Outputs (19)

ALMA Resolves the Properties of Star-forming Regions in a Dense Gas Disk at z ~ 3 (2015)
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Swinbank, A., Dye, S., Nightingale, J., Furlanetto, C., Smail, I., Cooray, A., …Vlahakis, C. (2015). ALMA Resolves the Properties of Star-forming Regions in a Dense Gas Disk at z ~ 3. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 806(1), Article L17. https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/806/1/l17

We exploit long baseline ALMA submillimeter observations of the lensed star-forming galaxy SDP 81 at z = 3.042 to investigate the properties of the interstellar medium (ISM) on scales of 50–100 pc. The kinematics of the 12CO gas within this system ar... Read More about ALMA Resolves the Properties of Star-forming Regions in a Dense Gas Disk at z ~ 3.

Mapping the dynamics of a giant Ly alpha halo at z = 4.1 with MUSE: the energetics of a large-scale AGN-driven outflow around a massive, high-redshift galaxy (2015)
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Swinbank, A., Vernet, J., Smail, I., De Breuck, C., Bacon, R., Contini, T., …Venemans, B. (2015). Mapping the dynamics of a giant Ly alpha halo at z = 4.1 with MUSE: the energetics of a large-scale AGN-driven outflow around a massive, high-redshift galaxy. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 449(2), 1298-1308. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv366

We present Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) integral field unit spectroscopic observations of the ∼150 kpc Lyα halo around the z = 4.1 radio galaxy TN J1338−1942. This 9-h observation maps the full two-dimensional kinematics of the Lyα emissi... Read More about Mapping the dynamics of a giant Ly alpha halo at z = 4.1 with MUSE: the energetics of a large-scale AGN-driven outflow around a massive, high-redshift galaxy.

Molecular gas content in strongly lensed z ~ 1.5-3 star-forming galaxies with low infrared luminosities (2015)
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Dessauges-Zavadsky, M., Zamojski, M., Schaerer, D., Combes, F., Egami, E., Swinbank, A., …Blain, A. (2015). Molecular gas content in strongly lensed z ~ 1.5-3 star-forming galaxies with low infrared luminosities. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 577, https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424661

To extend the molecular gas measurements to more typical star-forming galaxies (SFGs) with star formation rates SFR< 40 M⊙ yr-1 and stellar masses M∗< 2.5 × 1010M⊙ at z ~ 1.5−3, we have observed CO emission with the IRAM Plateau de Bure Interferomete... Read More about Molecular gas content in strongly lensed z ~ 1.5-3 star-forming galaxies with low infrared luminosities.

The behaviour of dark matter associated with four bright cluster galaxies in the 10 kpc core of Abell 3827 (2015)
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Massey, R., Williams, L., Smit, R., Swinbank, M., Kitching, D., Harvey, D., …Tittley, E. (2015). The behaviour of dark matter associated with four bright cluster galaxies in the 10 kpc core of Abell 3827. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 449(4), 3393-3406. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv467

Galaxy cluster Abell 3827 hosts the stellar remnants of four almost equally bright elliptical galaxies within a core of radius 10 kpc. Such corrugation of the stellar distribution is very rare, and suggests recent formation by several simultaneous me... Read More about The behaviour of dark matter associated with four bright cluster galaxies in the 10 kpc core of Abell 3827.

Tracing cool molecular gas and star formation on ∼100 pc scales within a z ∼ 2.3 galaxy (2015)
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Thomson, A., Ivison, R., Owen, F. N., Danielson, A., Swinbank, A., & Smail, I. (2015). Tracing cool molecular gas and star formation on ∼100 pc scales within a z ∼ 2.3 galaxy. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 448(2), 1874-1886. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv118

We present new, high-angular resolution interferometric observations with the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array of 12CO J = 1−0 line emission and 4–8 GHz continuum emission in the strongly lensed, z = 2.3 submillimetre galaxy, SMM J21352-0102. Using th... Read More about Tracing cool molecular gas and star formation on ∼100 pc scales within a z ∼ 2.3 galaxy.

Storm in a "Teacup": A Radio-quiet Quasar with ≈10 kpc Radio-emitting Bubbles and Extreme Gas Kinematics (2015)
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Harrison, C., Thomson, A., Alexander, D., Bauer, F., Edge, A., Hogan, M., …Swinbank, A. (2015). Storm in a "Teacup": A Radio-quiet Quasar with ≈10 kpc Radio-emitting Bubbles and Extreme Gas Kinematics. Astrophysical Journal, 800(1), Article 45. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/800/1/45

We present multi-frequency (1-8 GHz) Very Large Array data, combined with VIsible MultiObject Spectrograph integral field unit data and Hubble Space Telescope imaging, of a z = 0.085 radio-quiet type 2 quasar (with L 1.4 GHz ≈ 5 × 1023 W Hz–1 and L A... Read More about Storm in a "Teacup": A Radio-quiet Quasar with ≈10 kpc Radio-emitting Bubbles and Extreme Gas Kinematics.

An ALMA Survey of Submillimeter Galaxies in the Extended Chandra Deep Field South: Near-infrared Morphologies and Stellar Sizes (2015)
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Chen, C., Smail, I., Swinbank, A., Simpson, J., Ma, C., Alexander, D., …van der Werf, P. (2015). An ALMA Survey of Submillimeter Galaxies in the Extended Chandra Deep Field South: Near-infrared Morphologies and Stellar Sizes. Astrophysical Journal, 799(2), Article 194. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/799/2/194

We analyze Hubble Space Telescope WFC3/H 160-band observations of a sample of 48 Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array detected submillimeter galaxies (SMGs) in the Extended Chandra Deep Field South field, to study their stellar morphologies a... Read More about An ALMA Survey of Submillimeter Galaxies in the Extended Chandra Deep Field South: Near-infrared Morphologies and Stellar Sizes.

The SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey: ALMA Resolves the Rest-frame Far-infrared Emission of Sub-millimeter Galaxies (2015)
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Simpson, J., Smail, I., Swinbank, A., Almaini, O., Blain, A., Bremer, M., …van der Werf, P. (2015). The SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey: ALMA Resolves the Rest-frame Far-infrared Emission of Sub-millimeter Galaxies. Astrophysical Journal, 799(1), Article 81. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/799/1/81

We present high-resolution (0.''3) Atacama Large Millimeter Array 870 μm imaging of 52 sub-millimeter galaxies (SMGs) in the Ultra Deep Survey field to investigate the size and morphology of the sub-millimeter (sub-mm) emission on 2-10 kpc scales. We... Read More about The SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey: ALMA Resolves the Rest-frame Far-infrared Emission of Sub-millimeter Galaxies.

The SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey: the submillimetre properties of Lyman-break galaxies at z = 3-5 (2015)
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Coppin, K., Geach, J., Almaini, O., Arumugam, V., Dunlop, J., Hartley, W., …van der Werf, P. (2015). The SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey: the submillimetre properties of Lyman-break galaxies at z = 3-5. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 446(2), 1293-1304. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu2185

We present detections at 850 μm of the Lyman-break galaxy (LBG) population at z ≈ 3, 4, and 5 using data from the Submillimetre Common User Bolometer Array 2 Cosmology Legacy Survey in the United Kingdom Infrared Deep Sky Survey ‘Ultra Deep Survey’ f... Read More about The SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey: the submillimetre properties of Lyman-break galaxies at z = 3-5.