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Title: LENS MODELS OF HERSCHEL-SELECTED GALAXIES FROM HIGH-RESOLUTION NEAR-IR OBSERVATIONS

Abstract

We present Keck-Adaptive Optics and Hubble Space Telescope high resolution near-infrared (IR) imaging for 500 μm bright candidate lensing systems identified by the Herschel Multi-tiered Extragalactic Survey and Herschel Astrophysical Terahertz Large Area Survey. Out of 87 candidates with near-IR imaging, 15 (∼17%) display clear near-IR lensing morphologies. We present near-IR lens models to reconstruct and recover basic rest-frame optical morphological properties of the background galaxies from 12 new systems. Sources with the largest near-IR magnification factors also tend to be the most compact, consistent with the size bias predicted from simulations and previous lensing models for submillimeter galaxies (SMGs). For four new sources that also have high-resolution submillimeter maps, we test for differential lensing between the stellar and dust components and find that the 880 μm magnification factor (μ{sub 880}) is ∼1.5 times higher than the near-IR magnification factor (μ{sub NIR}), on average. We also find that the stellar emission is ∼2 times more extended in size than dust. The rest-frame optical properties of our sample of Herschel-selected lensed SMGs are consistent with those of unlensed SMGs, which suggests that the two populations are similar.

Authors:
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  1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697 (United States)
  2. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa, Van Allen Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242 (United States)
  3. Dark Cosmology Centre, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Juliane Maries Vej 30, DK-2100 Copenhagen (Denmark)
  4. Department of Physical Sciences, The Open University, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA (United Kingdom)
  5. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 136 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854 (United States)
  6. 1 Sterrenkundig Observatorium, Universiteit Gent, Krijgslaan 281, B-9000 Gent (Belgium)
  7. California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91125 (United States)
  8. School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, NG7 2RD (United Kingdom)
  9. Department of Astronomy, Space Science Building, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-6801 (United States)
  10. Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HA (United Kingdom)
  11. Astrophysics Group, Imperial College London, Blackett Laboratory, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2AZ (United Kingdom)
  12. Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy 389-UCB, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309 (United States)
  13. Laboratoire AIM-Paris-Saclay, CEA/DSM/Irfu-CNRS-Université Paris Diderot, CE-Saclay, pt courrier 131, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette (France)
  14. INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Vicolo dell'Osservatorio 5, I-35122 Padova (Italy)
  15. School of Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University, Queens Buildings, The Parade, Cardiff CF24 3AA (United Kingdom)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22364815
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Astrophysical Journal
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 797; Journal Issue: 2; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0004-637X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
79 ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; ASTROPHYSICS; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; COSMIC DUST; GALAXIES; GRAVITATIONAL LENSES; NEAR INFRARED RADIATION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICS; RESOLUTION; SPACE; STARS; TELESCOPES

Citation Formats

Calanog, J. A., Cooray, A., Ma, B., Casey, C. M., Fu, Hai, Wardlow, J., Amber, S., Baker, A. J., Baes, M., Bock, J., Bourne, N., Dye, S., Bussmann, R. S., Chapman, S. C., Clements, D. L., Conley, A., Dannerbauer, H., De Zotti, G., Dunne, L., Eales, S., and others, and. LENS MODELS OF HERSCHEL-SELECTED GALAXIES FROM HIGH-RESOLUTION NEAR-IR OBSERVATIONS. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/797/2/138.
Calanog, J. A., Cooray, A., Ma, B., Casey, C. M., Fu, Hai, Wardlow, J., Amber, S., Baker, A. J., Baes, M., Bock, J., Bourne, N., Dye, S., Bussmann, R. S., Chapman, S. C., Clements, D. L., Conley, A., Dannerbauer, H., De Zotti, G., Dunne, L., Eales, S., & others, and. LENS MODELS OF HERSCHEL-SELECTED GALAXIES FROM HIGH-RESOLUTION NEAR-IR OBSERVATIONS. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/797/2/138
Calanog, J. A., Cooray, A., Ma, B., Casey, C. M., Fu, Hai, Wardlow, J., Amber, S., Baker, A. J., Baes, M., Bock, J., Bourne, N., Dye, S., Bussmann, R. S., Chapman, S. C., Clements, D. L., Conley, A., Dannerbauer, H., De Zotti, G., Dunne, L., Eales, S., and others, and. 2014. "LENS MODELS OF HERSCHEL-SELECTED GALAXIES FROM HIGH-RESOLUTION NEAR-IR OBSERVATIONS". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/797/2/138.
@article{osti_22364815,
title = {LENS MODELS OF HERSCHEL-SELECTED GALAXIES FROM HIGH-RESOLUTION NEAR-IR OBSERVATIONS},
author = {Calanog, J. A. and Cooray, A. and Ma, B. and Casey, C. M. and Fu, Hai and Wardlow, J. and Amber, S. and Baker, A. J. and Baes, M. and Bock, J. and Bourne, N. and Dye, S. and Bussmann, R. S. and Chapman, S. C. and Clements, D. L. and Conley, A. and Dannerbauer, H. and De Zotti, G. and Dunne, L. and Eales, S. and others, and},
abstractNote = {We present Keck-Adaptive Optics and Hubble Space Telescope high resolution near-infrared (IR) imaging for 500 μm bright candidate lensing systems identified by the Herschel Multi-tiered Extragalactic Survey and Herschel Astrophysical Terahertz Large Area Survey. Out of 87 candidates with near-IR imaging, 15 (∼17%) display clear near-IR lensing morphologies. We present near-IR lens models to reconstruct and recover basic rest-frame optical morphological properties of the background galaxies from 12 new systems. Sources with the largest near-IR magnification factors also tend to be the most compact, consistent with the size bias predicted from simulations and previous lensing models for submillimeter galaxies (SMGs). For four new sources that also have high-resolution submillimeter maps, we test for differential lensing between the stellar and dust components and find that the 880 μm magnification factor (μ{sub 880}) is ∼1.5 times higher than the near-IR magnification factor (μ{sub NIR}), on average. We also find that the stellar emission is ∼2 times more extended in size than dust. The rest-frame optical properties of our sample of Herschel-selected lensed SMGs are consistent with those of unlensed SMGs, which suggests that the two populations are similar.},
doi = {10.1088/0004-637X/797/2/138},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22364815}, journal = {Astrophysical Journal},
issn = {0004-637X},
number = 2,
volume = 797,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Dec 20 00:00:00 EST 2014},
month = {Sat Dec 20 00:00:00 EST 2014}
}