| Title | A bright-lensed galaxy at z=5.4 with strong Ly alpha emission |
| Authors | McGreer, Ian D. Clement, Benjamin Mainali, Ramesh Stark, Daniel P. Gronke, Max Dijkstra, Mark Fan, Xiaohui Bian, Fuyan Frye, Brenda Jiang, Linhua Kneib, Jean-Paul Limousin, Marceau Walth, Gregory |
| Affiliation | Univ Arizona, Steward Observ, 933 North Cherry Ave, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA. Spaceflight Ind, 1505 Westlake Ave N Suite 600, Seattle, WA 98109 USA. Univ Lyon1, Univ Lyon, Ens Lyon, Ctr Rech Astrophys Lyon UMR5574,CNRS, F-69230 St Genis Laval, France. Univ Oslo, Inst Theoret Astrophys, Postboks 1029, N-0315 Oslo, Norway. Australian Natl Univ, Res Sch Astron & Astrophys, Canberra, ACT 2611, Australia. Peking Univ, Kavli Inst Astron & Astrophys, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China. EPFL, Lab Astrophys, Inst Phys, Observ Sauverny, CH-1290 Versoix, Switzerland. Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, CNES, LAM, Marseille, France. Univ Calif San Diego, Ctr Astrophys & Space Sci, 9500 Gilman Dr, San Diego, CA 92093 USA. Univ Arizona, Steward Observ, 933 North Cherry Ave, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA. McGreer, ID (reprint author), Spaceflight Ind, 1505 Westlake Ave N Suite 600, Seattle, WA 98109 USA. |
| Keywords | (cosmology:) dark ages, re-ionization, first stars galaxies: high-redshift galaxies: individual: CFHTLS J141446.82+544631.9 galaxies: ISM galaxies: groups: individual: SL2S J141447+544703 gravitational lensing: strong STAR-FORMING GALAXIES LYMAN BREAK GALAXIES DIGITAL SKY SURVEY PHOTOMETRIC REDSHIFTS LUMINOSITY FUNCTION LEGACY SURVEY DEEP FIELD TO 6-7 EMITTERS REIONIZATION |
| Issue Date | 2018 |
| Publisher | MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY |
| Citation | MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY. 2018, 479(1), 435-453. |
| Abstract | We present a detailed study of an unusually bright, lensed galaxy at z = 5.424 discovered within the CFHTLS imaging survey. With an observed flux of i(AB) = 23.0, J141446.82+544631.9 is one of the brightest galaxies known at z > 5. It is characterized by strong Ly alpha emission, reaching a peak in (observed) flux density of >10 (16)erg s (1) cm (2)angstrom (1). A deep optical spectrum from the Large Binocular Telescope places strong constraints on Nv and C IV emission, disfavouring an Active Galactic Nucleus (AGN) source for the emission. However, a detection of the NIV] lambda 1486 emission line indicates a hard ionizing continuum, possibly from hot, massive stars. Resolved imaging from HST deblends the galaxy from a foreground interloper; these observations include narrowband imaging of the Ly alpha emission, which is marginally resolved on approximately lbw kpc scales and has EW0 similar to 260 angstrom. The Ly alpha emission extends over similar to 2000 km s (1) and is broadly consistent with expanding shell models. Spectral energy distribution fitting that includes Spitzer/IRAC photometry suggests a complex star formation history that includes both a recent burst and an evolved population. J1414+5446 lies 30 arcsec from the centre of a known lensing cluster in the CFHTLS; combined with the foreground contribution, this leads to a highly uncertain estimate for the lensing magnification in the range 5 less than or similar to mu less than or similar to 25. Because of its unusual brightness, J1414+5446 affords unique opportunities for detailed study of an individual galaxy near the epoch of re-ionization and a preview of what can be expected from upcoming wide-area surveys that will yield hundreds of similar objects. |
| URI | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11897/517632 |
| ISSN | 0035-8711 |
| DOI | 10.1093/mnras/sty1411 |
| Indexed | SCI(E) |
| Appears in Collections: | 科维理天文与天体物理研究所 |
