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The dynamics of z = 0.8 Hα-selected star-forming galaxies from KMOS/CF-HiZELS (2013)
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Sobral, D., Swinbank, A., Stott, J., Matthee, J., Bower, R., Smail, I., …Sharples, R. (2013). The dynamics of z = 0.8 Hα-selected star-forming galaxies from KMOS/CF-HiZELS. Astrophysical Journal, 779(2), Article 139. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/779/2/139

We present the spatially resolved Hα dynamics of 16 star-forming galaxies at z ~ 0.81 using the new KMOS multi-object integral field spectrograph on the ESO Very Large Telescope. These galaxies, selected using 1.18 μm narrowband imaging from the 10 d... Read More about The dynamics of z = 0.8 Hα-selected star-forming galaxies from KMOS/CF-HiZELS.

An ALMA survey of sub-millimetre Galaxies in the Extended Chandra Deep Field South: the far-infrared properties of SMGs (2013)
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Swinbank, A., Simpson, J., Smail, I., Harrison, C., Hodge, J., Karim, A., …van der Werf, P. (2014). An ALMA survey of sub-millimetre Galaxies in the Extended Chandra Deep Field South: the far-infrared properties of SMGs. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 438(2), 1267-1287. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt2273

We exploit Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) 870 μm observations of sub-millimetre sources in the Extended Chandra Deep Field South to investigate the far-infrared properties of high-redshift sub-millimetre galaxies (SMGs). Using the precisely lo... Read More about An ALMA survey of sub-millimetre Galaxies in the Extended Chandra Deep Field South: the far-infrared properties of SMGs.

13CO and C18O emission from a dense gas disc at z = 2.3: abundance variations, cosmic rays and the initial conditions for star formation (2013)
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Danielson, A., Swinbank, A., Smail, I., Bayet, E., van der Werf, P. P., Cox, P., …Ivison, R. (2013). 13CO and C18O emission from a dense gas disc at z = 2.3: abundance variations, cosmic rays and the initial conditions for star formation. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 436(3), 2793-2809. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt1775

We analyse the spectral line energy distributions of 13CO and C18O for the J = 1→0 up to J = 7→6 transitions in the gravitationally lensed ultraluminous infrared galaxy SMM J2135−0102 at z = 2.3. This is the first detection of 13CO and C18O in a high... Read More about 13CO and C18O emission from a dense gas disc at z = 2.3: abundance variations, cosmic rays and the initial conditions for star formation.

Dust properties of clumpy disc galaxies at z ˜ 1.3 with Herschel-SPIRE (2013)
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Wisnioski, E., Glazebrook, K., Blake, C., & Swinbank, A. M. (2013). Dust properties of clumpy disc galaxies at z ˜ 1.3 with Herschel-SPIRE. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 436(1), 266-274. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt1570

We present the far-infrared-derived dust properties from Herschel Spectral and Photometric Imaging Receiver of the WiggleZ kinematic sample of 13 star-forming galaxies at z ∼ 1.3, with existing ancillary ∼kpc resolution integral field spectroscopy. W... Read More about Dust properties of clumpy disc galaxies at z ˜ 1.3 with Herschel-SPIRE.

An ALMA Survey of Submillimeter Galaxies in the Extended Chandra Deep Field-South: The AGN Fraction and X-Ray Properties of Submillimeter Galaxies (2013)
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Wang, S., Brandt, W., Luo, B., Smail, I., Alexander, D., Danielson, A., …van der Werf, P. (2013). An ALMA Survey of Submillimeter Galaxies in the Extended Chandra Deep Field-South: The AGN Fraction and X-Ray Properties of Submillimeter Galaxies. Astrophysical Journal, 778(2), Article 179. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/778/2/179

The large gas and dust reservoirs of submillimeter galaxies (SMGs) could potentially provide ample fuel to trigger an active galactic nucleus (AGN), but previous studies of the AGN fraction in SMGs have been controversial largely due to the inhomogen... Read More about An ALMA Survey of Submillimeter Galaxies in the Extended Chandra Deep Field-South: The AGN Fraction and X-Ray Properties of Submillimeter Galaxies.

