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ALMA Observations of Lyα Blob 1: Multiple Major Mergers and Widely Distributed Interstellar Media (2021)
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Umehata, H., Smail, I., Steidel, C. C., Hayes, M., Scott, D., Swinbank, A., …Geach, J. (2021). ALMA Observations of Lyα Blob 1: Multiple Major Mergers and Widely Distributed Interstellar Media. Astrophysical Journal, 918(2), Article 69. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac1106

We present observations of a giant Lyα blob (LAB) in the SSA22 protocluster at z = 3.1, SSA22-LAB1, taken with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array. Dust continuum, along with [C ii] 158 μm and CO(4–3) line emission have been detected in... Read More about ALMA Observations of Lyα Blob 1: Multiple Major Mergers and Widely Distributed Interstellar Media.

Radio spectral properties of star-forming galaxies in the MIGHTEE-COSMOS field and their impact on the far-infrared-radio correlation (2021)
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An, F., Vaccari, M., Smail, I., Jarvis, M., Whittam, I., Hale, C., …Randriamanakoto, Z. (2021). Radio spectral properties of star-forming galaxies in the MIGHTEE-COSMOS field and their impact on the far-infrared-radio correlation. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 507(2), 2643-2658. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab2290

We study the radio spectral properties of 2094 star-forming galaxies (SFGs) by combining our early science data from the MeerKAT International GHz Tiered Extragalactic Exploration (MIGHTEE) survey with VLA, GMRT radio data, and rich ancillary data in... Read More about Radio spectral properties of star-forming galaxies in the MIGHTEE-COSMOS field and their impact on the far-infrared-radio correlation.

The KMOS galaxy evolution survey (KGES): the angular momentum of star-forming galaxies over the last ≍10 Gyr (2021)
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Tiley, A. L., Gillman, S., Cortese, L., Swinbank, A., Dudzevičiūtė, U., Harrison, C., …Puglisi, A. (2021). The KMOS galaxy evolution survey (KGES): the angular momentum of star-forming galaxies over the last ≍10 Gyr. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 506(1), 323-342. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab1692

We present the KMOS Galaxy Evolution Survey (KGES), a K-band Multi-Object Spectrograph (KMOS) study of the H α and [N II] emission from 288 K-band-selected galaxies at 1.2 ≲ z ≲ 1.8, with stellar masses in the range log10(M∗/M⊙)≈9 – 11.5. In this pap... Read More about The KMOS galaxy evolution survey (KGES): the angular momentum of star-forming galaxies over the last ≍10 Gyr.

ALMA Lensing Cluster Survey: Bright [C ii] 158 μm Lines from a Multiply Imaged Sub-L⋆ Galaxy at z = 6.0719 (2021)
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Fujimoto, S., Oguri, M., Brammer, G., Yoshimura, Y., Laporte, N., González-López, J., …Espada, D. (2021). ALMA Lensing Cluster Survey: Bright [C ii] 158 μm Lines from a Multiply Imaged Sub-L⋆ Galaxy at z = 6.0719. Astrophysical Journal, 911(2), https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/abd7ec

We present bright [C ii] 158 μm line detections from a strongly magnified and multiply imaged (μ ∼ 20–160) sub–L* (${M}_{\mathrm{UV}}=-{19.75}_{-0.44}^{+0.55}$) Lyman-break galaxy (LBG) at z = 6.0719 ± 0.0004, drawn from the ALMA Lensing Cluster Surv... Read More about ALMA Lensing Cluster Survey: Bright [C ii] 158 μm Lines from a Multiply Imaged Sub-L⋆ Galaxy at z = 6.0719.

The VLA Frontier Fields Survey: Deep, High-resolution Radio Imaging of the MACS Lensing Clusters at 3 and 6 GHz (2021)
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Heywood, I., Murphy, E., Jiménez-Andrade, E., Armus, L., Cotton, W., DeCoursey, C., …Smirnov, O. (2021). The VLA Frontier Fields Survey: Deep, High-resolution Radio Imaging of the MACS Lensing Clusters at 3 and 6 GHz. Astronomical Journal, 910(2), Article 105. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/abdf61

The Frontier Fields project is an observational campaign targeting six galaxy clusters, with the intention of using the magnification provided by gravitational lensing to study galaxies that are extremely faint or distant. We used the Karl G. Jansky... Read More about The VLA Frontier Fields Survey: Deep, High-resolution Radio Imaging of the MACS Lensing Clusters at 3 and 6 GHz.

