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1. First light for GRAVITY Wide

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Abuter, R., Allouche, F., Amorim, A., Bailet, C., Bauböck, M., Berger, J.-P., Berio, P., Bigioli, A., Boebion, O., Bolzer, M.L., Bonnet, H., Bourdarot, G., Bourget, P., Brandner, W., Clénet, Y., Courtney-Barrer, B., Dallilar, Y., Davies, R., Defrère, D., Delboulbé, A., Delplancke, F., Dembet, R., Zeeuw, P.T. de, Drescher, A., Eckart, A., Édouard, C., Eisenhauer, F., Fabricius, M., Feuchtgruber, H., Finger, G., Förster Schreiber, N.M., Garcia, E., Garcia, P., Gao, F., Gendron, E., Genzel, R., Gil, J.P., Gillessen, S., Gomes, T., Gonté, F., Gouvret, C., Guajardo, P., Guieu, S., Hartl, M., Haubois, X., Haußmann, F., Heißel, G., Henning, T., Hippler, S., Hönig, S., Horrobin, M., Hubin, N., Jacqmart, E., Jochum, L., Jocou, L., Kaufer, A., Kervella, P., Korhonen, H., Kreidberg, L., Lacour, S., Lagarde, S., Lai, O., Lapeyrère, V., Laugier, R., Le Bouquin, J.-B., Leftley, J., Léna, P., Lutz, D., Mang, F., Marcotto, A., Maurel, D., Mérand, A., Millour, F., More, N., Nowacki, H., Nowak, M., Oberti, S., Ott, T., Pallanca, L., Pasquini, L., Paumard, T., Perraut, K., Perrin, G., Petrov, R., Pfuhl, O., Pourré, N., Rabien, S., Rau, C., Robbe-Dubois, S., Rochat, S., Salman, M., Schöller, M., Schubert, J., Schuhler, N., Shangguan, J., Shimizu, T., Scheithauer, S., Sevin, A., Soulez, F., Spang, A., Stadler, E., Stadler, J., Straubmeier, C., Sturm, E., Tacconi, L.J., Tristram, K.R.W., Vincent, F., von Fellenberg, S., Uysal, S., Widmann, F., Wieprecht, E., Wiezorrek, E., Woillez, J., Yazici, S., Young, A., and Zins, G.

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Instrumentation - high angular resolution, Astrophysics - instrumentation and methods for astrophysics, interferometers [instrumentation], FOS: Physical sciences, GAIA, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Stars: individual - Orion Trapezium Cluster, Instrumentation - interferometers, HISTORY, ORION TRAPEZIUM STARS, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Science & Technology, supermassive black holes [quasars], Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, individual: Orion Trapezium Cluster [stars], ORBIT, ANGLE, LONG, Quasars - supermassive black holes, Space and Planetary Science, ANISOPLANATISM, Physical Sciences, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, high angular resolution [instrumentation]
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GRAVITY+ is the upgrade of GRAVITY and the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) with wide-separation fringe tracking, new adaptive optics, and laser guide stars on all four 8~m Unit Telescopes (UTs), for ever fainter, all-sky, high contrast, milliarcsecond interferometry. Here we present the design and first results of the first phase of GRAVITY+, called GRAVITY Wide. GRAVITY Wide combines the dual-beam capabilities of the VLTI and the GRAVITY instrument to increase the maximum separation between the science target and the reference star from 2 arcseconds with the 8 m UTs up to several 10 arcseconds, limited only by the Earth's turbulent atmosphere. This increases the sky-coverage of GRAVITY by two orders of magnitude, opening up milliarcsecond resolution observations of faint objects, and in particular the extragalactic sky. The first observations in 2019 - 2022 include first infrared interferometry of two redshift $z\sim2$ quasars, interferometric imaging on the binary system HD 105913A, and repeated observations of multiple star systems in the Orion Trapezium Cluster. We find the coherence loss between the science object and fringe-tracking reference star well described by the turbulence of the Earth's atmosphere. We confirm that the larger apertures of the UTs result in higher visibilities for a given separation due to larger overlap of the projected pupils on sky and give predictions for visibility loss as a function of separation to be used for future planning., Comment: 15 pages, 12 figures, 5 tables. Accepted by A&A

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2022
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2. High molecular gas fractions in normal massive star-forming galaxies in the young Universe

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Tacconi, L.J., Genzel, R., Neri, R., Cox, P., Cooper, M.C., Shapiro, K., Bolatto, A., Bouche, N., Bournaud, F., Burkert, a., Combes, F., Comerford, J., Davis, M., Schreiber, N.M. Forster, Garcia-Burillo, S., Gracia-Carpio, J., Lutz, D., Naab, T., Omont, A., Shapley, A., Sternberg, A., and Weiner, B.

