scholarly journals Galactic outflows at high spatial resolution via gravitational lensing

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (S352) ◽  
pp. 187-193
Author(s):  
Justin Spilker
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Resolution ◽  
Gravitational Lensing ◽  
High Redshift ◽  
Spectral Lines ◽  
High Redshift Galaxies ◽  
Gas Phases ◽  
Spatially Resolved ◽  
Millimeter Wavelengths ◽  
Galactic Outflows ◽  
Time Required

AbstractThe completion of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has led to the ability to make observations with unprecedented resolution at sub-millimeter wavelengths, allowing novel probes of the ISM and kinematics of high-redshift galaxies. Because they are magnified by foreground galaxies or clusters, gravitationally lensed galaxies allow the highest possible spatial resolution to be obtained, and/or a sharp reduction in the observing time required to detect faint objects or spectral lines. These benefits have made lensed galaxies useful benchmark systems for ALMA, enabling a wide variety of science cases. Here I focus in particular on spatially-resolved observations of massive galactic outflows in the very distant z > 4 universe, summarizing plausible tracers of the cold molecular phase of these outflows. The prospects of joint JWST and ALMA observations will be revolutionary, including the chance to take a full census of galactic outflows in multiple gas phases at matched spatial resolution.

scholarly journals Spatially resolved spectroscopy of lensed galaxies in the Frontier Fields

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (A29B) ◽  
pp. 772-775
Author(s):  
Tucker Jones ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Galaxy Evolution ◽  
Gravitational Lensing ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
High Redshift ◽  
Physical Structure ◽  
Mass Star ◽  
High Redshift Galaxies ◽  
Spatially Resolved ◽  
Spatially Resolved Spectroscopy ◽  
Stellar Masses

AbstractThe Grism Lens-Amplified Survey from Space (GLASS) has obtained slitless near-infrared spectroscopy of 10 galaxy clusters selected for their strong lensing properties, including all six Hubble Frontier Fields. Slitless grism spectra are ideal for mapping emission lines such as [O ii], [O iii], and Hα at z=1–3. The combination of strong gravitational lensing and Hubble's diffraction limit provides excellent sensitivity with spatial resolution as fine as 100 pc for highly magnified sources, and ~500 pc for less magnified sources near the edge of the field of view. The GLASS survey represents the largest spectroscopic sample with such high resolution at z > 1. GLASS and Hubble Frontier Field data provide the distribution of stellar mass, star formation, gas-phase metallicity, and other aspects of the physical structure of high redshift galaxies, reaching stellar masses as low as ~107 M⊙ at z=2. I discuss precise measurements of these physical properties and implications for galaxy evolution.

scholarly journals Searches for High Redshift Galaxies Using Gravitational Lensing

2004 ◽  
pp. 27-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Richard ◽  
R. Pelló ◽  
J.-P. Kneib ◽  
D. Schaerer ◽  
M. R. Santos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gravitational Lensing ◽  
High Redshift ◽  
High Redshift Galaxies ◽  
Redshift Galaxies

Progress in search for high-redshift galaxies magnified by gravitational lensing

2013 ◽  
Vol 334 (4-5) ◽  
pp. 474-477 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Zheng ◽  
L. Bradley ◽  
A. Zitrin ◽  
J. Moustakas ◽  
M. Postman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gravitational Lensing ◽  
High Redshift ◽  
High Redshift Galaxies ◽  
Redshift Galaxies

scholarly journals The image plane approach to cosmic telescopes

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (A29B) ◽  
pp. 783-784
Author(s):  
Masamune Oguri
Keyword(s):  
Gravitational Lensing ◽  
Luminosity Function ◽  
High Redshift ◽  
Selection Effect ◽  
Image Plane ◽  
High Redshift Galaxies ◽  
The Public ◽  
Size Evolution ◽  
Redshift Galaxies