The VLA Frontier Field Survey: A Comparison of the Radio and UV/Optical Size of 0.3 ≲ z ≲ 3 Star-forming Galaxies (2021)
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Jiménez-Andrade, E., Murphy, E., Heywood, I., Smail, I., Penner, K., Momjian, E., …Lazio, T. (2021). The VLA Frontier Field Survey: A Comparison of the Radio and UV/Optical Size of 0.3 ≲ z ≲ 3 Star-forming Galaxies. Astrophysical Journal, 910(2), Article 106. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/abe876

o investigate the growth history of galaxies, we measure the rest-frame radio, ultraviolet (UV), and optical sizes of 98 radio-selected, star-forming galaxies (SFGs) distributed over 0.3 ≲ z ≲ 3 with a median stellar mass of $\mathrm{log}({M}_{\star... Read More about The VLA Frontier Field Survey: A Comparison of the Radio and UV/Optical Size of 0.3 ≲ z ≲ 3 Star-forming Galaxies.

An ALMA/NOEMA survey of the molecular gas properties of high-redshift star-forming galaxies (2021)
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Birkin, J. E., Weiss, A., Wardlow, J., Smail, I., Swinbank, A., Dudzevičiūtė, U., …van der Werf, P. (2021). An ALMA/NOEMA survey of the molecular gas properties of high-redshift star-forming galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 501(3), 3926-3950. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa3862

We have used ALMA and NOEMA to study the molecular gas reservoirs in 61 ALMA-identified submillimetre galaxies (SMGs) in the COSMOS, UDS, and ECDFS fields. We detect 12CO (⁠Jup= 2–5) emission lines in 50 sources, and [C I](3P1 − 3P0) emission in eigh... Read More about An ALMA/NOEMA survey of the molecular gas properties of high-redshift star-forming galaxies.

An ALMA survey of the SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey UKIDSS/UDS field: halo masses for submillimetre galaxies (2021)
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Stach, S., Smail, I., Amvrosiadis, A., Swinbank, A., Dudzevičiūtė, U., Geach, J., …Wardlow, J. (2021). An ALMA survey of the SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey UKIDSS/UDS field: halo masses for submillimetre galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 504(1), https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab714

We present an analysis of the spatial clustering of a large sample of high-resolution, interferometically identified, submillimetre galaxies (SMGs). We measure the projected cross-correlation function of ∼350 SMGs in the UKIDSS Ultra Deep-Survey Fiel... Read More about An ALMA survey of the SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey UKIDSS/UDS field: halo masses for submillimetre galaxies.

ALMA 1.3 mm Survey of Lensed Submillimeter Galaxies Selected by Herschel: Discovery of Spatially Extended SMGs and Implications (2021)
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Sun, F., Egami, E., Rawle, T. D., Walth, G. L., Smail, I., Dessauges-Zavadsky, M., …Valtchanov, I. (2021). ALMA 1.3 mm Survey of Lensed Submillimeter Galaxies Selected by Herschel: Discovery of Spatially Extended SMGs and Implications. Astrophysical Journal, 908(2), Article 192. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/abd6e4

We present an ALMA 1.3 mm (Band 6) continuum survey of lensed submillimeter galaxies (SMGs) at z = 1.0 to ∼3.2 with an angular resolution of ∼0farcs2. These galaxies were uncovered by the Herschel Lensing Survey and feature exceptionally bright far-i... Read More about ALMA 1.3 mm Survey of Lensed Submillimeter Galaxies Selected by Herschel: Discovery of Spatially Extended SMGs and Implications.

Resolving a dusty, star-forming SHiZELS galaxy at z = 2.2 with HST, ALMA, and SINFONI on kiloparsec scales (2021)
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Cochrane, R., Best, P., Smail, I., Ibar, E., Cheng, C., Swinbank, A., …Dudzevi\vci\=ut\.e, U. (2021). Resolving a dusty, star-forming SHiZELS galaxy at z = 2.2 with HST, ALMA, and SINFONI on kiloparsec scales. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 503(2), 2622-2638. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab467

We present ∼0.15 arcsec spatial resolution imaging of SHiZELS-14, a massive (⁠M∗∼1011M⊙⁠), dusty, star-forming galaxy at z = 2.24. Our rest-frame ∼1kpc-scale, matched-resolution data comprise four different widely used tracers of star formation: the... Read More about Resolving a dusty, star-forming SHiZELS galaxy at z = 2.2 with HST, ALMA, and SINFONI on kiloparsec scales.

