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Timmons, N.; Cooray, Asantha; Riechers, Dominik A.; Nayyeri, Hooshang; Fu, Hai; Jullo, Eric; Gladders, Michael D.; Baes, Maarten; Bussmann, R. Shane; Calanog, Jae; Clements, David L.; da Cunha, Elisabete; Dye, Simon; Eales, Stephen A.; Furlanetto, Cristina; Gonzalez-Nuevo, Joaquin; Greenslade, Joshua; Gurwell, Mark; Messias, Hugo; Michałowski, Michał J.; Oteo, Iván; Pérez-Fournon, I.; Scott, Douglas; Valiante, Elisabetta
Bibliographical reference
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 829, Issue 1, article id. 21, 11 pp. (2016).
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Description
We present a source-plane reconstruction of a Herschel and
Planck-detected gravitationally lensed dusty star-forming galaxy (DSFG)
at z = 1.68 using Hubble, Submillimeter Array (SMA), and Keck
observations. The background submillimeter galaxy (SMG) is strongly
lensed by a foreground galaxy cluster at z = 0.997 and appears as an arc
with a length of ∼15″ in the optical images. The continuum
dust emission, as seen by SMA, is limited to a single knot within this
arc. We present a lens model with source-plane reconstructions at
several wavelengths to show the difference in magnification between the
stars and dust, and highlight the importance of multi-wavelength lens
models for studies involving lensed DSFGs. We estimate the physical
properties of the galaxy by fitting the flux densities to model spectral
energy distributions leading to a magnification-corrected star-formation
rate (SFR) of 390 ± 60 M {}ȯ
yr‑1 and a stellar mass of 1.1+/- 0.4×
{10}11 {M}ȯ . These values are consistent
with high-redshift massive galaxies that have formed most of their stars
already. The estimated gas-to-baryon fraction, molecular gas surface
density, and SFR surface density have values of 0.43 ± 0.13, 350
± 200 {M}ȯ pc‑2, and ∼
12+/- 7 M {}ȯ yr‑1
kpc‑2, respectively. The ratio of SFR surface density
to molecular gas surface density puts this among the most star-forming
systems, similar to other measured SMGs and local ULIRGs.