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ALMA Deep Field in SSA22: A Concentration of Dusty Starbursts in a z = 3.09 Protocluster Core (2015)
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Umehata, H., Tamura, Y., Kohno, K., Ivison, R., Alexander, D., Geach, J., …Yun, M. (2015). ALMA Deep Field in SSA22: A Concentration of Dusty Starbursts in a z = 3.09 Protocluster Core. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 815, Article L8. https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/815/1/l8

We report the results of 1farcm5 × 3' mapping at 1.1 mm with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array toward the central region of the z = 3.09 SSA22 protocluster. By combining our source catalog with archival spectroscopic redshifts, we find... Read More about ALMA Deep Field in SSA22: A Concentration of Dusty Starbursts in a z = 3.09 Protocluster Core.

A millimetre-wave redshift search for the unlensed HyLIRG, HS1700.850.1 (2015)
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Chapman, S., Bertoldi, F., Smail, I., Steidel, C., Blain, A., Geach, J., …Reddy, N. (2015). A millimetre-wave redshift search for the unlensed HyLIRG, HS1700.850.1. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 453(1), 951-959. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv1618

We report the redshift of an unlensed, highly obscured submillimetre galaxy (SMG), HS1700.850.1, the brightest SMG (S850 μm = 19.1 mJy) detected in the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope/Submillimetre Common-user Bolometer Array-2 (JCMT/SCUBA-2) Baryonic... Read More about A millimetre-wave redshift search for the unlensed HyLIRG, HS1700.850.1.

Evolution of the H β + [O III] and [O II] luminosity functions and the [O II] star formation history of the Universe up to z ∼ 5 from HiZELS (2015)
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Khostovan, A., Sobral, D., Mobasher, B., Best, P., Smail, I., Stott, J., …Nayyeri, H. (2015). Evolution of the H β + [O III] and [O II] luminosity functions and the [O II] star formation history of the Universe up to z ∼ 5 from HiZELS. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 452(4), 3948-3968. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv1474

We investigate the evolution of the H β + [O iii] and [O ii] luminosity functions from z ∼ 0.8 to ∼5 in four redshift slices per emission line using data from the High-z Emission Line Survey (HiZELS). This is the first time that the H β + [O iii] and... Read More about Evolution of the H β + [O III] and [O II] luminosity functions and the [O II] star formation history of the Universe up to z ∼ 5 from HiZELS.

Revealing the complex nature of the strong gravitationally lensed system H-ATLAS J090311.6+003906 using ALMA (2015)
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Dye, S., Furlanetto, C., Swinbank, A., Vlahakis, C., Nightingale, J., Dunne, L., …van der Werf, P. (2015). Revealing the complex nature of the strong gravitationally lensed system H-ATLAS J090311.6+003906 using ALMA. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 452(3), 2258-2268. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv1442

We have modelled Atacama Large Millimetre/sub-millimetre Array (ALMA) long baseline imaging of the strong gravitational lens system H-ATLAS J090311.6+003906 (SDP.81). We have reconstructed the distribution of band 6 and 7 continuum emission in the z... Read More about Revealing the complex nature of the strong gravitationally lensed system H-ATLAS J090311.6+003906 using ALMA.

On the nature of Hα emitters at z ∼ 2 from the HiZELS survey: physical properties, Lyα escape fraction and main sequence (2015)
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Oteo, I., Sobral, D., Ivison, R., Smail, I., Best, P., Cepa, J., & Pérez-García, A. (2015). On the nature of Hα emitters at z ∼ 2 from the HiZELS survey: physical properties, Lyα escape fraction and main sequence. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 452(2), 2018-2033. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv1284

We present a detailed multiwavelength study (from rest-frame ultraviolet to far-infrared) of narrow-band selected, star-forming (SF) Hα emitters (HAEs) at z ∼ 2.23 taken from the High-Redshift(Z) Emission Line Survey (HiZELS). We find that HAEs have... Read More about On the nature of Hα emitters at z ∼ 2 from the HiZELS survey: physical properties, Lyα escape fraction and main sequence.