Dust, Gas, and Metal Content in Star-forming Galaxies at z ∼ 3.3 Revealed with ALMA and Near-IR Spectroscopy (2021)
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Suzuki, T. L., Onodera, M., Kodama, T., Daddi, E., Hayashi, M., Koyama, Y., …Tanaka, I. (2021). Dust, Gas, and Metal Content in Star-forming Galaxies at z ∼ 3.3 Revealed with ALMA and Near-IR Spectroscopy. Astrophysical Journal, 908(1), https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/abd4e7

We conducted submillimeter observations with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) of star-forming galaxies at z ∼ 3.3, whose gas-phase metallicities have been measured previously. We investigated the dust and gas contents of the ga... Read More about Dust, Gas, and Metal Content in Star-forming Galaxies at z ∼ 3.3 Revealed with ALMA and Near-IR Spectroscopy.

FIR-luminous [C II] Emitters in the ALMA-SCUBA-2 COSMOS Survey (AS2COSMOS): The Nature of Submillimeter Galaxies in a 10 Comoving Megaparsec-scale Structure at z \ensuremath\sim 4.6 (2021)
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Mitsuhashi, I., Matsuda, Y., Smail, I., Hayatsu, N., Simpson, J., Swinbank, A., …Sakamoto, S. (2021). FIR-luminous [C II] Emitters in the ALMA-SCUBA-2 COSMOS Survey (AS2COSMOS): The Nature of Submillimeter Galaxies in a 10 Comoving Megaparsec-scale Structure at z \ensuremath\sim 4.6. Astrophysical Journal, 907(2), Article 122. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/abcc72

We report the discovery of a 10 comoving megaparsec (cMpc)-scale structure traced by massive submillimeter galaxies (SMGs) at z ∼ 4.6. These galaxies are selected from an emission line search of ALMA Band 7 observations targeting 184 luminous submill... Read More about FIR-luminous [C II] Emitters in the ALMA-SCUBA-2 COSMOS Survey (AS2COSMOS): The Nature of Submillimeter Galaxies in a 10 Comoving Megaparsec-scale Structure at z \ensuremath\sim 4.6.

An ALMA survey of the S2CLS UDS field: optically invisible submillimetre galaxies (2021)
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Smail, I., Dudzevičiūtė, U., Stach, S., Almaini, O., Birkin, J., Chapman, S., …van der Werf, P. (2021). An ALMA survey of the S2CLS UDS field: optically invisible submillimetre galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 502(3), 3426-3435. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab283

We analyse a robust sample of 30 near-infrared-faint (KAB > 25.3, 5σ) submillimetre galaxies (SMGs) selected from a 0.96 deg2 field to investigate their properties and the cause of their faintness in optical/near-infrared wavebands. Our analysis expl... Read More about An ALMA survey of the S2CLS UDS field: optically invisible submillimetre galaxies.

An ALMA Survey of the SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey UKIDSS/UDS Field: The Far-infrared/Radio Correlation for High-redshift Dusty Star-forming Galaxies (2020)
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Algera, H., Smail, I., Dudzevičiūtė, U., Swinbank, A., Stach, S., Hodge, J., …van der Werf, P. (2020). An ALMA Survey of the SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey UKIDSS/UDS Field: The Far-infrared/Radio Correlation for High-redshift Dusty Star-forming Galaxies. Astrophysical Journal, 903(2), Article 138. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/abb77b

We study the radio properties of 706 submillimeter galaxies (SMGs) selected at 870 μm with the Atacama Large Millimeter Array from the SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey map of the Ultra Deep Survey field. We detect 273 SMGs at >4σ in deep Karl G. Jansk... Read More about An ALMA Survey of the SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey UKIDSS/UDS Field: The Far-infrared/Radio Correlation for High-redshift Dusty Star-forming Galaxies.

A Multiwavelength Analysis of the Faint Radio Sky (COSMOS-XS): the Nature of the Ultra-faint Radio Population (2020)
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Algera, H., van der Vlugt, D., Hodge, J., Smail, I., Novak, M., Radcliffe, J., …Walter, F. (2020). A Multiwavelength Analysis of the Faint Radio Sky (COSMOS-XS): the Nature of the Ultra-faint Radio Population. Astrophysical Journal, 903(2), Article 139. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/abb77a

Ultra-deep radio surveys are an invaluable probe of dust-obscured star formation, but require a clear understanding of the relative contribution from radio active galactic nuclei (AGNs) to be used to their fullest potential. We study the composition... Read More about A Multiwavelength Analysis of the Faint Radio Sky (COSMOS-XS): the Nature of the Ultra-faint Radio Population.

