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| DOI | 10.1093/MNRASL/SLAA041 | ||||
| Año | 2020 | ||||
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We discovered a strongly lensed (mu greater than or similar to 40) Ly alpha emission at z = 6.629 (S/N similar or equal to 18) in the MUSE Deep Lensed Field (MDLF) targeting the Hubble Frontier Field (HFF) galaxy cluster MACS J0416. Dedicated lensing simulations imply that the Ly alpha emitting region necessarily crosses the caustic. The arc-like shape of the Ly alpha extends 3 arcsec on the observed plane and is the result of two merged multiple images, each one with a de-lensed Ly alpha luminosity L less than or similar to 2.8 x 10(40) erg s(-1) arising from a confined region (less than or similar to 150 pc effective radius). A spatially unresolved Hubble Space Telescope (HST) counterpart is barely detected at S/N similar or equal to 2 after stacking the near-infrared bands, corresponding to an observed (intrinsic) magnitude m(1500) greater than or similar to 30.8 (greater than or similar to 35.0). The inferred rest-frame Ly alpha equivalent width is EW0 > 1120 angstrom if the IGM transmission is TIGM < 0.5. The low luminosities and the extremely large Ly a EW0 match the case of a Population III (Pop III) star complex made of several dozens stars (similar to 10(4) M-circle dot) that irradiate an HII region crossing the caustic. While the Ly alpha and stellar continuum are among the faintest ever observed at this redshift, the continuum and the Ly alpha emissions could be affected by differential magnification, possibly biasing the EW0 estimate. The aforementioned tentative HST detection tends to favour a large EW0, making such a faint Pop III candidate a key target for the James Webb Space Telescope and Extremely Large Telescopes.
| Ord. | Autor | Género | Institución - País |
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| 1 | Vanzella, E. | Hombre |
INAF Osservatorio Astrofis & Sci Spazio - Italia
INAF Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica, Bologna - Italia |
| 2 | Mereghetti, S. | Hombre |
INAF Osservatorio Astrofis & Sci Spazio - Italia
INAF Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica, Bologna - Italia |
| 3 | Espada, Daniel | Hombre |
Univ Groningen - Países Bajos
Kapteyn Instituut - Países Bajos |
| 4 | Castellano, Marco | Hombre |
Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica - Italia
Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma - Italia INAF Osservatorio Astron Roma - Italia |
| 5 | Calura, F. | Hombre |
INAF Osservatorio Astrofis & Sci Spazio - Italia
INAF Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica, Bologna - Italia |
| 6 | Rosati, P. | Hombre |
INAF Osservatorio Astrofis & Sci Spazio - Italia
Univ Ferrara - Italia INAF Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica, Bologna - Italia University of Ferrara - Italia |
| 7 | Grillo, C. | Hombre |
Univ Milan - Italia
Università degli Studi di Milano - Italia |
| 8 | Dijkstra, M. | Hombre | |
| 9 | Gronke, M. | - |
UNIV CALIF SANTA BARBARA - Estados Unidos
University of California, Santa Barbara - Estados Unidos |
| 10 | Sani, Eleonora | Mujer |
ESO - Chile
European Southern Observatory Santiago - Chile European Southern Observ - Chile |
| 11 | Mercurio, A. | Mujer |
INAF Osservatorio Astron Capodimonte - Italia
Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte - Italia |
| 12 | Tozzi, Paolo | Hombre |
Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica - Italia
Osservatorio Astrofisico Di Arcetri - Italia INAF Osservatorio Astrofis Arcetri - Italia |
| 13 | Nonino, M. | Hombre |
Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica - Italia
Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste - Italia INAF Osservatorio Astron Trieste - Italia |
| 14 | Cristiani, S. | Hombre |
Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica - Italia
Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste - Italia INAF Osservatorio Astron Trieste - Italia |
| 15 | Mignoli, M. | - |
INAF Osservatorio Astrofis & Sci Spazio - Italia
INAF Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica, Bologna - Italia |
| 16 | Pentericci, Laura | Mujer |
Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica - Italia
Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma - Italia INAF Osservatorio Astron Roma - Italia |
| 17 | Gilli, Roberto | Hombre |
INAF Osservatorio Astrofis & Sci Spazio - Italia
INAF Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica, Bologna - Italia |
| 18 | Treu, Tommaso | Hombre |
UNIV CALIF LOS ANGELES - Estados Unidos
University of California, Los Angeles - Estados Unidos |
| 19 | Espada, Daniel | Hombre |
Univ Groningen - Países Bajos
Kapteyn Instituut - Países Bajos |
| 20 | Cupani, Guido | Hombre |
Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica - Italia
Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste - Italia INAF Osservatorio Astron Trieste - Italia |
| 21 | Fontana, A. | Hombre |
Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica - Italia
Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma - Italia INAF Osservatorio Astron Roma - Italia |
| 22 | Grazian, A. | Mujer |
Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica - Italia
Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova - Italia INAF Osservatorio Astron Padova - Italia |
| 23 | Balestra, I. | Hombre |
Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica - Italia
OmegaLambdaTec GmbH - Alemania Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste - Italia INAF Osservatorio Astron Trieste - Italia |
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| National Science Foundation |
| NSF |
| European Research Council |
| ERC |
| Horizon 2020 Framework Programme |
| PRIN-MIUR 2017 |
| INAF main-stream |
| Agradecimiento |
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| We thank the anonymous referee for a constructive report. We thank L.l. Mas-Ribas and D. Schaerer for very stimulating discussions. This work is supported by PRIN-MIUR 2017 WSCC32. We acknowledge funding from the INAF main-stream (1.05.01.86.31). KC and GBC acknowledge funding from the ERC through the award of the Consolidator Grant ID 681627-BUILDUP. This work was supported in part by the NSF grant: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: The Final Frontier: Spectroscopic Probes of Galaxies at the Epoch of Reionization (AST-1815458, AST-1810822). MG acknowledges funding through HST-HF2-51409. |
| This work is supported by PRIN-MIUR 2017 WSCC32. We acknowledge funding from the INAF main-stream (1.05.01.86.31). KC and GBC acknowledge funding from the ERC through the award of the Consolidator Grant ID 681627-BUILDUP. This work was supported in part by the NSF grant: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: The Final Frontier: Spectroscopic Probes of Galaxies at the Epoch of Reionization (AST-1815458, AST-1810822). MG acknowledges funding through HST-HF2-51409. |