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General
Este grupo desarrolla varios proyectos extragalácticos en diferentes rangos del espectro electromagnético utilizando satélites y telescopios en tierra para estudiar la evolución cosmológica de las galaxias y el origen de la actividad nuclear en galaxias activas. En el aspecto instrumental, el grupo forma parte del consorcio internacional que ha construido el instrumento SPIRE del Observatorio Espacial Herschel y del consorcio europeo que desarrolla el instrumento SAFARI para el telescopio espacial infrarrojo SPICA de las agencias espaciales ESA y JAXA.
Los proyectos principales en 2018 han sido:
a) Galaxias y cuásares distantes con emisión en el infrarrojo lejano descubiertas con el Observatorio Espacial Herschel en los "Key Projects" HerMES y Herschel-ATLAS.
b) Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV: galaxias del proyecto BELLS GALLERY y galaxias Lyman alpha muy luminosas
c) Participación en el desarrollo del instrumento SAFARI, una de las contribuciones europeas al telescopio espacial infrarrojo SPICA.
d) Descubrimiento de la estrella individual más distante conocida, en uno de los campos del proyecto "HST Frontier Fields"
e) Búsqueda de supernovas en galaxias distantes amplificadas por lentes gravitacionales.
f) Varios estudios con GTC de sistemas de absorción en la línea de visión a cuásares rojos.
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Results
- Marques-Chaves et al. (2018) presentan un estudio detallado de la galaxia submm HLock01 a z = 2.9574, una de las fuentes más brillantes magnificadas por una lente gravitacional descubiertas en el "Herschel Multi-tiered Extragalactic Survey".
- Rigopoulou et al. (2018) derivan la metalicidad de la fase gaseosa de la galaxia submm HLSW-01 utilizando observaciones espectroscópicas de líneas de estructura fina con Herschel. Encuentran que la metalicidad de galaxias submm luminosas es de tipo solar y que siguen la relación masa-metalicidad esperada para galaxias a z ∼ 3.
- Cornachione et al. (2018) presentan un estudio morfológico de 17 galaxias emisoras Lyman alpha magnificadas por lentes gravitacionales de la muestra BELLS GALLERY. El análisis combina el efecto de magnificación de las lentes fuertes galaxia-galaxia con la alta resolución angular del telescopio espacial Hubble para conseguir una resolución espacial de ~80 pc.
- Oteo et al. (2018) reportan la identificación de un protocúmulo de galaxias extremo en el universo temprano cuyo núcleo (denominado Núcleo Rojo Distante por su color muy rojo en las bandas de Herschel SPIRE) está formado por al menos 10 galaxias polvorientas con formación estelar, confirmadas espectroscópicamente a z = 4.002 con ALMA y ATCA.
- Kelly et al. (2018) reportan el descubrimiento de una estrella individual, Icarus, a un desplazamiento al rojo de 1.49, magnificada más de 2000 veces por el efecto de lente gravitacional del cúmulo de galaxias MACS J1149+222. Icarus está localizada en una galaxia espiral muy alejada de la tierra, su luz ha tardado 9000 millones de años en llegar a la tierra.
Scientific activity
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Cold dust and young starbursts: spectral energy distributions of Herschel SPIRE sources from the HerMES surveyWe present spectral energy distributions (SEDs) for 68 Herschel sources detected at 5σ at 250, 350 and 500 μm in the HerMES SWIRE-Lockman field. We explore whether existing models for starbursts, quiescent star-forming galaxies and active galactic nucleus dust tori are able to model the full range of SEDs measured with Herschel. We find that whileRowan-Robinson, M. et al.
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A Population of Dust-rich Quasars at z ~ 1.5We report Herschel SPIRE (250, 350, and 500 μm) detections of 32 quasars with redshifts 0.5Dai, Y. Sophia et al.
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A Comprehensive View of a Strongly Lensed Planck-Associated Submillimeter GalaxyWe present high-resolution maps of stars, dust, and molecular gas in a strongly lensed submillimeter galaxy (SMG) at z = 3.259. HATLAS J114637.9-001132 is selected from the Herschel-Astrophysical Terahertz Large Area Survey (H-ATLAS) as a strong lens candidate mainly based on its unusually high 500 μm flux density (~300 mJy). It is the only highFu, Hai et al.
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The Swift/Fermi GRB 080928 from 1 eV to 150 keVWe present the results of a comprehensive study of the gamma-ray burst 080928 and of its afterglow. GRB 080928 was a long burst detected by Swift/BAT and Fermi/GBM. It is one of the exceptional cases where optical emission had already been detected when the GRB itself was still radiating in the gamma-ray band. For nearly 100 s simultaneous opticalRossi, A. et al.
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The Highly Energetic Expansion of SN 2010bh Associated with GRB 100316DWe present the spectroscopic and photometric evolution of the nearby (z = 0.059) spectroscopically confirmed Type Ic supernova, SN 2010bh, associated with the soft, long-duration gamma-ray burst (X-ray flash) GRB 100316D. Intensive follow-up observations of SN 2010bh were performed at the ESO Very Large Telescope (VLT) using the X-shooter and FORS2Bufano, Filomena et al.
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The circumburst density profile around GRB progenitors: a statistical studyAccording to our present understanding, long gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) originate from the collapse of massive stars, while short bursts are caused by to the coalescence of compact stellar objects. Because the afterglow evolution is determined by the circumburst density profile, n(r), traversed by the fireball, it can be used to distinguish between aSchulze, S. et al.
