Start year
1986
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Description
This IAC research group carries out several extragalactic projects in different spectral ranges, using space as well as ground-based telescopes, to study the cosmological evolution of galaxies and the origin of nuclear activity in active galaxies. The group is a member of the international consortium which built the SPIRE instrument for the Herschel Space Observatory and of the European consortium which is developing the SAFARI instrument for the infrared space telescope SPICA of the space agencies ESA and JAXA.
The main projects in 2018 were:
a) High-redshift galaxies and quasars with far-infrared emission discovered with the Herschel Space Observatory in the HerMES and Herschel-ATLAS Key Projects.
b) Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV: BELLS GALLERY galaxies and very luminous Lyman alpha emitting galaxies.
c) Participation in the development of the SAFARI instrument, one of the European contributions to the SPICA infrared space telescope.
d) Discovery of the most distant individual star ever observed, in one of the fields of the "HST Frontier Fields".
e) Search for supernovae in distant, gravitationally lensed galaxies.
f) Several studies with GTC of absorption line systems in the line of sight to red quasars.
Members
Principal investigator
Ismael
Pérez Fournon
Project staff
Dr.
Stefan Geier
Collaborators
Herschel SPIRE, HerMES, Herschel-ATLAS, SPICA, SAFARI, BELLS GALLERY, SERVS, DEEPDRILL, SDSS-IV y SHARDS Frontier Fields
Results
- Marques-Chaves et al. (2018) present a study of the submillimeter galaxy HLock01 at z = 2.9574, one of the brightest gravitationally lensed sources discovered in the Herschel Multi-tiered Extragalactic Survey. Detailed analysis of the high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) rest-frame UV GTC OSIRIS spectrum shows complex kinematics of the gas.
- Rigopoulou et al. (2018) using new, Herschel spectroscopic observations of key far-infrared fine structure lines of the z ∼ 3 galaxy HLSW-01 derive gas-phase metallicities and find that the metallicities of z ∼ 3 submm-luminous galaxies are consistent with solar metallicities and that they appear to follow the mass–metallicity relation expected for z ∼ 3 systems.
- Cornachione et al. (2018) present a morphological study of 17 lensed Lyα emitter (LAE) galaxies of the BELLS GALLERY sample. The analysis combines the magnification effect of strong galaxy–galaxy lensing with the high resolution of the Hubble Space Telescope to achieve a physical resolution of ~80 pc for this 2 < z < 3 LAE sample.
- Oteo et al. (2018) report the identification of an extreme protocluster of galaxies in the early universe whose core (nicknamed Distant Red Core, DRC, because of its very red color in Herschel SPIRE bands) is formed by at least 10 dusty star-forming galaxies (DSFGs), spectroscopically confirmed to lie at z = 4.002 via detection of emission lines with ALMA and ATCA.
- Kelly et al. (2018) report the discovery of an individual star, Icarus, at redshift z = 1.49 magnified by more than × 2,000 by gravitational lensing of the galaxy cluster MACS J1149+222. Icarus is located in a spiral galaxy that is so far from Earth that its light has taken 9000 million years to reach the Earth.
Scientific activity
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Spectroscopic analysis of the strongly lensed SN Encore: constraints on cosmic evolution of Type Ia supernovaeStrong gravitational lensing magnifies the light from a background source, allowing us to study these sources in detail. Here, we study the spectra of a $z = 1.95$ lensed Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) SN Encore for its brightest image A, taken 39 d apart. We infer the spectral age with template matching using the supernova identification (SNID )Dhawan, S. et al.
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A spectroscopic and kinematic survey of fast hot subdwarfsHot subdwarfs (sdO/B) are the stripped helium cores of red giants formed via binary interactions. Close hot subdwarf binaries with massive white dwarf companions have been proposed as possible progenitors of thermonuclear supernovae type Ia (SN Ia). If the supernova is triggered by stable mass transfer from the helium star, the companion shouldGeier, S. et al.