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Galaxies -- Spectra -- Observations, Astronomy -- Spectra, Environmental issues, Science and technology, Zoology and wildlife conservation
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Stars form from cold molecular interstellar gas. As this is relatively rare in the local Universe, galaxies like the Milky Way form only a few new stars per year. Typical massive galaxies in the distant Universe formed stars an order of magnitude more rapidly (1,2). Unless star formation was significantly more efficient, this difference suggests that young galaxies were much more molecular-gas rich. Molecular gas observations in the distant Universe have so far largely been restricted to very luminous, rare objects, including mergers and quasars (3-5), and accordingly we do not yet have a clear idea about the gas content of more normal (albeit massive) galaxies. Here we report the results of a survey of molecular gas in samples of typical massive-star-forming galaxies at mean redshifts of about 1.2 and 2.3, when the Universe was respectively 40% and 24% of its current age. Our measurements reveal that distant star forming galaxies were indeed gas rich, and that the star formation efficiency is not strongly dependent on cosmic epoch. The average fraction of cold gas relative to total galaxy baryonic mass at z = 2.3 and z = 1.2 is respectively about 44% and 34%, three to ten times higher than in today's massive spiral galaxies (6). The slow decrease between z ≅ 2 and z ≅ 1 probably requires a mechanism of semi-continuous replenishment of fresh gas to the young galaxies., Direct observations of molecular gas in galaxies as a function of cosmic epoch are required to understand how galaxies have turned their gas into stars. To explore the evolution of [...]

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2010
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4. Mass distribution in the Galactic Center based on interferometric astrometry of multiple stellar orbits

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Abuter, R., Aimar, N., Amorim, A., Ball, J., Bauböck, M., Berger, J.P., Bonnet, H., Bourdarot, G., Brandner, W., Cardoso, V., Clénet, Y., Dallilar, Y., Davies, R., de Zeeuw, P.T., Dexter, J., Drescher, A., Eisenhauer, F., Schreiber, N.M. Förster, Foschi, A., Garcia, P., Gao, F., Gendron, E., Genzel, R., Gillessen, S., Habibi, M., Haubois, X., Heißel, G., Henning, T., Hippler, S., Horrobin, M., Jochum, L., Jocou, L., Kaufer, A., Kervella, P., Lacour, S., Lapeyrère, V., Le Bouquin, J.-B., Léna, P., Lutz, D., Ott, T., Paumard, T., Perraut, K., Perrin, G., Pfuhl, O., Rabien, S., Shangguan, J., Shimizu, T., Scheithauer, S., Stadler, J., Stephens, A.W., Straub, O., Straubmeier, C., Sturm, E., Tacconi, L.J., Tristram, K.R. W., Vincent, F., von Fellenberg, S., Widmann, F., Wieprecht, E., Wiezorrek, E., Woillez, J., Yazici, S., and Young, A.

Subjects
Astrophysics - instrumentation and methods for astrophysics, Astrophysics and Astronomy, General Relativity and Cosmology, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, gr-qc, astro-ph.GA, Astrophysics - astrophysics of galaxies, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Black hole physics, Instrumentation - interferometers, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, General relativity and quantum cosmology, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Galaxy - center, astro-ph.IM
Abstract