The evolution of gas-phase metallicity and resolved abundances in star-forming galaxies at z ≍ 0.6-1.8 (2020)
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Gillman, S., Tiley, A., Swinbank, A., Dudzevičiūtė, U., Sharples, R., Smail, I., …Stott, J. P. (2021). The evolution of gas-phase metallicity and resolved abundances in star-forming galaxies at z ≍ 0.6-1.8. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 500(3), 4229-4247. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa3400

We present an analysis of the chemical abundance properties of ≈650 star-forming galaxies at z ≈ 0.6–1.8. Using integral-field observations from the K-band multi-object spectrograph (KMOS), we quantify the [N II]/H α emission-line ratio, a proxy for... Read More about The evolution of gas-phase metallicity and resolved abundances in star-forming galaxies at z ≍ 0.6-1.8.

Tracing the evolution of dust-obscured activity using sub-millimetre galaxy populations from STUDIES and AS2UDS (2020)
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Dudzevičiūtė, U., Smail, I., Swinbank, A., Lim, C., Wang, W., Simpson, J., …Toba, Y. (2021). Tracing the evolution of dust-obscured activity using sub-millimetre galaxy populations from STUDIES and AS2UDS. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 500(1), 942-961. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa3285

We analyse the physical properties of 121 SNR ≥ 5 sub-millimetre galaxies (SMGs) from the STUDIES 450 μm survey. We model their UV-to-radio spectral energy distributions using MAGPHYS+photo-z and compare the results to similar modelling of 850 μm-sel... Read More about Tracing the evolution of dust-obscured activity using sub-millimetre galaxy populations from STUDIES and AS2UDS.

The ALMA Spectroscopic Survey Large Program: The Infrared Excess of z = 1.5–10 UV-selected Galaxies and the Implied High-redshift Star Formation History (2020)
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Bouwens, R., González-López, J., Aravena, M., Decarli, R., Novak, M., Stefanon, M., …Wagg, J. (2020). The ALMA Spectroscopic Survey Large Program: The Infrared Excess of z = 1.5–10 UV-selected Galaxies and the Implied High-redshift Star Formation History. Astrophysical Journal, 902(2), Article 112. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/abb830

We make use of sensitive (9.3 μJy beam−1 rms) 1.2 mm continuum observations from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) Spectroscopic Survey in the Hubble Ultra-Deep Field (ASPECS) large program to probe dust-enshrouded star formatio... Read More about The ALMA Spectroscopic Survey Large Program: The Infrared Excess of z = 1.5–10 UV-selected Galaxies and the Implied High-redshift Star Formation History.

The ALMA Spectroscopic Survey in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field: CO Excitation and Atomic Carbon in Star-forming Galaxies at z = 1–3 (2020)
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Boogaard, L. A., Werf, P. V. D., Weiss, A., Popping, G., Decarli, R., Walter, F., …Wagg, J. (2020). The ALMA Spectroscopic Survey in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field: CO Excitation and Atomic Carbon in Star-forming Galaxies at z = 1–3. Astrophysical Journal, 902(2), Article 109. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/abb82f

We investigate the CO excitation and interstellar medium (ISM) conditions in a cold gas mass-selected sample of 22 star-forming galaxies at z = 0.46–3.60, observed as part of the ALMA Spectroscopic Survey in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (ASPECS). Comb... Read More about The ALMA Spectroscopic Survey in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field: CO Excitation and Atomic Carbon in Star-forming Galaxies at z = 1–3.

The ALMA Spectroscopic Survey in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field: Multiband Constraints on Line-luminosity Functions and the Cosmic Density of Molecular Gas (2020)
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Decarli, R., Aravena, M., Boogaard, L., Carilli, C., González-López, J., Walter, F., …Weiss, A. (2020). The ALMA Spectroscopic Survey in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field: Multiband Constraints on Line-luminosity Functions and the Cosmic Density of Molecular Gas. Astrophysical Journal, 902(2), Article 110. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/abaa3b

We present a CO and atomic fine-structure line-luminosity function analysis using the ALMA Spectroscopic Survey (ASPECS) in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field. ASPECS consists of two spatially overlapping mosaics that cover the entire ALMA 3 mm and 1.2 mm b... Read More about The ALMA Spectroscopic Survey in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field: Multiband Constraints on Line-luminosity Functions and the Cosmic Density of Molecular Gas.