Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2004-11-04
Astrophys.J. 618 (2004) L5-L8
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
11 pages, 2 figures, 2 tables; Accepted for publication in ApJL
Scientific paper
10.1086/427550
We report the detection of a z~7 galaxy strongly lensed by the massive galaxy cluster Abell 2218 (z=0.175) at 3.6 and 4.5 um using the Spitzer Observatory and at 1.1 um using the Hubble Space Telescope. The new data indicate a refined photometric redshift in the range of 6.6-6.8 depending on the presence of Ly-alpha emission. The spectral energy distribution is consistent with having a significant Balmer break, suggesting that the galaxy is in the poststarburst stage with an age of at least ~50 Myr and quite possibly a few hundred Myr. This suggests the possibility that a mature stellar population is already in place at such a high redshift. Compared with typical Lyman break galaxies at z~3-4, the stellar mass is an order of magnitude smaller (~10^{9} Msun), but the specific star formation rate (star formation rate/M_{star}) is similarly large (> 10^{-9} yr^{-1}), indicating equally vigorous star-forming activity.
Dole Herve
Egami Eiichi E.
Ellis Richard S.
Huang Sheng-Jun
Kneib Jean Paul
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