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A targeted search for strongly lensed supernovae with the Las Cumbres ObservatoryGravitationally lensed supernovae (glSNe) are of interest for time delay cosmology and SN physics. However, glSNe detections are rare, owing to the intrinsic rarity of SN explosions, the necessity of alignment with a foreground lens, and the relatively short window of detectability. We present the Las Cumbres Observatory Lensed Supernova SearchCraig, Peter et al.
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The Nature of 500 micron Risers III: a small complete sampleHerschel surveys have found large numbers of sources with red far-IR colours, and spectral energy distributions (SEDs) rising from 250 to 500 µm: 500 risers. The nature and role of these sources is not fully understood. We here present Submillimeter Array (SMA) interferometric imaging at 200 GHz of a complete sample of five 500 risers with F500 >44Clements, D. L. et al.
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Evidence for very massive stars in extremely UV-bright star-forming galaxies at z ∼ 2.2-3.6We present a comprehensive analysis of the presence of very massive stars (VMS > 100 M ⊙) in the integrated spectra of 13 UV-bright star-forming galaxies at 2.2 ≲ z ≲ 3.6 taken with the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC). These galaxies have very high UV absolute magnitudes (M UV ≃ −24), intense star formation (star formation rate ≃100 − 1000 M ⊙ yr −1Upadhyaya, A. et al.
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SN 2020pvb: A Type IIn-P supernova with a precursor outburstWe present photometric and spectroscopic datasets for SN 2020pvb, a Type IIn-P supernova (SN) that is similar to SNe 1994W, 2005cl, 2009kn, and 2011ht, with a precursor outburst detected (PS1 w band ∼-13.8 mag) around four months before the B-band maximum light. SN 2020pvb presents a relatively bright light curve that peaked at M B = −17.95 ± 0.30Elias-Rosa, N. et al.
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Lensed Type Ia Supernova "Encore" at z = 2: The First Instance of Two Multiply Imaged Supernovae in the Same Host GalaxyA bright (m F150W,AB = 24 mag), z = 1.95 supernova (SN) candidate was discovered in JWST/NIRCam imaging acquired on 2023 November 17. The SN is quintuply imaged as a result of strong gravitational lensing by a foreground galaxy cluster, detected in three locations, and remarkably is the second lensed SN found in the same host galaxy. The previousPierel, J. D. R. et al.
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JWST Photometric Time-delay and Magnification Measurements for the Triply Imaged Type Ia "SN H0pe" at z = 1.78Supernova (SN) SN H0pe is a gravitationally lensed, triply imaged, Type Ia SN (SN Ia) discovered in James Webb Space Telescope imaging of the PLCK G165.7+67.0 cluster of galaxies. Well-observed multiply imaged SNe provide a rare opportunity to constrain the Hubble constant (H 0), by measuring the relative time delay between the images and modelingPierel, J. D. R. et al.
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A dusty protocluster surrounding the binary galaxy HerBS-70 at z = 2.3We report on deep SCUBA-2 observations at 850 $\mu$m and NOrthern Extended Millimetre Array (NOEMA) spectroscopic measurements at 2 mm of the environment surrounding the luminous, massive (M * ≈ 2 × 10 11 M ⊙) Herschel-selected source HerBS-70. This source was revealed by previous NOEMA observations to be a binary system of dusty star-formingBakx, Tom J. L. C. et al.
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The NOEMA observations of GN-z11: constraining the neutral interstellar medium and dust formation in the heart of cosmic reionization at z = 10.6We present results of dust continuum and [C II]$\, 158\, {\rm \mu m}$ emission line observations of a remarkably UV luminous (M UV = -21.6) galaxy at z = 10.603: GN-z11. Using the Northern Extended Millimeter Array (NOEMA), observations have been carried out over multiple observing cycles. We achieved a high sensitivity resulting in a $\lambda _{Fudamoto, Y. et al.
