1. The SINS/zC-SINF Survey of z ∼ 2 Galaxy Kinematics: SINFONI Adaptive Optics–assisted Data and Kiloparsec-scale Emission-line Properties
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Philipp Lang, Thorsten Naab, Jaron Kurk, Giovanni Cresci, Richard Davies, E. Daddi, C. Mancini, Alvio Renzini, H. J. McCracken, V. Mainieri, G. Zamorani, Stijn Wuyts, Andrea Cimatti, Pascal Oesch, Linda J. Tacconi, K. Shapiro Griffin, N. Bouché, Reinhard Genzel, S. J. Lilly, Lucia Pozzetti, Shy Genel, Sandro Tacchella, Alice E. Shapley, Amiel Sternberg, Y. Peng, C. M. Carollo, Marco Scodeggio, Erin K. S. Hicks, M. Mignoli, Andreas Burkert, Dieter Lutz, N. M. Förster Schreiber, Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE), Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Max-Planck-Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik (MPE), Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie (IRAP), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri (OAA), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), AUTRES, Hunan Normal University (HNU), Universitätssternwarte der Ludwig-Maximiliansuniversität, Ludwig-Maximiliansuniversität, Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation (AIM (UMR7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University of St Andrews [Scotland], European Southern Observatory (ESO), Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (IAP), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica cosmica - Bologna (IASF-Bo), INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte (OAC), University of Bologna/Università di Bologna, Department of Physics and Astronomy [Irvine], University of California [Irvine] (UC Irvine), University of California (UC)-University of California (UC), Institut of Physics - Riga, Latvian Academy of Sciences, ITA, USA, FRA, DEU, CYP, ISR, CHN, CHE, Schreiber, N. M. Förster, Renzini, A., Mancini, C., Genzel, R., Bouché, N., Cresci, G., Hicks, E.K.S., Lilly, S.J., Peng, Y., Burkert, A., Carollo, C.M., Cimatti, A., Daddi, E., Davies, R.I., Genel, S., Kurk, J.D., Lang, P., Lutz, D., Mainieri, V., McCracken, H.J., Mignoli, M., Naab, T., Oesch, P., Pozzetti, L., Scodeggio, M., Griffin, K. Shapiro, Shapley, A.E., Sternberg, A., Tacchella, S., Tacconi, L.J., Wuyts, S., Zamorani, G., Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Osservatorio Astronomico (INAF), Hunan Normal University, Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation (AIM (UMR_7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), University of St Andrews, University of Bologna, University of California [Irvine] (UCI), University of California-University of California, Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)
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[SDU.ASTR.CO]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO] ,Population ,FOS: Physical sciences ,Flux ,Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics ,Astrophysics ,01 natural sciences ,galaxies: high-redshift ,kinematics and dynamics [galaxies] ,0103 physical sciences ,Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics ,Emission spectrum ,education ,010303 astronomy & astrophysics ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS ,Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics ,Physics ,education.field_of_study ,Very Large Telescope ,ISM [galaxies] ,010308 nuclear & particles physics ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,Astronomy and Astrophysic ,Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies ,Redshift ,Galaxy ,Space and Planetary Science ,Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA) ,structure [galaxies] ,galaxies: structure ,galaxies: kinematics and dynamic ,H-alpha ,Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics ,galaxies: ISM ,high-redshift [galaxies] ,Data reduction - Abstract
We present the "SINS/zC-SINF AO survey" of 35 star-forming galaxies, the largest sample with deep adaptive optics-assisted (AO) near-infrared integral field spectroscopy at z~2. The observations, taken with SINFONI at the Very Large Telescope, resolve the Ha and [NII] line emission and kinematics on scales of ~1.5 kpc. In stellar mass, star formation rate, rest-optical colors and size, the AO sample is representative of its parent seeing-limited sample and probes the massive (M* ~ 2x10^9 - 3x10^11 Msun), actively star-forming (SFR ~ 10-600 Msun/yr) part of the z~2 galaxy population over a wide range in colors ((U-V)_rest ~ 0.15-1.5 mag) and half-light radii (R_e,H ~ 1-8.5 kpc). The sample overlaps largely with the "main sequence" of star-forming galaxies in the same redshift range to a similar K_AB = 23 magnitude limit; it has ~0.3 dex higher median specific SFR, ~0.1 mag bluer median (U-V)_rest color, and ~10% larger median rest-optical size. We describe the observations, data reduction, and extraction of basic flux and kinematic properties. With typically 3-4 times higher resolution and 4-5 times longer integrations (up to 23hr) than the seeing-limited datasets of the same objects, the AO data reveal much more detail in morphology and kinematics. The now complete AO observations confirm the majority of kinematically-classified disks and the typically elevated disk velocity dispersions previously reported based on subsets of the data. We derive typically flat or slightly negative radial [NII]/Ha gradients, with no significant trend with global galaxy properties, kinematic nature, or the presence of an AGN. Azimuthal variations in [NII]/Ha are seen in several sources and are associated with ionized gas outflows, and possible more metal-poor star-forming clumps or small companions. [Abridged], Comment: Submitted to the Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 64 pages, 36 figures. The reduced data sets will be made available once the paper is accepted for publication. A version with full resolution Figures is available at http://www.mpe.mpg.de/~forster/FS18_AOsurvey_ApJSsubm.html
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- 2018
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