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Ian Smail's Outputs (23)

Molecular gas in the Herschel-selected strongly lensed submillimeter galaxies at z ~ 2–4 as probed by multi-J CO lines (2017)
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Yang, C., Omont, A., Beelen, A., Gao, Y., van der Werf, P., Gavazzi, R., …Smail, I. (2017). Molecular gas in the Herschel-selected strongly lensed submillimeter galaxies at z ~ 2–4 as probed by multi-J CO lines. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 608, https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731391

We present the IRAM-30 m observations of multiple-J CO (Jup mostly from 3 up to 8) and [C I](3P2 → 3P1) ([C I](2–1) hereafter) line emission in a sample of redshift ~2–4 submillimeter galaxies (SMGs). These SMGs are selected among the brightest-lense... Read More about Molecular gas in the Herschel-selected strongly lensed submillimeter galaxies at z ~ 2–4 as probed by multi-J CO lines.

ALMACAL – III. A combined ALMA and MUSE survey for neutral, molecular, and ionized gas in an H i-absorption-selected system (2017)
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Klitsch, A., Péroux, C., Zwaan, M., Smail, I., Oteo, I., Biggs, A., …Swinbank, A. (2018). ALMACAL – III. A combined ALMA and MUSE survey for neutral, molecular, and ionized gas in an H i-absorption-selected system. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 475(1), 492-507. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx3184

Studying the flow of baryons into and out of galaxies is an important part of understanding the evolution of galaxies over time. We present a detailed case study of the environment around an intervening Ly α absorption line system at zabs = 0.633, se... Read More about ALMACAL – III. A combined ALMA and MUSE survey for neutral, molecular, and ionized gas in an H i-absorption-selected system.

The KMOS Redshift One Spectroscopic Survey (KROSS): the origin of disc turbulence in z ≈ 1 star-forming galaxies (2017)
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Johnson, H., Harrison, C., Swinbank, A., Tiley, A., Stott, J., Bower, R., …Richards, S. (2018). The KMOS Redshift One Spectroscopic Survey (KROSS): the origin of disc turbulence in z ≈ 1 star-forming galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 474(4), 5076-5104. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx3016

We analyse the velocity dispersion properties of 472 z ∼ 0.9 star-forming galaxies observed as part of the KMOS Redshift One Spectroscopic Survey (KROSS). The majority of this sample is rotationally dominated (83 ± 5 per cent with vC/σ0 > 1) but also... Read More about The KMOS Redshift One Spectroscopic Survey (KROSS): the origin of disc turbulence in z ≈ 1 star-forming galaxies.

SCUBA-2 Ultra Deep Imaging EAO Survey (STUDIES): Faint-end Counts at 450 μm (2017)
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Wang, W., Lin, W., Lim, C., Smail, I., Chapman, S. C., Zheng, X. Z., …Wardlow, J. L. (2017). SCUBA-2 Ultra Deep Imaging EAO Survey (STUDIES): Faint-end Counts at 450 μm. Astrophysical Journal, 850(1), Article 37. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa911b

The SCUBA-2 Ultra Deep Imaging EAO Survey (STUDIES) is a three-year JCMT Large Program aiming to reach the 450 μm confusion limit in the COSMOS-CANDELS region to study a representative sample of the high-redshift far-infrared galaxy population that g... Read More about SCUBA-2 Ultra Deep Imaging EAO Survey (STUDIES): Faint-end Counts at 450 μm.

ALMA Pinpoints a Strong Overdensity of U/LIRGs in the Massive Cluster XCS J2215 at z = 1.46 (2017)
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Stach, S. M., Swinbank, A., Smail, I., Hilton, M., Simpson, J., & Cooke, E. (2017). ALMA Pinpoints a Strong Overdensity of U/LIRGs in the Massive Cluster XCS J2215 at z = 1.46. Astrophysical Journal, 849(2), Article 154. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa93f6

We surveyed the core regions of the z = 1.46 cluster XCS J2215.9−1738 with the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) and the MUSE-GALACSI spectrograph on the Very Large Telescope (VLT). We obtained high spatial resolution observations with ALMA of th... Read More about ALMA Pinpoints a Strong Overdensity of U/LIRGs in the Massive Cluster XCS J2215 at z = 1.46.

