X-shooter Observations of the Gravitational Lens System CASSOWARY 5

Details X-shooter Observations of the Gravitational Lens System CASSOWARY 5 X-shooter Observations of the Gravitational Lens System CASSOWARY 5

2010-04-20

arxiv.org/abs/1004.3546v2

MNRAS 406 (2010), 2616

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics

12 pages; Accepted for publication in MNRAS

Scientific paper

10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.16860.x

We confirm an eighth gravitational lens system in the CASSOWARY catalogue. Exploratory observations with the X-shooter spectrograph on the VLT show the system CSWA5 to consist of at least three images of a blue star-forming galaxy at z = 1.0686, lensed by an apparent foreground group of red galaxies one of which is at z = 0.3877. The lensed galaxy exhibits a rich spectrum with broad interstellar absorption lines and a wealth of nebular emission lines. Preliminary analysis of these features shows the galaxy to be young, with an age of 25-50 Myr. With a star-formation rate of approximately 20 solar masses/yr, the galaxy has already assembled a stellar mass of 3 x 10^9 solar masses and reached half-solar metallicity. Its blue spectral energy distribution and Balmer line ratios suggest negligible internal dust extinction. A more in-depth analysis of the properties of this system is currently hampered by the lack of a viable lensing model. However, it is already clear that CSWA5 shares many of its physical characteristics with the general population of UV-selected galaxies at redshifts z = 1-3, motivating further study of both the source and the foreground mass concentration responsible for the gravitational lensing.

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