Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1996-06-04
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Scientific paper
We discuss the optical spectrum of a multiply-imaged arc resolved by HST in the $z$=0.175 cluster A2218. The spectrum, obtained with LDSS-2 on the 4.2m William Herschel telescope, reveals the source to be a galaxy at a redshift $z$=2.515 in excellent agreement with the value predicted by Kneib et al. (1996) on the basis of their inversion of a highly-constrained mass model for the lensing cluster. The source is extremely blue in its optical-infrared colours, consistent with active star formation, and the spectrum reveals absorption lines characteristic of a young stellar population. Of particular significance is the absence of Lyman-$\alpha$ emission but the presence of a broad Lyman-$\alpha$ absorption. The spectrum is similar to that of other, much fainter, galaxies found at high redshift by various techniques and illustrates the important role that lensing can play in detailed studies of the properties of distant galaxies.
Ebbels T. M. D.
Ellis Richard S.
Kneib Jean Paul
Le Borgne Jean-Franc
Pello' Roser
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