The Interstellar Medium in [O iii]-selected Star-forming Galaxies at z ∼ 3.2 (2017)
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Suzuki, T. L., Kodama, T., Onodera, M., Shimakawa, R., Hayashi, M., Tadaki, K., …Yamamoto, M. (2017). The Interstellar Medium in [O iii]-selected Star-forming Galaxies at z ∼ 3.2. Astrophysical Journal, 849(1), Article 39. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa8df3

We present new results from near-infrared spectroscopy with Keck/MOSFIRE of [O III]-selected galaxies at z ~ 3.2. With our H and K band spectra, we investigate the interstellar medium (ISM) conditions, such as ionization states and gas metallicities.... Read More about The Interstellar Medium in [O iii]-selected Star-forming Galaxies at z ∼ 3.2.

A Spatially Resolved Study of Cold Dust, Molecular Gas, H ii Regions, and Stars in the z = 2.12 Submillimeter Galaxy ALESS67.1 (2017)
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Chen, C., Hodge, J., Smail, I., Swinbank, A., Walter, F., Simpson, J., …Werf, P. V. D. (2017). A Spatially Resolved Study of Cold Dust, Molecular Gas, H ii Regions, and Stars in the z = 2.12 Submillimeter Galaxy ALESS67.1. Astrophysical Journal, 846(2), Article 108. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa863a

We present detailed studies of a z = 2.12 submillimeter galaxy, ALESS67.1, using sub-arcsecond resolution ALMA, adaptive optics-aided VLT/SINFONI, and Hubble Space Telescope (HST)/CANDELS data to investigate the kinematics and spatial distributions o... Read More about A Spatially Resolved Study of Cold Dust, Molecular Gas, H ii Regions, and Stars in the z = 2.12 Submillimeter Galaxy ALESS67.1.

An Imperfectly Passive Nature: Bright Submillimeter Emission from Dust-obscured Star Formation in the z = 3.717 “Passive” System, ZF 20115 (2017)
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Simpson, J., Smail, I., Wang, W., Riechers, D., Dunlop, J., Ao, Y., …Zheng, X. (2017). An Imperfectly Passive Nature: Bright Submillimeter Emission from Dust-obscured Star Formation in the z = 3.717 “Passive” System, ZF 20115. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 844(1), Article L10. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aa7cf2

The identification of high-redshift, massive galaxies with old stellar populations may pose challenges to some models of galaxy formation. However, to securely classify a galaxy as quiescent, it is necessary to exclude significant ongoing star format... Read More about An Imperfectly Passive Nature: Bright Submillimeter Emission from Dust-obscured Star Formation in the z = 3.717 “Passive” System, ZF 20115.

The eMERGE Survey - I: Very Large Array 5.5 GHz observations of the GOODS-North Field (2017)
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Guidetti, D., Bondi, M., Prandoni, I., Muxlow, T., Beswick, R., Wrigley, N., …Argo, M. (2017). The eMERGE Survey - I: Very Large Array 5.5 GHz observations of the GOODS-North Field. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 471(1), 210-226. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx1162

We present new observations of the GOODS-N field obtained at 5.5 GHz with the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array. The central region of the field was imaged to a median rms of 3 μJy beam−1 with a resolution of 0.5 arcsec. From a 14-arcmin diameter regio... Read More about The eMERGE Survey - I: Very Large Array 5.5 GHz observations of the GOODS-North Field.

Boötes-HiZELS: an optical to near-infrared survey of emission-line galaxies at z = 0.4-4.7 (2017)
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Matthee, J., Sobral, D., Best, P., Smail, I., Bian, F., Darvish, B., …Fan, X. (2017). Boötes-HiZELS: an optical to near-infrared survey of emission-line galaxies at z = 0.4-4.7. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 471(1), 629-649. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx1569

We present a sample of ∼1000 emission-line galaxies at z = 0.4–4.7 from the ∼0.7deg2 High-z Emission-Line Survey in the Boötes field identified with a suite of six narrow-band filters at ≈0.4–2.1 μm. These galaxies have been selected on their Ly α (7... Read More about Boötes-HiZELS: an optical to near-infrared survey of emission-line galaxies at z = 0.4-4.7.