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Absence of radio-bright dominance in a near-infrared selected sample of red quasarsContext. The dichotomy between red and blue quasars is still an open question. It is debated whether red quasars are simply blue quasars that are observed at certain inclination angles or if they provide insight into a transitional phase in the evolution of quasars. Aims: We investigate the relation between quasar colors and radio-detected fractionVejlgaard, S. et al.
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Dynamics of 2023 FW<SUB>14</SUB>, the second L<SUB>4</SUB> Mars trojan, and a physical characterization using the 10.4 m Gran Telescopio CanariasContext. Known Mars trojans could be primordial small bodies that have remained in their present-day orbits for the age of the Solar System. Their orbital distribution is strongly asymmetric; there are over a dozen objects at the L 5 point and just one at L 4, (121514) 1999 UJ 7. Most L 5 trojans appear to form a collision-induced asteroid clusterde la Fuente Marcos, R. et al.
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Photometric and colorimetric studies of target objects using small and medium-size telescopesWe report on follow-up studies of transient events and objects, which have been conducted in recent years using ground-based optical observations. BVRI photometry has been performed with small and medium-sized telescopes located in Europe and North America. The purpose of these studies, which are mainly focused on objects of unknown nature, is toGodunova, V. G. et al.
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Characterization of Herschel-selected strong lens candidates through HST and sub-mm/mm observationsWe have carried out Hubble Space Telescope (HST) snapshot observations at 1.1 μm of 281 candidate strongly lensed galaxies identified in the wide-area extragalactic surveys conducted with the Herschel Space Observatory. Our candidates comprise systems with flux densities at $500\, \mu$m, S 500 ≥ 80 mJy. We model and subtract the surface brightnessBorsato, E. et al.
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Photometry of the Didymos System across the DART Impact ApparitionOn 2022 September 26, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft impacted Dimorphos, the satellite of binary near-Earth asteroid (65803) Didymos. This demonstrated the efficacy of a kinetic impactor for planetary defense by changing the orbital period of Dimorphos by 33 minutes. Measuring the period change relied heavily on aMoskovitz, Nicholas et al.
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z-GAL: A NOEMA spectroscopic redshift survey of bright Herschel galaxies. I. Overview (Corrigendum)Cox, P. et al.
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Detailed spectrophotometric analysis of the superluminous and fast evolving SN 2019neqSN 2019neq was a very fast evolving superluminous supernova. At a redshift z = 0.1059, its peak absolute magnitude was -21.5 ± 0.2 mag in g band. In this work, we present data and analysis from an extensive spectrophotometric follow-up campaign using multiple observational facilities. Thanks to a nebular spectrum of SN 2019neq, we investigated someFiore, Achille et al.
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The black widow pulsar J1641+8049 in the optical, radio, and X-raysPSR J1641+8049 is a 2 ms black widow pulsar with the 2.2 h orbital period detected in the radio and γ-rays. We performed new phase-resolved multiband photometry of PSR J1641+8049 using the OSIRIS instrument at the Gran Telescopio Canarias. The obtained data were analysed together with the new radio-timing observations from the Canadian HydrogenKirichenko, A. Yu et al.
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A bright triple transient that vanished within 50 minWe report on three optically bright, ~16th mag, point sources within 10 arcsec of each other that vanished within 1 h, based on two consecutive exposures at Palomar Observatory on 1952 July 19 (POSS I Red and Blue). The three point sources have continued to be absent in telescope exposures during 71 yr with detection thresholds of ~21st mag. WeSolano, Enrique et al.
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A magnified compact galaxy at redshift 9.51 with strong nebular emission linesUltraviolet light from early galaxies is thought to have ionized gas in the intergalactic medium. However, there are few observational constraints on this epoch because of the faintness of those galaxies and the redshift of their optical light into the infrared. We report the observation, in JWST imaging, of a distant galaxy that is magnified byWilliams, Hayley et al.
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