AbstractStudies of high-redshift galaxies behind the cores of mass clusters require the correction of gravitational lensing effects. We present our approach to estimate shapes, magnitudes, and the selection effect of high-redshift galaxies in the image plane, which allows us to include not only lensing magnifications but also lensing distortions and image multiplications. For this purpose we construct new mass models for the Frontier Fields clusters using the public software glafic. We present some results on faint-end slopes of the luminosity function and the size evolution of high-redshift galaxies from the analysis of Frontier Fields clusters.

scholarly journals Constraining VLBI−optical offsets in high redshift galaxies using strong gravitational lensing

2020 ◽  
Vol 494 (2) ◽  
pp. 2312-2326 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristiana Spingola ◽  
Anna Barnacka
Keyword(s):  
Gravitational Lensing ◽  
Angular Resolution ◽  
Hubble Space Telescope ◽  
High Redshift ◽  
Monte Carlo Sampling ◽  
High Angular Resolution ◽  
Radio Emissions ◽  
High Redshift Galaxies ◽  
Long Baseline ◽  
Redshift Galaxies

ABSTRACT We present a multiwavelength analysis of two highly magnified strong gravitationally lensed galaxies, CLASS B0712+472 and CLASS B1608+656, at redshifts 1.34 and 1.394, respectively, using new VLBI (very long baseline interferometry) and archival Hubble Space Telescope observations. We reconstruct the positions of the radio and optical emissions with their uncertainties using Monte Carlo sampling. We find that in CLASS B0712+472 the optical and radio emissions are co-spatial within 2 ± 5 mas (17 ± 42 pc at redshift of 1.34). But, in CLASS B1608+656, we reconstruct an optical–radio offset of 25 ± 16 mas (214 ± 137 pc at redshift of 1.394), among the smallest offsets measured for an AGN (active galactic nucleus) at such high redshift. The spectral features indicate that CLASS B1608+656 is a post-merger galaxy, which, in combination with the optical–VLBI offset reported here, makes CLASS B1608+656 a promising candidate for a high- z offset–AGN. Furthermore, the milliarcsecond angular resolution of the VLBI observations combined with the precise lens models allow us to spatially locate the radio emission at 0.05 mas precision (0.4 pc) in CLASS B0712+472, and 0.009 mas precision (0.08 pc) in CLASS B1608+656. The search for optical–radio offsets in high redshift galaxies will be eased by the upcoming synoptic all-sky surveys, including Extremely Large Telescope and Square Kilometre Array, which are expected to find ∼105 strongly lensed galaxies, opening an era of large strong lensing samples observed at high angular resolution.

Modeling galaxy evolution at high-redshift in highly overdense and normal regions

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (S341) ◽  
pp. 299-301
Author(s):  
Raphael Sadoun ◽  
Emilio Romano-Daz ◽  
Isaac Shlosman ◽  
Zheng Zheng
Keyword(s):  
Monte Carlo ◽  
High Resolution ◽  
Galaxy Evolution ◽  
Equivalent Width ◽  
High Redshift ◽  
Post Processing ◽  
High Redshift Galaxies ◽  
Massive Galaxies ◽  
Luminosity Functions ◽  
Galactic Outflows

AbstractWe present results from high-resolution, zoom-in cosmological simulations to study the effect of feedback from galactic outflows on the physical and Lyα properties of high-redshift galaxies in highly overdense and normal environments at z >∼6. The Lyα properties have been obtained by post-processing the simulations with a Monte-Carlo radiative transfer (RT) code. Our results demonstrate that galactic outflows play an important role in regulating the growth of massive galaxies in overdense regions as well as the temperature and metallicity of the intergalactic medium. In particular, we find that galactic outflows are necessary to reproduce the observed Lyα luminosity functions as well as the apparent Lyα luminosity, line width and equivalent width distributions of luminous Lyα emitters at z ∼ 6.

