Discovery of a Lensed Ultrabright Submillimeter Galaxy at z = 2.0439
- Departamento Física Aplicada, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Campus Muralla del Mar, E-30202 Cartagena, Murcia (Spain)
We report an ultrabright lensed submillimeter galaxy (SMG) at z = 2.0439, WISE J132934.18+224327.3, identified as a result of a full-sky cross-correlation of the AllWISE and Planck compact source catalogs aimed to search for bright analogs of the SMG SMM J2135, the Cosmic Eyelash. Inspection of archival SCUBA-2 observations of the candidates revealed a source with fluxes (S{sub 850μm}=130 mJy) consistent with the Planck measurements. The centroid of the SCUBA-2 source coincides within 1 arcsec with the position of the AllWISE mid-IR source, and, remarkably, with an arc-shaped lensed galaxy in HST images at visible wavelengths. Low-resolution rest-frame UV-optical spectroscopy of this lensed galaxy obtained with 10.4 m GTC reveals the typical absorption lines of a starburst galaxy. Gemini-N near-IR spectroscopy provided a clear detection of H{sub α} emission. The lensed source appears to be gravitationally magnified by a massive foreground galaxy cluster lens at z = 0.44; modeling with Lenstool indicates a lensing amplification factor of 11 ± 2. We determine an intrinsic rest-frame 8–1000 μm luminosity, L{sub IR}, of (1.3±0.1)×10{sup 13} L{sub ⊙}, and a likely star formation rate (SFR) of ∼500--2000 M{sub ⊙} yr{sup −1}. The SED shows a remarkable similarity with the Cosmic Eyelash from optical-mid/IR to submillimeter/radio, albeit at higher fluxes.
- OSTI ID:
- 22872598
- Journal Information:
- Astrophysical Journal Letters, Vol. 843, Issue 2; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 2041-8205
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Language:
- English
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