An extended Herschel drop-out source in the center of AS1063: a normal dusty galaxy at z = 6.1 or SZ substructures? (2013)
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Boone, F., Clément, B., Richard, J., Schaerer, D., Lutz, D., Weiß, A., …Zamojski, M. (2013). An extended Herschel drop-out source in the center of AS1063: a normal dusty galaxy at z = 6.1 or SZ substructures?. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 559, Article L1. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322552

In the course of our 870 μm APEX/LABOCA follow-up of the Herschel Lensing Survey we have detected a source in AS1063 (RXC J2248.7-4431) that has no counterparts in any of the Herschel PACS/SPIRE bands, it is a Herschel “drop-out” with S870/S500 ≥ 0.5... Read More about An extended Herschel drop-out source in the center of AS1063: a normal dusty galaxy at z = 6.1 or SZ substructures?.

The SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey: demographics of the 450-μm population (2013)
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Roseboom, I., Dunlop, J., Cirasuolo, M., Geach, J., Smail, I., Halpern, M., …Zemcov, M. (2013). The SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey: demographics of the 450-μm population. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 436(1), 430-448. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt1577

We investigate the multiwavelength properties of a sample of 450-μm-selected sources from the SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey. A total of 69 sources were identified above 4σ in deep SCUBA-2 450-μm observations overlapping the UDS and COSMOS fields an... Read More about The SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey: demographics of the 450-μm population.

Using [C I] to probe the interstellar medium in z ∼ 2.5 sub-millimeter galaxies (2013)
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Alaghband-Zadeh, S., Chapman, S., Swinbank, A., Smail, I., Danielson, A., Decarli, R., …van der Werf, P. (2013). Using [C I] to probe the interstellar medium in z ∼ 2.5 sub-millimeter galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 435(2), 1493-1510. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt1390

We present new [C I](1–0) and 12CO(4–3) Plateau de Bure Interferometer observations of five sub-millimeter galaxies (SMGs) and combine these with all available [C I](1–0) literature detections in SMGs to probe the gas distribution within a sample of... Read More about Using [C I] to probe the interstellar medium in z ∼ 2.5 sub-millimeter galaxies.

On the evolution and environmental dependence of the star formation rate versus stellar mass relation since z ˜ 2 (2013)
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Koyama, Y., Smail, I., Kurk, J., Geach, J. E., Sobral, D., Kodama, T., …Tadaki, K. (2013). On the evolution and environmental dependence of the star formation rate versus stellar mass relation since z ˜ 2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 434(1), 423-436. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt1035

This paper discusses the evolution of the correlation between galaxy star formation rates (SFRs) and stellar mass (M*) over the last ∼10 Gyr, particularly focusing on its environmental dependence. We first present the mid-infrared (MIR) properties of... Read More about On the evolution and environmental dependence of the star formation rate versus stellar mass relation since z ˜ 2.

The SCUBA-2 cosmology legacy survey : blank-field number counts of 450-μm-selected galaxies and their contribution to the cosmic infrared background (2013)
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Geach, J., Chapin, E., Coppin, K., Dunlop, J., Halpern, M., Smail, I., …Zemcov, M. (2013). The SCUBA-2 cosmology legacy survey : blank-field number counts of 450-μm-selected galaxies and their contribution to the cosmic infrared background. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 432(1), 53-61. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt352

The first deep blank-field 450 μm map (1σ ≈ 1.3 mJy) from the Submillimetre Common-User Bolometer Array-2 SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey (S2CLS), conducted with the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT) is presented. Our map covers 140 arcmin2 of the... Read More about The SCUBA-2 cosmology legacy survey : blank-field number counts of 450-μm-selected galaxies and their contribution to the cosmic infrared background.