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Disentangling a group of lensed submm galaxies at z∼ 2.9 (2014)
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MacKenzie, T., Scott, D., Smail, I., Chapin, E., Chapman, S., Conley, A., …Wardlow, J. (2014). Disentangling a group of lensed submm galaxies at z∼ 2.9. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 445(1), 201-212. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu1623

MS 0451.6−0305 is a rich galaxy cluster whose strong lensing is particularly prominent at submm wavelengths. We combine new Submillimetre Common-User Bolometer Array (SCUBA)-2 data with imaging from Herschel Spectral and Photometric Imaging Receiver... Read More about Disentangling a group of lensed submm galaxies at z∼ 2.9.

Cosmic Web and Star Formation Activity in Galaxies at z ~ 1 (2014)
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Darvish, B., Sobral, D., Mobasher, B., Scoville, N., Best, P., Sales, L., & Smail, I. (2014). Cosmic Web and Star Formation Activity in Galaxies at z ~ 1. Astrophysical Journal, 796(1), Article 51. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/796/1/51

We investigate the role of the delineated cosmic web/filaments on star formation activity by exploring a sample of 425 narrow-band selected Hα emitters, as well as 2846 color-color selected underlying star-forming galaxies for a large-scale structure... Read More about Cosmic Web and Star Formation Activity in Galaxies at z ~ 1.

Imaging the Environment of a z = 6.3 Submillimeter Galaxy with SCUBA-2 (2014)
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Robson, E., Ivison, R., Smail, I., Holland, W., Geach, J., Gibb, A., …Wardlow, J. (2014). Imaging the Environment of a z = 6.3 Submillimeter Galaxy with SCUBA-2. Astrophysical Journal, 793(1), Article 11. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/793/1/11

We describe a search for submillimeter emission in the vicinity of one of the most distant, luminous galaxies known, HerMES FLS3, at z = 6.34, exploiting it as a signpost to a potentially biased region of the early universe, as might be expected in h... Read More about Imaging the Environment of a z = 6.3 Submillimeter Galaxy with SCUBA-2.

Detection of molecular gas in an ALMA [C II]-identified submillimetre galaxy at z = 4.44 (2014)
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Huynh, M., Kimball, A., Norris, R., Smail, I., Chow, K., Coppin, K., …Swinbank, A. (2014). Detection of molecular gas in an ALMA [C II]-identified submillimetre galaxy at z = 4.44. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, 443(1), L54-L58. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnrasl/slu077

We present the detection of 12CO(2–1) in the z = 4.44 submillimetre galaxy ALESS65.1 using the Australia Telescope Compact Array. A previous Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array study of submillimetre galaxies (SMGs) in the Extended Chandra D... Read More about Detection of molecular gas in an ALMA [C II]-identified submillimetre galaxy at z = 4.44.

A relationship between specific star formation rate and metallicity gradient within z ∼ 1 galaxies from KMOS-HiZELS (2014)
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Stott, J., Sobral, D., Swinbank, A., Smail, I., Bower, R., Best, P., …Matthee, J. (2014). A relationship between specific star formation rate and metallicity gradient within z ∼ 1 galaxies from KMOS-HiZELS. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 443(3), 2695-2704. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu1343

We have observed a sample of typical z ∼ 1 star-forming galaxies, selected from the HiZELS survey, with the new K-band Multi-Object Spectrograph (KMOS) near-infrared, multi-integral field unit instrument on the Very Large Telescope (VLT), in order to... Read More about A relationship between specific star formation rate and metallicity gradient within z ∼ 1 galaxies from KMOS-HiZELS.

Herschel reveals a molecular outflow in a z = 2.3 ULIRG (2014)
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George, R., Ivison, R., Smail, I., Swinbank, A., Hopwood, R., Stanley, F., …Werf, P. V. D. (2014). Herschel reveals a molecular outflow in a z = 2.3 ULIRG. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 442(2), 1877-1883. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu967

We report the results from a 19-h integration with the Spectral and Photometric Imaging REceiver (SPIRE) Fourier Transform Spectrometer aboard the Herschel Space Observatory which has revealed the presence of a molecular outflow from the Cosmic Eyela... Read More about Herschel reveals a molecular outflow in a z = 2.3 ULIRG.