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The Afterglows of Swift-era Gamma-Ray Bursts. II. Type I GRB versus Type II GRB Optical AfterglowsGamma-ray bursts (GRBs) have been separated into two classes, originally along the lines of duration and spectral properties, called "short/hard" and "long/soft." The latter have been conclusively linked to the explosive deaths of massive stars, while the former are thought to result from the merger or collapse of compact objects. In recent yearsKann, D. A. et al.
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The Afterglows of Swift-era Gamma-ray Bursts. I. Comparing pre-Swift and Swift-era Long/Soft (Type II) GRB Optical AfterglowsWe have gathered optical photometry data from the literature on a large sample of Swift-era gamma-ray burst (GRB) afterglows including GRBs up to 2009 September, for a total of 76 GRBs, and present an additional three pre-Swift GRBs not included in an earlier sample. Furthermore, we publish 840 additional new photometry data points on a total of 42Kann, D. A. et al.
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Simultaneous polarization monitoring of supernovae SN 2008D/XT 080109 and SN 2007uy: isolating geometry from dustContext. The possible existence of a continuum encompassing the diversity of explosive stellar deaths, ranging from ordinary supernovae (SNe; lacking any sign of a relativistic outflow) to relativistic hypernovae associated with energetic long duration gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), is under intense debate. In this context, the supernova SN 2008DGorosabel, J. et al.
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HerMES: SPIRE detection of high-redshift massive compact galaxies in GOODS-N fieldWe have analysed the rest-frame far-infrared properties of a sample of massive (M* > 1011Msolar) galaxies at 2Cava, A. et al.
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Evidence for supernova-synthesized dust from the rising afterglow of GRB071025 at z ~ 5We present observations and analysis of the broad-band afterglow of Swift GRB071025. Using optical and infrared (RIYJHK) photometry, we derive a photometric redshift of 4.4 z 5.2; at this redshift our simultaneous multicolour observations begin at ~30 s after the gamma-ray burst trigger in the host frame, during the initial rising phase of thePerley, Daniel A. et al.
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The Herschel Multi-tiered Extragalactic Survey: HerMESThe Herschel Multi-tiered Extragalactic Survey (HerMES) is a legacy programme designed to map a set of nested fields totalling ˜380 deg2. Fields range in size from 0.01 to ˜20 deg2, using the Herschel-Spectral and Photometric Imaging Receiver (SPIRE) (at 250, 350 and 500 μm) and the Herschel-Photodetector Array Camera and Spectrometer (PACS) (atOliver, S. J. et al.
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Superdense Massive Galaxies in the Nearby UniverseSuperdense massive galaxies (re ~ 1 kpc; M ~ 1011 M sun) were common in the early universe (z gsim 1.5). Within some hierarchical merging scenarios, a non-negligible fraction (1%-10%) of these galaxies is expected to survive since that epoch, retaining their compactness and presenting old stellar populations in the present universe. Using the NYUTrujillo, I. et al.
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A deep search for the host galaxies of gamma-ray bursts with no detected optical afterglowContext. Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) can provide information about star formation at high redshifts. Even in the absence of a bright optical/near-infrared/radio afterglow, the high detection rate of X-ray afterglows by Swift/XRT and its localization precision of 2-3 arcsec facilitates the identification and the study of GRB host galaxies. Aims: WeRossi, A. et al.
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Study of the NGC 2770 interstellar medium through Hα, millimetric and optical polarimetric data of SN 2008D and SN 2007uyWe present the preliminary results of the recent Hα narrow-band imaging carried out for NGC 2770 with the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) equipped with OSIRIS. We put the polarization measurements reported in Gorosabel et al. (2010) for SN 2007uy and SN 2008D in the context of the morphological information inferred from the Hα imaging. We estimatedGorosabel, J. et al.
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Far-infrared properties of submillimeter and optically faint radio galaxiesWe use deep observations obtained with the Photodetector Array Camera and Spectrometer (PACS) onboard the Herschel Space Observatory to study the far-infrared (FIR) properties of submillimeter and optically faint radio galaxies (SMGs and OFRGs). From literature we compiled a sample of 35 securely identified SMGs and nine OFRGs located in the GOODSMagnelli, B. et al.
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The far-infrared/radio correlation as probed by HerschelWe set out to determine the ratio, qIR, of rest-frame 8-1000-μm flux, SIR, to monochromatic radio flux, S1.4 GHz, for galaxies selected at far-infrared (IR) and radio wavelengths, to search for signs that the ratio evolves with redshift, luminosity or dust temperature, Td, and to identify any far-IR-bright outliers - useful laboratories forIvison, R. J. et al.
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Herschel unveils a puzzling uniformity of distant dusty galaxiesThe Herschel Space Observatory enables us to accurately measure the bolometric output of starburst galaxies and active galactic nuclei (AGN) by directly sampling the peak of their far-infrared (IR) emission. Here we examine whether the spectral energy distribution (SED) and dust temperature of galaxies have strongly evolved over the last 80% of theElbaz, D. et al.
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Evolution of dust temperature of galaxies through cosmic time as seen by HerschelWe study the dust properties of galaxies in the redshift range 0.1 ~ 5 × 1010Lsolar appears to be 2-5K colder than that of AKARI-selected local galaxies with similar luminosities, and the dispersion in Tdust for high-z galaxies increases with LIR due to the existence of cold galaxies that are not seen among local galaxies. We show that this largeHwang, H. S. et al.
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Intracluster light in the Virgo cluster: large scale distributionAims: The intracluster light (ICL) is a faint diffuse stellar component of clusters made of stars that are not bound to individual galaxies. We have carried out a large scale study of this component in the nearby Virgo cluster. Methods: The diffuse light is traced using planetary nebulae (PNe). The surveyed areas were observed with a narrow-bandCastro-Rodriguéz, N. et al.
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