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- Rydberg, Claes-Erik, 1972-, et al.
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A search for Population III galaxies in CLASH. II. A multiply-imaged candidate at z ~ 7.8 behind Abell 2261
- 2014
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Annan publikation (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- While the Lyα emission line has served as an important tool in the study of galaxies at z < 6.5, Lyα emitters (LAE) have proved to be elusive at higher redshifts. If galaxies exhibiting high Lyα equivalent widths exist at z > 6.5, such rare objects may potentially stand out in multiband imaging surveys because of their unusual colors. We have conducted a search for such objects in the Cluster Lensing And Supernova survey with Hubble (CLASH) survey, and here report on the discovery of three gravitationally lensed images of a single LAE candidate behind the Abell 2261 cluster. Model fits to the CLASH broadband photometry suggests very strong Lyα emission (rest-frame Lyα equivalent width EW(Lyα) > 200 Å, prior to any IGM correction) at a redshift of z ≈ 7.8.
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- Zackrisson, Erik, et al.
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Detecting gravitationally lensed Population III galaxies with the Hubble Space Telescope and the James Webb Space Telescope
- 2012
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Ingår i: Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. - : Oxford University Press (OUP). - 0035-8711 .- 1365-2966. ; 427:3, s. 2212-2223
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Small galaxies consisting entirely of Population III (pop III) stars may form at high redshifts, and could constitute one of the best probes of such stars. Here, we explore the prospects of detecting gravitationally lensed pop III galaxies behind the galaxy cluster J0717.5+3745 (J0717) with both the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and the upcoming James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). By projecting simulated catalogues of pop III galaxies at z similar to 715 through the J0717 magnification maps, we estimate the lensed number counts as a function of flux detection threshold. We find that the ongoing HST survey Cluster Lensing And Supernova survey with Hubble (CLASH), targeting a total of 25 galaxy clusters including J0717, potentially could detect a small number of pop III galaxies if similar to 1 per cent of the baryons in these systems have been converted into pop III stars. Using JWST exposures of J0717, this limit can be pushed to similar to 0.1 per cent of the baryons. Ultradeep JWST observations of unlensed fields are predicted to do somewhat worse, but will be able to probe pop III galaxies with luminosities intermediate between those detectable in HST/CLASH and in JWST observations of J0717. We also explain how current measurements of the galaxy luminosity function at z = 710 can be used to constrain pop III galaxy models with very high star formation efficiencies (similar to 10 per cent of the baryons converted into pop III stars).
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- Zackrisson, Erik, et al.
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Finding high-redshift dark stars with the James Webb Space Telescope
- 2010
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Ingår i: Astrophysical Journal. - : The American Astronomical Society. - 0004-637X .- 1538-4357. ; 717:1, s. 257-267
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The first stars in the history of the universe are likely to form in the dense central regions of similar to 10(5)-10(6) M-circle dot cold dark matter halos at z approximate to 10-50. The annihilation of dark matter particles in these environments may lead to the formation of so-called dark stars, which are predicted to be cooler, larger, more massive, and potentially more long-lived than conventional population III stars. Here, we investigate the prospects of detecting high-redshift dark stars with the upcoming James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). We find that all dark stars with masses up to 10(3) M-circle dot are intrinsically too faint to be detected by JWST at z > 6. However, by exploiting foreground galaxy clusters as gravitational telescopes do, certain varieties of cool (T-eff <= 30,000 K) dark stars should be within reach at redshifts up to z approximate to 10. If the lifetimes of dark stars are sufficiently long, many such objects may also congregate inside the first galaxies. We demonstrate that this could give rise to peculiar features in the integrated spectra of galaxies at high redshifts, provided that dark stars make up at least similar to 1% of the total stellar mass in such objects.
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