An ALMA survey of submillimetre galaxies in the Extended Chandra Deep Field South: radio properties and the far-infrared/radio correlation (2014)
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Thomson, A., Ivison, R., Simpson, J., Swinbank, A., Smail, I., Arumugam, V., …van der Werf, P. (2014). An ALMA survey of submillimetre galaxies in the Extended Chandra Deep Field South: radio properties and the far-infrared/radio correlation. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 442(1), 577-588. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu839

We present a study of the radio properties of 870 μm-selected submillimetre galaxies (SMGs), observed at high resolution with Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) in the Extended Chandra Deep Field South. From our initial sample of 76 ALMA SMGs, we... Read More about An ALMA survey of submillimetre galaxies in the Extended Chandra Deep Field South: radio properties and the far-infrared/radio correlation.

Herschel-ATLAS: properties of dusty massive galaxies at low and high redshifts (2014)
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Rowlands, K., Dunne, L., Dye, S., Aragón-Salamanca, A., Maddox, S., da Cunha, E., …Valiante, E. (2014). Herschel-ATLAS: properties of dusty massive galaxies at low and high redshifts. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 441(2), 1017-1039. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu510

We present a comparison of the physical properties of a rest-frame 250-μm-selected sample of massive, dusty galaxies from 0 < z < 5.3. Our sample comprises 29 high-redshift submillimetre galaxies (SMGs) from the literature and 843 dusty galaxies at z... Read More about Herschel-ATLAS: properties of dusty massive galaxies at low and high redshifts.

An ALMA Survey of Submillimeter Galaxies in the Extended Chandra Deep Field South: The Redshift Distribution and Evolution of Submillimeter Galaxies (2014)
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Simpson, J., Swinbank, A., Smail, I., Alexander, D., Brandt, W., Bertoldi, F., …van der Werf, P. (2014). An ALMA Survey of Submillimeter Galaxies in the Extended Chandra Deep Field South: The Redshift Distribution and Evolution of Submillimeter Galaxies. Astrophysical Journal, 788(2), https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/788/2/125

We present the first photometric redshift distribution for a large sample of 870 μm submillimeter galaxies (SMGs) with robust identifications based on observations with ALMA. In our analysis we consider 96 SMGs in the Extended Chandra Deep Field Sout... Read More about An ALMA Survey of Submillimeter Galaxies in the Extended Chandra Deep Field South: The Redshift Distribution and Evolution of Submillimeter Galaxies.

ALMA resolves turbulent, rotating [CII] emission in a young starburst galaxy at z = 4.8 (2014)
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De Breuck, C., Williams, R., Swinbank, M., Caselli, P., Coppin, K., Davis, T., …Zwaan, M. (2014). ALMA resolves turbulent, rotating [CII] emission in a young starburst galaxy at z = 4.8. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 565, https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323331

We present spatially resolved Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) [Cii] observations of the z = 4.7555 submillimetre galaxy, ALESS 73.1. Our 0.̋5 FWHM map resolves the [Cii] emitting gas which is centred close to the active galactic n... Read More about ALMA resolves turbulent, rotating [CII] emission in a young starburst galaxy at z = 4.8.

A 10 deg^2 Lyman α survey at z=8.8 with spectroscopic follow-up: strong constraints on the luminosity function and implications for other surveys (2014)
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Matthee, J., Sobral, D., Swinbank, A., Smail, I., Best, P., Kim, J., …Fynbo, J. (2014). A 10 deg^2 Lyman α survey at z=8.8 with spectroscopic follow-up: strong constraints on the luminosity function and implications for other surveys. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 440(3), 2375-2387. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu392

Candidate galaxies at redshifts of z ∼ 10 are now being found in extremely deep surveys, probing very small areas. As a consequence, candidates are very faint, making spectroscopic confirmation practically impossible. In order to overcome such limita... Read More about A 10 deg^2 Lyman α survey at z=8.8 with spectroscopic follow-up: strong constraints on the luminosity function and implications for other surveys.

Mapping the large-scale structure around a z = 1.46 galaxy cluster in 3D using two adjacent narrow-band filters (2014)
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Hayashi, M., Kodama, T., Koyama, Y., Tadaki, K., Tanaka, I., Shimakawa, R., …Smail, I. (2014). Mapping the large-scale structure around a z = 1.46 galaxy cluster in 3D using two adjacent narrow-band filters. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 439(3), 2571-2583. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu115

We present a novel method to estimate accurate redshifts of star-forming galaxies by measuring the flux ratio of the same emission line observed through two adjacent narrow-band filters. We apply this method to our NB912 and new NB921 data taken with... Read More about Mapping the large-scale structure around a z = 1.46 galaxy cluster in 3D using two adjacent narrow-band filters.