scholarly journals High redshift galaxies through gravitational lensing

2011 ◽  
Vol 314 ◽  
pp. 012119
Author(s):  
José A de Diego ◽  
Jordi Cepa ◽  
Mario De Leo ◽  
Ángel Bongiovanni
Keyword(s):  
Gravitational Lensing ◽  
High Redshift ◽  
High Redshift Galaxies ◽  
Redshift Galaxies

scholarly journals Hierarchical fragmentation in high redshift galaxies revealed by hydrodynamical simulations

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Baptiste Faure ◽  
Frédéric Bournaud ◽  
Jérémy Fensch ◽  
Emanuele Daddi ◽  
Manuel Behrendt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gravitational Lensing ◽  
Hubble Space Telescope ◽  
High Redshift ◽  
High Redshift Galaxies ◽  
Star Forming ◽  
Low Mass ◽  
Hydrodynamical Simulations ◽  
Gas Clusters ◽  
Very High ◽  
Redshift Galaxies

Abstract High-redshift star-forming galaxies have very different morphologies compared to nearby ones. Indeed, they are often dominated by bright star-forming structures of masses up to 108 − 9 M⊙ dubbed «giant clumps». However, recent observations questioned this result by showing only low-mass structures or no structure at all. We use Adaptative Mesh Refinement hydrodynamical simulations of galaxies with parsec-scale resolution to study the formation of structures inside clumpy high-redshift galaxies. We show that in very gas-rich galaxies star formation occurs in small gas clusters with masses below 107 − 8 M⊙ that are themselves located inside giant complexes with masses up to 108 and sometimes 109 M⊙ . Those massive structures are similar in mass and size to the giant clumps observed in imaging surveys, in particular with the Hubble Space Telescope. Using mock observations of simulated galaxies, we show that at very high resolution with instruments like the Atacama Large Millimeter Array or through gravitational lensing, only low-mass structures are likely to be detected, and their gathering into giant complexes might be missed. This leads to the non-detection of the giant clumps and therefore introduces a bias in the detection of these structures. We show that the simulated giant clumps can be gravitationally bound even when undetected in mocks representative for ALMA observations and HST observations of lensed galaxies. We then compare the top-down fragmentation of an initially warm disc and the bottom-up fragmentation of an initially cold disc to show that the process of formation of the clumps does not impact their physical properties.

scholarly journals Gravitational Lensing and Dynamics (GLaD): combined analysis to unveil properties of high-redshift galaxies

2020 ◽  
Vol 643 ◽  
pp. A135 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Chirivì ◽  
A. Yıldırım ◽  
S. H. Suyu ◽  
A. Halkola
Keyword(s):  
Gravitational Lensing ◽  
Surface Brightness ◽  
Mass Density ◽  
High Redshift ◽  
Dynamical Structure ◽  
Local Universe ◽  
High Redshift Galaxies ◽  
Strong Gravitational Lensing ◽  
Dynamical Modelling ◽  
Redshift Galaxies

The dynamical modelling of integral field unit (IFU) stellar kinematics is a powerful tool to unveil the dynamical structure and mass build-up of galaxies in the local Universe, while gravitational lensing is nature’s cosmic telescope to explore the properties of galaxies beyond the local Universe. We present a new approach, which unifies dynamical modelling of galaxies with the magnification power of strong gravitational lensing, to reconstruct the structural and dynamical properties of high-redshift galaxies. By means of axisymmetric Jeans modelling, we create a dynamical model of the source galaxy, assuming a surface brightness and surface mass density profile. We then predict how the source’s surface brightness and kinematics would look when lensed by the foreground mass distribution and compare with the mock observed arcs of strong gravitational lensing systems. For demonstration purposes, we created and also analysed mock data of the strong lensing system RX J1131−1231. By modelling both the lens and source, we recover the dynamical mass within the effective radius of strongly lensed high-redshift sources within 5% uncertainty, and we improve the constraints on the lens mass parameters by up to 50%. This machinery is particularly well-suited for future observations from large segmented-mirror telescopes, such as the James Webb Space Telescope, which will yield high sensitivity and angular-resolution IFU data for studies on distant and faint galaxies.

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