Early Science with the Large Millimeter Telescope: observations of dust continuum and CO emission lines of cluster-lensed submillimetre galaxies at z=2.0-4.7 (2015)
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Zavala, J., Yun, M., Aretxaga, I., Hughes, D., Wilson, G., Geach, J., …Zeballos, M. (2015). Early Science with the Large Millimeter Telescope: observations of dust continuum and CO emission lines of cluster-lensed submillimetre galaxies at z=2.0-4.7. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 452(2), 1140-1151. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv1351

We present Early Science observations with the Large Millimeter Telescope, AzTEC 1.1 mm continuum images and wide bandwidth spectra (73–111 GHz) acquired with the Redshift Search Receiver, towards four bright lensed submillimetre galaxies identified... Read More about Early Science with the Large Millimeter Telescope: observations of dust continuum and CO emission lines of cluster-lensed submillimetre galaxies at z=2.0-4.7.

CF-HiZELS, an ∼10 deg2 emission-line survey with spectroscopic follow-up: Hα, [O iii] + Hβ and [O ii] luminosity functions at z = 0.8, 1.4 and 2.2 (2015)
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Sobral, D., Matthee, J., Best, P., Smail, I., Khostovan, A., Milvang-Jensen, B., …Mobasher, B. (2015). CF-HiZELS, an ∼10 deg2 emission-line survey with spectroscopic follow-up: Hα, [O iii] + Hβ and [O ii] luminosity functions at z = 0.8, 1.4 and 2.2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 451(3), 2303-2323. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv1076

We present results from the largest contiguous narrow-band survey in the near-infrared. We have used the wide-field infrared camera/Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope and the lowOH2 filter (1.187 ± 0.005 μm) to survey ≈10 deg2 of contiguous extragalactic... Read More about CF-HiZELS, an ∼10 deg2 emission-line survey with spectroscopic follow-up: Hα, [O iii] + Hβ and [O ii] luminosity functions at z = 0.8, 1.4 and 2.2.

The SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey: ALMA resolves the bright-end of the submillimeter number counts (2015)
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Simpson, J., Smail, I., Swinbank, A., Chapman, S., Geach, J., Ivison, R., …van der Werf, P. (2015). The SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey: ALMA resolves the bright-end of the submillimeter number counts. Astrophysical Journal, 807(2), Article 128. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/807/2/128

We present high-resolution 870 μm Atacama Large Millimeter/sub-millimeter Array (ALMA) continuum maps of 30 bright sub-millimeter sources in the UKIDSS UDS field. These sources are selected from deep, 1 degree2 850 μm maps from the SCUBA-2 Cosmology... Read More about The SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey: ALMA resolves the bright-end of the submillimeter number counts.

Resolved spectroscopy of gravitationally lensed galaxies: global dynamics and star-forming clumps on ∼100 pc scales at 1 < z < 4 (2015)
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Livermore, R. C., Jones, T. A., Richard, J., Bower, R. G., Swinbank, A. M., Yuan, T.-. T., Edge, A. C., Ellis, R. S., Kewley, L. J., Smail, I., Coppin, K. E. K., & Ebeling, H. (2015). Resolved spectroscopy of gravitationally lensed galaxies: global dynamics and star-forming clumps on ∼100 pc scales at 1 < z < 4. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 450(2), 1812-1835. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv686

We present adaptive optics-assisted integral field spectroscopy around the Hα or Hβ lines of 12 gravitationally lensed galaxies obtained with VLT/SINFONI, Keck/OSIRIS and Gemini/NIFS. We combine these data with previous observations and investigate t... Read More about Resolved spectroscopy of gravitationally lensed galaxies: global dynamics and star-forming clumps on ∼100 pc scales at 1 < z < 4.

Dusty starbursts and the formation of elliptical galaxies: A SCUBA-2 survey of a z = 1.46 cluster (2015)
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Ma, C., Smail, I., Swinbank, A., Simpson, J., Thomson, A., Chen, C., …Kodama, T. (2015). Dusty starbursts and the formation of elliptical galaxies: A SCUBA-2 survey of a z = 1.46 cluster. Astrophysical Journal, 806(2), Article 257. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/806/2/257

We report the results of a deep SCUBA-2 850 and 450 μm survey for dust-obscured ultra-/luminous infrared galaxies (U/LIRGs) in the field of the z = 1.46 cluster XCS J2215.9−1738. We detect a striking overdensity of submillimeter sources coincident wi... Read More about Dusty starbursts and the formation of elliptical galaxies: A SCUBA-2 survey of a z = 1.46 cluster.