An ALMA Survey of Submillimeter Galaxies in the Extended Chandra Deep Field South: Spectroscopic Redshifts (2017)
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Danielson, A., Swinbank, A., Smail, I., Simpson, J., Casey, C., Chapman, S., …van der Werf, P. (2017). An ALMA Survey of Submillimeter Galaxies in the Extended Chandra Deep Field South: Spectroscopic Redshifts. Astrophysical Journal, 840(2), Article 78. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa6caf

We present spectroscopic redshifts of {\text{}}{S}870μ {{m}} ≳ 2 mJy submillimeter galaxies (SMGs), which have been identified from the ALMA follow-up observations of 870 μm detected sources in the Extended Chandra Deep Field South (the ALMA-LESS sur... Read More about An ALMA Survey of Submillimeter Galaxies in the Extended Chandra Deep Field South: Spectroscopic Redshifts.

ALMA deep field in SSA22: Blindly detected CO emitters and [C ii] emitter candidates (2017)
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Hayatsu, N., Matsuda, Y., Umehata, H., Yoshida, N., Smail, I., Swinbank, A., …Yamada, T. (2017). ALMA deep field in SSA22: Blindly detected CO emitters and [C ii] emitter candidates. Publications of Astronomical Society of Japan, 69(3), https://doi.org/10.1093/pasj/psx018

We report the identification of four millimeter line-emitting galaxies with the Atacama Large Milli/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in SSA22 Field (ADF22). We analyze the ALMA 1.1-mm survey data, with an effective survey area of 5 arcmin2, frequency range... Read More about ALMA deep field in SSA22: Blindly detected CO emitters and [C ii] emitter candidates.

The Hawaii SCUBA-2 Lensing Cluster Survey: Radio-detected Submillimeter Galaxies in the HST Frontier Fields (2017)
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Hsu, L., Desai, V., Murphy, E., Cowie, L., Heywood, I., Momjian, E., …Smail, I. (2017). The Hawaii SCUBA-2 Lensing Cluster Survey: Radio-detected Submillimeter Galaxies in the HST Frontier Fields. Astrophysical Journal, 840(1), Article 29. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa6ba0

In this second paper of the Hawaii SCUBA-2 Lensing Cluster Survey series, we cross-match SCUBA-2 maps with 3 and 6 GHz images from the Janksy-VLA Frontier Fields Legacy Survey for three cluster fields, MACS J0416.1--2403, MACS J0717.5+3745, and MACS... Read More about The Hawaii SCUBA-2 Lensing Cluster Survey: Radio-detected Submillimeter Galaxies in the HST Frontier Fields.

The H α luminosity-dependent clustering of star-forming galaxies from z ∼ 0.8 to ∼2.2 with HiZELS (2017)
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Cochrane, R., Best, P., Sobral, D., Smail, I., Wake, D., Stott, J., & Geach, J. (2017). The H α luminosity-dependent clustering of star-forming galaxies from z ∼ 0.8 to ∼2.2 with HiZELS. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 469(3), 2913-2932. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx957

We present clustering analyses of identically selected star-forming galaxies in three narrow redshift slices (at z = 0.8, 1.47 and 2.23), from the High-Redshift(Z) Emission Line Survey (HiZELS), a deep, near-infrared narrow-band survey. The HiZELS sa... Read More about The H α luminosity-dependent clustering of star-forming galaxies from z ∼ 0.8 to ∼2.2 with HiZELS.

The SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey: Multi-wavelength Properties of ALMA-identified Submillimeter Galaxies in UKIDSS UDS (2017)
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Simpson, J., Smail, I., Swinbank, A., Ivison, R., Dunlop, J., Geach, J., …van der Werf, P. (2017). The SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey: Multi-wavelength Properties of ALMA-identified Submillimeter Galaxies in UKIDSS UDS. Astrophysical Journal, 839(1), Article 58. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa65d0

We present a multi-wavelength analysis of 52 submillimeter galaxies (SMGs), identified using ALMA 870 μm continuum imaging in a pilot program to precisely locate bright SCUBA-2-selected submillimeter sources in the UKIDSS Ultra Deep Survey (UDS) fiel... Read More about The SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey: Multi-wavelength Properties of ALMA-identified Submillimeter Galaxies in UKIDSS UDS.

