Galaxy formation and evolution: publications

A photometric redshift of z = 6.39 ± 0.12 for GRB 050904

Nature 440:7081 (2006) 181-183

Authors:

JB Haislip, MC Nysewander, DE Reichart, A Levan, N Tanvir, SB Cenko, DB Fox, PA Price, AJ Castro-Tirado, J Gorosabel, CR Evans, E Figueredo, CL MacLeod, JR Kirschbrown, M Jelinek, S Guziy, A De Ugarte Postigo, ES Cypriano, A LaCluyze, J Graham, R Priddey, R Chapman, J Rhoads, AS Fruchter, DQ Lamb, C Kouveliotou, RAMJ Wijers, MB Bayliss, BP Schmidt, AM Soderberg, SR Kulkarni, FA Harrison, DS Moon, A Gal-Yam, MM Kasliwal, R Hudec, S Vitek, P Kubanek, JA Crain, AC Foster, JC Clemens, JW Bartelme, R Canterna, DH Hartmann, AA Henden, S Klose, HS Park, GG Williams, E Rol, P O'Brien, D Bersier, F Prada, S Pizarro, D Maturana, P Ugarte, A Alvarez, AJM Fernandez, MJ Jarvis, M Moles, E Alfaro, KM Ivarsen, ND Kumar, CE Mack, CM Zdarowicz, N Gehrels, S Barthelmy, DN Burrows

Abstract:

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) and their afterglows are the most brilliant transient events in the Universe. Both the bursts themselves and their afterglows have been predicted to be visible out to redshifts of z ≈ 20, and therefore to be powerful probes of the early Universe^1,2. The burst GRB 000131, at z = 4.50, was hitherto the most distant such event identified³. Here we report the discovery of the bright near-infrared afterglow of GRB 050904 (ref. 4). From our measurements of the near-infrared afterglow, and our failure to detect the optical afterglow, we determine the photometric redshift of the burst to be z = 6.39-0.12^+0.11 (refs 5-7). Subsequently, it was measured⁸ spectroscopically to be z = 6.29 ± 0.01, in agreement with our photometric estimate. These results demonstrate that GRBs can be used to trace the star formation, metallicity, and reionization histories of the early Universe. © 2006 Nature Publishing Group.

Mid-Infrared Identifications of SCUBA Galaxies in the CUDSS 14-Hour Field with the Spitzer Space Telescope

(2006)

Authors:

MLN Ashby, S Dye, J-S Huang, S Eales, SP Willner, TMA Webb, D Rigopoulou, E Egami, H McCracken, S Lilly, S Miyazaki, M Brodwin, M Blaylock, J Cadien, GG Fazio

The SAURON project - VII. Integral-field absorption and emission-line kinematics of 24 spiral galaxy bulges

(2006)

Authors:

J Falcón-Barroso, R Bacon, M Bureau, M Cappellari, RL Davies, PT de Zeeuw, E Emsellem, K Fathi, D Krajnovic, H Kuntschner, RM McDermid, RF Peletier, M Sarzi

Galaxies Under the Cosmic Microscope: Resolved Spectroscopy and New Constraints on the z=1 Tully-Fisher relation

(2006)

Authors:

M Swinbank, R Bower, GP Smith, Ian Smail, J-P Kneib, R Ellis, D Stark, A Bunker

The Fundamental Plane for z = 0.8-0.9 Cluster Galaxies

The Astrophysical Journal American Astronomical Society 639:1 (2006) l9-l12

Authors:

Inger Jørgensen, Kristin Chiboucas, Kathleen Flint, Marcel Bergmann, Jordi Barr, Roger Davies

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