[C II] and ^12CO(1-0) Emission Maps in HLSJ091828.6+514223: A Strongly Lensed Interacting System at z = 5.24 (2014)
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Rawle, T., Egami, E., Bussmann, R., Gurwell, M., Ivison, R., Boone, F., …Zemcov, M. (2014). [C II] and ^12CO(1-0) Emission Maps in HLSJ091828.6+514223: A Strongly Lensed Interacting System at z = 5.24. Astrophysical Journal, 783(1), Article 59. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/783/1/59

We present Submillimeter Array [C II] 158 μm and Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array 12CO(1-0) line emission maps for the bright, lensed, submillimeter source at z = 5.2430 behind A 773: HLSJ091828.6+514223 (HLS0918). We combine these measurements with p... Read More about [C II] and ^12CO(1-0) Emission Maps in HLSJ091828.6+514223: A Strongly Lensed Interacting System at z = 5.24.

The SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey: Ultraluminous star-forming galaxies in a z=1.6 cluster (2014)
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Smail, I., Geach, J., Swinbank, A., Tadaki, K., Arumugam, V., Hartley, W., …Webb, T. (2014). The SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey: Ultraluminous star-forming galaxies in a z=1.6 cluster. Astrophysical Journal, 782(1), Article 19. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/782/1/19

We analyze new SCUBA-2 submillimeter and archival SPIRE far-infrared imaging of a z = 1.62 cluster, Cl 0218.3–0510, which lies in the UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey/Ultra-Deep Survey field of the SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey. Combining these trace... Read More about The SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey: Ultraluminous star-forming galaxies in a z=1.6 cluster.

The stellar mass function of star-forming galaxies and the mass-dependent SFR function since z = 2.23 from HiZELS (2014)
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Sobral, D., Best, P., Smail, I., Mobasher, B., Stott, J., & Nisbet, D. (2014). The stellar mass function of star-forming galaxies and the mass-dependent SFR function since z = 2.23 from HiZELS. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 437(4), 3516-3528. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt2159

We explore a large uniformly selected sample of Hα selected star-forming galaxies (SFGs) at z = 0.40, 0.84, 1.47, 2.23 to unveil the evolution of the star formation rate (SFR) function and the stellar mass function. We find strong evolution in the SF... Read More about The stellar mass function of star-forming galaxies and the mass-dependent SFR function since z = 2.23 from HiZELS.

An ALMA Survey of Sub-millimeter Galaxies in the Extended Chandra Deep Field South: Sub-millimeter Properties of Color-selected Galaxies (2014)
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Decarli, R., Smail, I., Walter, F., Swinbank, A., Chapman, S., Coppin, K., …Weiß, A. (2014). An ALMA Survey of Sub-millimeter Galaxies in the Extended Chandra Deep Field South: Sub-millimeter Properties of Color-selected Galaxies. Astrophysical Journal, 780(2), Article 115. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/780/2/115

We study the sub-millimeter properties of color-selected galaxies via a stacking analysis applied for the first time to interferometric data at sub-millimeter wavelengths. We base our study on 344 GHz ALMA continuum observations of ~20''-wide fields... Read More about An ALMA Survey of Sub-millimeter Galaxies in the Extended Chandra Deep Field South: Sub-millimeter Properties of Color-selected Galaxies.

Star formation histories, extinction, and dust properties of strongly lensed z ~ 1.5-3 star-forming galaxies from the Herschel Lensing Survey (2014)
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Sklias, P., Zamojski, M., Schaerer, D., Dessauges-Zavadsky, M., Egami, E., Rex, M., …Kneib, J. (2014). Star formation histories, extinction, and dust properties of strongly lensed z ~ 1.5-3 star-forming galaxies from the Herschel Lensing Survey. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 561, Article A149. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322424

Context. Multi-wavelength, optical to IR/submm observations of strongly lensed galaxies identified by the Herschel Lensing Survey are used to determine the physical properties of high-redshift star-forming galaxies close to or below the detection lim... Read More about Star formation histories, extinction, and dust properties of strongly lensed z ~ 1.5-3 star-forming galaxies from the Herschel Lensing Survey.