Evolution of Dust-obscured Star Formation and Gas to z = 2.2 from HiZELS (2017)
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Thomson, A., Simpson, J., Smail, I., Swinbank, A., Best, P., Sobral, D., …Johnson, H. (2017). Evolution of Dust-obscured Star Formation and Gas to z = 2.2 from HiZELS. Astrophysical Journal, 838(2), Article 119. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa61a6

We investigate the far-infrared properties of galaxies selected via deep, narrow-band imaging of the Hα emission line in four redshift slices from z=0.40--2.23 over ∼1deg2 as part of the High-redshift Emission Line Survey (HiZELS). We use a stacking... Read More about Evolution of Dust-obscured Star Formation and Gas to z = 2.2 from HiZELS.

ALMACAL II: Extreme Star Formation Rate Densities in Dusty Starbursts Revealed by ALMA 20 mas Resolution Imaging (2017)
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Oteo, I., Zwaan, M., Ivison, R., Smail, I., & Biggs, A. (2017). ALMACAL II: Extreme Star Formation Rate Densities in Dusty Starbursts Revealed by ALMA 20 mas Resolution Imaging. Astrophysical Journal, 837(2), Article 182. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa5da4

We present ultrahigh spatial resolution (˜20 mas or 150 pc) ALMA observations of the dust continuum at 920 μm and 1.2 mm in two submillimeter sources at z = 3.442, ALMACAL-1 (A-1: {S}870μ {{m}}=6.5+/- 0.2 {mJy}) and ALMACAL-2 (A-2: {S}870μ {{m}}=4.4+... Read More about ALMACAL II: Extreme Star Formation Rate Densities in Dusty Starbursts Revealed by ALMA 20 mas Resolution Imaging.

A gravitationally boosted MUSE survey for emission-line galaxies at z ≳ 5 behind the massive cluster RCS 0224 (2017)
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Smit, R., Swinbank, A., Massey, R., Richard, J., Smail, I., & Kneib, J. (2017). A gravitationally boosted MUSE survey for emission-line galaxies at z ≳ 5 behind the massive cluster RCS 0224. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 476(3), 3306-3323. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx245

We present a Very Large Telescope/Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) survey of lensed high-redshift galaxies behind the z = 0.77 cluster RCS 0224−0002. We study the detailed internal properties of a highly magnified (μ ∼ 29) z = 4.88 galaxy see... Read More about A gravitationally boosted MUSE survey for emission-line galaxies at z ≳ 5 behind the massive cluster RCS 0224.

The KMOS Redshift One Spectroscopic Survey (KROSS): rotational velocities and angular momentum of z ≈ 0.9 galaxies (2017)
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Harrison, C., Johnson, H., Swinbank, A., Stott, J., Bower, R., Smail, I., …Magdis, G. (2017). The KMOS Redshift One Spectroscopic Survey (KROSS): rotational velocities and angular momentum of z ≈ 0.9 galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 467(2), 1965-1983. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx217

We present dynamical measurements for 586 Hα detected star-forming galaxies from the KMOS (K-band Multi-Object Spectrograph) Redshift One Spectroscopic Survey (KROSS). The sample represents typical star-forming galaxies at this redshift (z = 0.6–1.0)... Read More about The KMOS Redshift One Spectroscopic Survey (KROSS): rotational velocities and angular momentum of z ≈ 0.9 galaxies.

Angular momentum evolution of galaxies over the past 10 Gyr: a MUSE and KMOS dynamical survey of 400 star-forming galaxies from z = 0.3 to 1.7 (2017)
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Swinbank, M., Harrison, C., Trayford, J., Schaller, M., Smail, I., Schaye, J., …Stott, J. (2017). Angular momentum evolution of galaxies over the past 10 Gyr: a MUSE and KMOS dynamical survey of 400 star-forming galaxies from z = 0.3 to 1.7. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 467(3), 3140-3159. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx201

We present a MUSE and KMOS dynamical study 405 star-forming galaxies at redshift z = 0.28–1.65 (median redshift z¯= 0.84). Our sample is representative of the star-forming “main-sequence”, with star-formation rates of SFR = 0.1–30M⊙ yr−1 and stellar... Read More about Angular momentum evolution of galaxies over the past 10 Gyr: a MUSE and KMOS dynamical survey of 400 star-forming galaxies from z = 0.3 to 1.7.