshifts between the whole LBG and its sub-region. The star formation rate (SFR)-L-[CII] relations, for whole and sub-regions of the LBG, are consistent with those of local galaxies. We evaluate the lower limit of the faint-end of the [C ii] luminosity function at z = 6, finding it to be consistent with predictions from semi-analytical models and from the local SFR-L-[CII] relation with a SFR function at z = 6. These results imply that the local SFR-L-[CII] relation is universal for a wide range of scales, including the spatially resolved ISM, the whole region of the galaxy, and the cosmic scale, even in the epoch of reionization.
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    Clash: Complete lensing analysis of the largest cosmic lens MACS J0717.5+3745 and surrounding structures
    (2013) Medezinski, Elinor; Umetsu, Keiichi; Nonino, Mario; Merten, Julian; Zitrin, Adi; Broadhurst, Tom; Donahue, Megan; Sayers, Jack; Waizmann, Jean-Claude; Infante Lira, Leopoldo; Koekemoer, Anton
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    Pilot-WINGS: An extended MUSE view of the structure of Abell 370
    (2022) Lagattuta, David J.; Richard, Johan; Bauer, Franz Erik; Cerny, Catherine; Claeyssens, Adelaide; Guaita, Lucia; Jauzac, Mathilde; Jeanneau, Alexandre; Koekemoer, Anton M.; Mahler, Guillaume; Prieto Lyon, Gonzalo; Acebron, Ana; Meneghetti, Massimo; Niemiec, Anna; Zitrin, Adi; Bianconi, Matteo; Connor, Thomas; Cen, Renyue; Edge, Alastair; Faisst, Andreas L.; Limousin, Marceau; Massey, Richard; Sereno, Mauro; Sharon, Keren; Weaver, John R.
    We investigate the strong-lensing cluster Abell 370 (A370) using a wide Integral Field Unit (IFU) spectroscopic mosaic from the Multi-Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE). IFU spectroscopy provides significant insight into the structure and mass content of galaxy clusters, yet IFU-based cluster studies focus almost exclusively on the central Einstein-radius region. Covering over 14 arcmin(2), the new MUSE mosaic extends significantly beyond the A370 Einstein radius, providing, for the first time, a detailed look at the cluster outskirts. Combining these data with wide-field, multi-band Hubble Space Telescope (HST) imaging from the BUFFALO project, we analyse the distribution of objects within the cluster and along the line of sight. Identifying 416 cluster galaxies, we use kinematics to trace the radial mass profile of the halo, providing a mass estimate independent from the lens model. We also measure radially averaged properties of the cluster members, tracking their evolution as a function of infall. Thanks to the high spatial resolution of our data, we identify six cluster members acting as galaxy-galaxy lenses, which constrain localized mass distributions beyond the Einstein radius. Finally, taking advantage of MUSE's 3D capabilities, we detect and analyse multiple spatially extended overdensities outside of the cluster that influence lensing-derived halo mass estimates. We stress that much of this work is only possible thanks to the robust, extended IFU coverage, highlighting its importance even in less optically dense cluster regions. Overall, this work showcases the power of combining HST + MUSE, and serves as the initial step towards a larger and wider program targeting several clusters.
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    Three gravitationally lensed supernovae behind clash galaxy clusters
    (2014) Patel, Brandon; McCully, Curtis; Jha, Saurabh W.; Rodney, Steven A.; Jones, David O.; Graur, Or; Merten, Julian; Zitrin, Adi; Riess, Adam G.; Infante Lira, Leopoldo
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    YOUNG GALAXY CANDIDATES IN THE HUBBLE FRONTIER FIELDS. I. A2744
    (2014) Zheng, Wei; Shu, Xinwen; Moustakas, John; Zitrin, Adi; Ford, Holland C.; Huang, Xingxing; Broadhurst, Tom; Molino, Alberto; Infante Lira, Leopoldo; Bauer, Franz Erik