An ALMA Survey of Sub-millimeter Galaxies in the Extended Chandra Deep Field South: Physical Properties Derived from Ultraviolet-to-radio Modeling (2015)
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da Cunha, E., Walter, F., Smail, I., Swinbank, A., Simpson, J., Decarli, R., …Thomson, A. (2015). An ALMA Survey of Sub-millimeter Galaxies in the Extended Chandra Deep Field South: Physical Properties Derived from Ultraviolet-to-radio Modeling. Astrophysical Journal, 806(1), https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/806/1/110

The ALESS survey has followed up on a sample of 122 sub-millimeter sources in the Extended Chandra Deep Field South at 870 μmwith the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA), allowing us to pinpoint the positions of submillimeter galaxies (SMGs) to ∼0.... Read More about An ALMA Survey of Sub-millimeter Galaxies in the Extended Chandra Deep Field South: Physical Properties Derived from Ultraviolet-to-radio Modeling.

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.

GLACE survey: OSIRIS/GTC tuneable filter Hα imaging of the rich galaxy cluster ZwCl 0024.0+1652 at z = 0.395. I. Survey presentation, TF data reduction techniques, and catalogue (2015)
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Sánchez-Portal, M., Pintos-Castro, I., Pérez-Martínez, R., Cepa, J., Pérez García, A., Domínguez-Sánchez, H., …Valtchanov, I. (2015). GLACE survey: OSIRIS/GTC tuneable filter Hα imaging of the rich galaxy cluster ZwCl 0024.0+1652 at z = 0.395. I. Survey presentation, TF data reduction techniques, and catalogue. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 578, Article A30. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201525620

The cores of clusters at 0 ≲ z ≲ 1 are dominated by quiescent early-type galaxies, whereas the field is dominated by star-forming late-type galaxies. Clusters grow through the accretion of galaxies and groups from the surrounding field, which implies... Read More about GLACE survey: OSIRIS/GTC tuneable filter Hα imaging of the rich galaxy cluster ZwCl 0024.0+1652 at z = 0.395. I. Survey presentation, TF data reduction techniques, and catalogue.

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.

A blind CO detection of a distant red galaxy in the HS1700+64 protocluster (2015)
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Chapman, S., Bertoldi, F., Smail, I., Blain, A., Geach, J., Gurwell, M., …Steidel, C. (2015). A blind CO detection of a distant red galaxy in the HS1700+64 protocluster. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, 449(1), L68-L72. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnrasl/slv010

We report the blind detection of 12CO emission from a distant red galaxy, HS1700.DRG55. We have used the IRAM Plateau de Bure Interferometer WideX, with its 3.6 GHz of instantaneous dual-polarization bandwidth, to target 12CO(3–2) from galaxies lying... Read More about A blind CO detection of a distant red galaxy in the HS1700+64 protocluster.

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.

COLDz: Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array Discovery of a Gas-rich Galaxy in COSMOS (2015)
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Lentati, L., Wagg, J., Carilli, C., Riechers, D., Capak, P., Walter, F., …Smolčć, V. (2015). COLDz: Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array Discovery of a Gas-rich Galaxy in COSMOS. Astrophysical Journal, 800(1), Article 67. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/800/1/67

The broad spectral bandwidth at millimeter and centimeter wavelengths provided by the recent upgrades to the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) has made it possible to conduct unbiased searches for molecular CO line emission at redshifts, z > 1.31... Read More about COLDz: Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array Discovery of a Gas-rich Galaxy in COSMOS.

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 environments of Ly α blobs I: Wide-field Ly α imaging of TN J1338-1942, a powerful radio galaxy at z ≃ 4.1 associated with a giant Ly α nebula (2015)
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Saito, T., Matsuda, Y., Lacey, C., Smail, I., Orsi, A., Baugh, C., …Taniguchi, Y. (2015). The environments of Ly α blobs I: Wide-field Ly α imaging of TN J1338-1942, a powerful radio galaxy at z ≃ 4.1 associated with a giant Ly α nebula. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 447(4), 3069-3086. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu2538

We exploit wide-field Ly α imaging with Subaru to probe the environment around TN J1338−1942, a powerful radio galaxy with a > 100 kpc Ly α halo at z = 4.11. We used a sample of Ly α emitters (LAEs) down to log (LLyα[ erg s−1]) ∼ 42.8 to measure the... Read More about The environments of Ly α blobs I: Wide-field Ly α imaging of TN J1338-1942, a powerful radio galaxy at z ≃ 4.1 associated with a giant Ly α nebula.