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Submillimetre compactness as a critical dimension to understand the Main Sequence of star-forming galaxies (2021)
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Puglisi, A., Daddi, E., Valentino, F., Magdis, G., Liu, D., Kokorev, V., Circosta, C., Elbaz, D. E., Bournard, F., Gomez-Guijarro, C., Jin, S., Madden, S., Sargent, M. T., & Swinbank, M. (2021). Submillimetre compactness as a critical dimension to understand the Main Sequence of star-forming galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 508(4), 5217-5238. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab2914

We study the interstellar medium (ISM) properties as a function of the molecular gas size for 77 infrared-selected galaxies at z ∼ 1.3, having stellar masses 109.4 . M? . 1012.0 M and star formation rates 12 . SFRFIR . 1000 M yr−1 . Molecular gas siz... Read More about Submillimetre compactness as a critical dimension to understand the Main Sequence of star-forming galaxies.

Multi-resolution angular momentum measurements of z ∼ 1.5 − 2 star-forming galaxies (2021)
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Salcedo, J. M. E., Glazebrook, K., Fisher, D. B., Sweet, S. M., Obreschkow, D., Swinbank, A., Gillman, S., & Tiley, A. L. (2022). Multi-resolution angular momentum measurements of z ∼ 1.5 − 2 star-forming galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 509(2), 2318-2338. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab2755

We present detailed stellar specific angular momentum (j*) measurements of ten star-forming galaxies at z ∼ 1.5 − 2 using both high and low spatial resolution integral field spectroscopic data. We developed a code that simultaneously models the adapt... Read More about Multi-resolution angular momentum measurements of z ∼ 1.5 − 2 star-forming galaxies.

Measurements of the Dust Properties in z ≃ 1–3 Submillimeter Galaxies with ALMA (2021)
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da Cunha, E., Hodge, J., Casey, C., Algera, H., Kaasinen, M., Smail, I., Walter, F., Brandt, W., Dannerbauer, H., Decarli, R., Groves, B., Knudsen, K., Swinbank, A., Weiss, A., van der Werf, P., & Zavala, J. (2021). Measurements of the Dust Properties in z ≃ 1–3 Submillimeter Galaxies with ALMA. Astrophysical Journal, 919(1), Article 30. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac0ae0

We present Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) 2 mm continuum observations of a complete and unbiased sample of 99 870 μm selected submillimeter galaxies (SMGs) in the Extended Chandra Deep Field South (ALESS). Our observations of eac... Read More about Measurements of the Dust Properties in z ≃ 1–3 Submillimeter Galaxies with ALMA.

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., Ivison, R., Nagao, T., Kubo, M., Nakanishi, K., Matsuda, Y., Ikarashi, S., Tamura, Y., & 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.

Stellar feedback in a clumpy galaxy at z ∼ 3.4 (2021)
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Iani, E., Zanella, A., Vernet, J., Richard, J., Gronke, M., Harrison, C., Arrigoni-Battaia, F., Rodighiero, G., Burkert, A., Behrendt, M., Chen, C.-C., Emsellem, E., Fensch, J., Hibon, P., Hilker, M., Le Floc’h, E., Mainieri, V., Swinbank, A., Valentino, F., Vanzella, E., & Zwaan, M. (2021). Stellar feedback in a clumpy galaxy at z ∼ 3.4. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 507(3), 3830-3848. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab2376

Giant star-forming regions (clumps) are widespread features of galaxies at z ≈ 1−4. Theory predicts that they can play a crucial role in galaxy evolution, if they survive to stellar feedback for >50 Myr. Numerical simulations show that clumps’ surviv... Read More about Stellar feedback in a clumpy galaxy at z ∼ 3.4.

Assessing the sources of reionization: a spectroscopic case study of a 30× lensed galaxy at z ∼ 5 with Lyα, C IV, Mg II, and [Ne III] (2021)
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Witstok, J., Smit, R., Maiolino, R., Curti, M., Laporte, N., Massey, R., Richard, J., & Swinbank, M. (2021). Assessing the sources of reionization: a spectroscopic case study of a 30× lensed galaxy at z ∼ 5 with Lyα, C IV, Mg II, and [Ne III]. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 508(2), 1686-1700. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab2591

We present a detailed spectroscopic analysis of a galaxy at z ≃ 4.88 that is, by chance, magnified ∼30× by gravitational lensing. Only three sources at z ≳ 5 are known with such high magnification. This particular source has been shown to exhibit wid... Read More about Assessing the sources of reionization: a spectroscopic case study of a 30× lensed galaxy at z ∼ 5 with Lyα, C IV, Mg II, and [Ne III].

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., Smail, I., Obreschkow, D., Croom, S., Sharples, R., & 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.

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., An, F. X., Ao, Y., Chapman, S., Chen, C.-C., da Cunha, E., Dannerbauer, H., Gullberg, B., Hodge, J., Ikarashi, S., Ivison, R., Matsuda, Y., Stach, S., Walter, F., Wang, W.-H., & 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., Almaini, O., Birkin, J., Chen, C.-C., Conselice, C., Cooke, E., Coppin, K., Dunlop, J., Farrah, D., Ikarashi, S., Ivison, R., & 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.

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., Umehata, H., Dudzeviciute, U., Birkin, J., Ikarashi, S., Chen, C.-C., Tadaki, K., Yajima, H., Harikane, Y., Inami, H., Chapman, S., Hatsukade, B., Iono, D., Bunker, A., Ao, Y., …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., Chen, C.-C., Geach, J., Gullberg, B., Hodge, J., Ikarashi, S., Ivison, R., Scott, D., Simpson, C., Swinbank, A., Thomson, A., Walter, F., Wardlow, J., & 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.