Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2004-07-07
Astron.Astrophys. 428 (2004) L29
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
4 pages, 1 figure. To appear in A&A Letters. Added possible explanation for reported emission line as due to variable hot pixe
Scientific paper
10.1051/0004-6361:200400099
In a recent paper Pello et al. reported observations of a faint galaxy, gravitationally lensed by the galaxy cluster Abell 1835. Deep J-band spectroscopy revealed a weak emission line near 1.34 microns, detected in two spectra with different central wavelengths. The line was interpreted as Lyman-alpha at redshift z=10.0. This interpretation is supported by the broad-band photometric spectral energy distribution, and by the location of the galaxy close to the lens critical line for this redshift. We have reanalysed the two spectra, just released from the data archive. Our analysis includes allowance for wavelength shifts due to transverse drift of the object in the slit. We do not detect a significant emission line at the reported location, or nearby, at either grating setting, nor in the combined spectrum. We provide a possible explanation for the reported detection as due to spurious positive flux introduced in the sky-subtraction stage as a result of variable hot pixels. We provide our final reduced 2D frame, and corresponding error array.
Babbedge Thomas S. R.
Warren Stephen J.
Weatherley Stephen J.
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