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Inferred H⍺ Flux as a Star Formation Rate Indicator at z ~ 4-5: Implications for Dust Properties, Burstiness, and the z = 4-8 Star Formation Rate Functions
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/833/2/254 Bibcode: 2016ApJ...833..254S

Wilkins, Stephen M.; Franx, Marijn; Labbé, Ivo +3 more

We derive Hα fluxes for a large spectroscopic and photometric-redshift-selected sample of sources over GOODS-North and South in the redshift range z = 3.8-5.0 with deep Hubble Space Telescope (HST), Spitzer/IRAC, and ground-based observations. The Hα flux is inferred based on the offset between the IRAC 3.6 µm flux and that predicted from th…

2016 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 106
The galaxy UV luminosity function at z ≃ 2-4; new results on faint-end slope and the evolution of luminosity density
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stv2857 Bibcode: 2016MNRAS.456.3194P

Mortlock, Alice; Dunlop, James S.; McLure, Ross J. +1 more

We present a new, robust measurement of the evolving rest-frame ultraviolet (UV) galaxy luminosity function (LF) over the key redshift range from z ≃ 2 to z ≃ 4. Our results are based on the high dynamic range provided by combining the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (HUDF), CANDELS/GOODS-South, and UltraVISTA/COSMOS surveys. We utilize the unparalleled m…

2016 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
eHST 106
Planck 2015 results. XVIII. Background geometry and topology of the Universe
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201525829 Bibcode: 2016A&A...594A..18P

Miville-Deschênes, M. -A.; Bernard, J. -P.; Planck Collaboration +223 more

Maps of cosmic microwave background (CMB) temperature and polarization from the 2015 release of Planck data provide the highestquality full-sky view of the surface of last scattering available to date. This enables us to detect possible departures from a globally isotropic cosmology. We present the first searches using CMB polarization for correla…

2016 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Planck 104
Green Pea Galaxies Reveal Secrets of Lyα Escape
DOI: 10.3847/0004-637X/820/2/130 Bibcode: 2016ApJ...820..130Y

Jaskot, Anne; Malhotra, Sangeeta; Gronke, Max +5 more

We analyze archival Lyα spectra of 12 “Green Pea” galaxies observed with the Hubble Space Telescope, model their Lyα profiles with radiative transfer models, and explore the dependence of the Lyα escape fraction on various properties. Green Pea galaxies are nearby compact starburst galaxies with [O III] λ5007 equivalent widths (EWs) of hundreds of…

2016 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 104
Classification and Ranking of Fermi LAT Gamma-ray Sources from the 3FGL Catalog using Machine Learning Techniques
DOI: 10.3847/0004-637X/820/1/8 Bibcode: 2016ApJ...820....8S

Marelli, M.; Saz Parkinson, P. M.; Falcone, A. D. +3 more

We apply a number of statistical and machine learning techniques to classify and rank gamma-ray sources from the Third Fermi Large Area Telescope Source Catalog (3FGL), according to their likelihood of falling into the two major classes of gamma-ray emitters: pulsars (PSR) or active galactic nuclei (AGNs). Using 1904 3FGL sources that have been id…

2016 The Astrophysical Journal
XMM-Newton 104
CHIMPS: the 13CO/C18O (J = 3 → 2) Heterodyne Inner Milky Way Plane Survey
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stv2808 Bibcode: 2016MNRAS.456.2885R

White, G. J.; Moore, T. J. T.; Plume, R. +17 more

We present the 13CO/C18O (J = 3 → 2) Heterodyne Inner Milky Way Plane Survey (CHIMPS) which has been carried out using the Heterodyne Array Receiver Program on the 15 m James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT) in Hawaii. The high-resolution spectral survey currently covers |b| ≤ 0.5° and 28° ≲ l ≲ 46°, with an angular resolution …

2016 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Herschel 104
A Rich Globular Cluster System in Dragonfly 17: Are Ultra-diffuse Galaxies Pure Stellar Halos?
DOI: 10.3847/2041-8205/822/2/L31 Bibcode: 2016ApJ...822L..31P

Peng, Eric W.; Lim, Sungsoon

Observations of nearby galaxy clusters at low surface brightness have identified galaxies with low luminosities, but sizes as large as L galaxies, leading them to be dubbed “ultra-diffuse galaxies” (UDGs). The survival of UDGs in dense environments like the Coma cluster suggests that UDGs could reside in much more massive dark halos. …

2016 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 103
Planck 2015 results. XXIII. The thermal Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect-cosmic infrared background correlation
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201527418 Bibcode: 2016A&A...594A..23P

Kneissl, R.; Miville-Deschênes, M. -A.; Bernard, J. -P. +199 more

We use Planck data to detect the cross-correlation between the thermal Sunyaev-Zeldovich (tSZ) effect and the infrared emission from the galaxies that make up the the cosmic infrared background (CIB). We first perform a stacking analysis towards Planck-confirmed galaxy clusters. We detect infrared emission produced by dusty galaxies inside these c…

2016 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Planck 103
The ASTRODEEP Frontier Fields catalogues. I. Multiwavelength photometry of Abell-2744 and MACS-J0416
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201527513 Bibcode: 2016A&A...590A..30M

Elbaz, D.; Shu, X.; Ciesla, L. +28 more

Context. The Frontier Fields survey is a pioneering observational program aimed at collecting photometric data, both from space (Hubble Space Telescope and Spitzer Space Telescope) and from ground-based facilities (VLT Hawk-I), for six deep fields pointing at clusters of galaxies and six nearby deep parallel fields, in a wide range of passbands. T…

2016 Astronomy and Astrophysics
eHST 103
The International Deep Planet Survey. II. The frequency of directly imaged giant exoplanets with stellar mass
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201527828 Bibcode: 2016A&A...594A..63G

Doyon, R.; Zuckerman, B.; Galicher, R. +8 more

Context. Radial velocity and transit methods are effective for the study of short orbital period exoplanets but they hardly probe objects at large separations for which direct imaging can be used.
Aims: We carried out the international deep planet survey of 292 young nearby stars to search for giant exoplanets and determine their frequency. <…

2016 Astronomy and Astrophysics
eHST 103