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First Results from the Faint Infrared Grism Survey (FIGS): First Simultaneous Detection of Lyα Emission and Lyman Break from a Galaxy at z = 7.51
Cimatti, A.; Gardner, Jonathan P.; Finkelstein, S. L. +22 more
Galaxies at high redshifts are a valuable tool for studying cosmic dawn, therefore it is crucial to reliably identify these galaxies. Here, we present an unambiguous and first simultaneous detection of both the Lyα emission and the Lyman break from a z=7.512 +/- 0.004 galaxy, observed in the Faint Infrared Grism Survey (FIGS). These spectra, taken…
The Black Hole-Bulge Mass Relation in Megamaser Host Galaxies
Greene, Jenny E.; van de Ven, Glenn; Seth, Anil +4 more
We present Hubble Space Telescope (HST) images for nine megamaser disk galaxies with the primary goal of studying photometric BH-galaxy scaling relations. The megamaser disks provide the highest-precision extragalactic BH mass measurements, while our high-resolution HST imaging affords us the opportunity to decompose the complex nuclei of their la…
HST Emission Line Galaxies at z ~ 2: Comparing Physical Properties of Lyman Alpha and Optical Emission Line Selected Galaxies
Finkelstein, Steven L.; Trump, Jonathan R.; Schneider, Donald P. +14 more
We compare the physical and morphological properties of z ∼ 2 Lyα emitting galaxies (LAEs) identified in the HETDEX Pilot Survey and narrow band studies with those of z ∼ 2 optical emission line selected galaxies (oELGs) identified via HST WFC3 infrared grism spectroscopy. Both sets of galaxies extend over the same range in stellar mass (7.5\lt {l…
Parallax of Galactic Cepheids from Spatially Scanning the Wide Field Camera 3 on the Hubble Space Telescope: The Case of SS Canis Majoris
Casertano, Stefano; Anderson, Jay; Filippenko, Alexei V. +10 more
We present a high-precision measurement of the parallax for the 12-day Cepheid SS Canis Majoris, obtained via spatial scanning with the Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). Spatial scanning enables astrometric measurements with a precision of 20-40 µas, an order of magnitude better than pointed observations. SS CMa…
Chromospheric Condensation and Quasi-periodic Pulsations in a Circular-ribbon Flare
Li, D.; Zhang, Q. M.; Ning, Z. J.
In this paper, we report our multiwavelength observations of the C3.1 circular-ribbon flare SOL2015-10-16T10:20 in active region (AR) 12434. The flare consisted of a circular flare ribbon (CFR), an inner flare ribbon (IFR) inside it, and a pair of short parallel flare ribbons (PFRs). The PFRs located to the north of the IFR were most striking in t…
Infrared Spectral Energy Distribution Decomposition of WISE-selected, Hyperluminous Hot Dust-obscured Galaxies
Nikutta, Robert; Knudsen, Kirsten K.; Drouart, Guillaume +2 more
We utilize a Bayesian approach to fit the observed mid-IR-to-submillimeter/millimeter spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of 22 WISE-selected and submillimeter-detected, hyperluminous hot dust-obscured galaxies (Hot DOGs), with spectroscopic redshift ranging from 1.7 to 4.6. We compare the Bayesian evidence of a torus plusgraybody (Torus+GB) mode…
On the Metallicity and Origin of the Smith High-velocity Cloud
Sembach, Kenneth R.; Lockman, Felix J.; Rahman, Mubdi +7 more
The Smith Cloud (SC) is a gaseous high-velocity cloud (HVC) in an advanced state of accretion, only 2.9 kpc below the Galactic plane and due to impact the disk in ≈27 Myr. It is unique among HVCs in having a known distance (12.4 ± 1.3 kpc) and a well-constrained 3D velocity (296 km s-1), but its origin has long remained a mystery. Here …
Optical Spectroscopic Observations of Gamma-Ray Blazar Candidates. VI. Further Observations from TNG, WHT, OAN, SOAR, and Magellan Telescopes
Smith, Howard A.; Masetti, N.; Jiménez-Bailón, E. +16 more
Blazars, one of the most extreme classes of active galaxies, constitute so far the largest known population of γ-ray sources, and their number is continuously growing in the Fermi catalogs. However, in the latest release of the Fermi catalog there is still a large fraction of sources that are classified as blazar candidates of uncertain type (BCUs…
First Gaia Local Group Dynamics: Magellanic Clouds Proper Motion and Rotation
van der Marel, Roeland P.; Sahlmann, Johannes
We use the Gaia data release 1 (DR1) to study the proper motion (PM) fields of the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds (LMC, SMC). This uses the Tycho-Gaia Astrometric Solution (TGAS) PMs for 29 Hipparcos stars in the LMC and 8 in the SMC. The LMC PM in the West and North directions is inferred to be ({µ }W,{µ }N) =…
The SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey: galaxies in the deep 850 µm survey, and the star-forming `main sequence'
Bowler, R. A. A.; McLure, R. J.; Dunlop, J. S. +14 more
We investigate the properties of the galaxies selected from the deepest 850-µm survey undertaken to date with (Submillimetre Common-User Bolometer Array 2) SCUBA-2 on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope as part of the SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey. A total of 106 sources (>5σ) were uncovered at 850 µm from an area of ≃150 arcmin