Stars orbiting the compact radio source Sgr A* in the Galactic Center serve as precision probes of the gravitational field around the closest massive black hole. In addition to adaptive optics-assisted astrometry (with NACO/VLT) and spectroscopy (with SINFONI/VLT, NIRC2/Keck and GNIRS/Gemini) over three decades, we have obtained 30–100 μas astrometry since 2017 with the four-telescope interferometric beam combiner GRAVITY/VLTI, capable of reaching a sensitivity of mK = 20 when combining data from one night. We present the simultaneous detection of several stars within the diffraction limit of a single telescope, illustrating the power of interferometry in the field. The new data for the stars S2, S29, S38, and S55 yield significant accelerations between March and July 2021, as these stars pass the pericenters of their orbits between 2018 and 2023. This allows for a high-precision determination of the gravitational potential around Sgr A*. Our data are in excellent agreement with general relativity orbits around a single central point mass, M• = 4.30 × 106 M⊙, with a precision of about ±0.25%. We improve the significance of our detection of the Schwarzschild precession in the S2 orbit to 7σ. Assuming plausible density profiles, the extended mass component inside the S2 apocenter (≈0.23″ or 2.4 × 104 RS) must be ≲3000 M⊙ (1σ), or ≲0.1% of M•. Adding the enclosed mass determinations from 13 stars orbiting Sgr A* at larger radii, the innermost radius at which the excess mass beyond Sgr A* is tentatively seen is r ≈ 2.5″ ≥ 10× the apocenter of S2. This is in full harmony with the stellar mass distribution (including stellar-mass black holes) obtained from the spatially resolved luminosity function.Key words: black hole physics / instrumentation: interferometers / Galaxy: center⋆ GRAVITY is developed in a collaboration by MPE, LESIA of Paris Observatory/CNRS/Sorbonne Université/Univ. Paris Diderot and IPAG of Université Grenoble Alpes/CNRS, MPIA, Univ. of Cologne, CENTRA – Centro de Astrofisica e Gravitação, and ESO.⋆⋆ Corresponding authors: S. Gillessen (e-mail: ste@mpe.mpg.de), F. Widmann (e-mail: fwidmann@mpe.mpg.de), and G. Heißel (e-mail: gernot.heissel@obspm.fr). The stars orbiting the compact radio source Sgr A* in the Galactic Centre are precision probes of the gravitational field around the closest massive black hole. In addition to adaptive optics assisted astrometry (with NACO / VLT) and spectroscopy (with SINFONI / VLT, NIRC2 / Keck and GNIRS / Gemini) over three decades, since 2016/2017 we have obtained 30-100 mu-as astrometry with the four-telescope interferometric beam combiner GRAVITY / VLTI reaching a sensitivity of mK = 20 when combining data from one night. We present the simultaneous detection of several stars within the diffraction limit of a single telescope, illustrating the power of interferometry. The new data for the stars S2, S29, S38 and S55 yield significant accelerations between March and July 2021, as these stars pass the pericenters of their orbits between 2018 and 2023. This allows for a high-precision determination of the gravitational potential around Sgr A*. Our data are in excellent agreement with general relativity orbits around a single central point mass, M = 4.30 x 10^6 M_sun with a precision of about +-0.25%. We improve the significance of our detection of the Schwarzschild precession in the S2 orbit to 7 sigma. Assuming plausible density profiles, an extended mass component inside S2's apocentre (= 0.23" or 2.4 x 10^4 R_S) must be 3000 M_sun (1 sigma), or 0.1% of M. Adding the enclosed mass determinations from 13 stars orbiting Sgr A* at larger radii, the innermost radius at which the excess mass beyond Sgr A* tentatively is seen is r = 2.5" >= 10x the apocentre of S2. This is in full harmony with the stellar mass distribution (including stellar-mass black holes) obtained from the spatially resolved luminosity function.

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2022
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5. Spatially Resolving the Quasar Broad Emission Line Region

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Abuter, R., Accardo, M., Adler, T., Amorim, A., Anugu, N., Ávila, G., Bauböck, M., Benisty, M., Berger, J.-P., Bestenlehner, J.M., Beust, H., Blind, N., Bonnefoy, M., Bonnet, H., Bourget, P., Bouvier, J., Brandner, W., Brast, R., Buron, A., Burtscher, L.H., Cantalloube, F., Caratti, O, Garatti, A., Caselli, P., Cassaing, F., Chapron, F., Charnay, B., Choquet, É., Clénet, Y., Collin, C., Coudé Du, Foresto, V., Davies, R., Deen, C., Delplancke-Ströbele, F., Dembet, R., Derie, F., De Wit, W.-J., Dexter, J., Zeeuw, T. de, Dougados, C., Dubus, G., Duvert, G., Ebert, M., Eckart, A., Eisenhauer, F., Esselborn, M., Eupen, F., Fédou, P., Ferreira, M.C., Finger, G., Förster Schreiber, N.M., Gao, F., García Dabó, C.E., Garcia Lopez, R., Garcia, P.J.V., Gendron, É., Genzel, R., Gerhard, O., Gil, J.P., Gillessen, S., Gonté, F., Gordo, P., Gratadour, D., Greenbaum, A., Grellmann, R., Grözinger, U., Guajardo, P., Guieu, S., Habibi, M., Haguenauer, P., Hans, O., Haubois, X., Haug, M., Haußmann, F., Henning, T., Hippler, S., Hönig, S.F., Horrobin, M., Huber, A., Hubert, Z., Hubin, N., Hummel, C.~A., Jakob, G., Janssen, A., Jimenez Rosales, A., Jochum, L., Jocou, L., Kammerer, J., Karl, M., Kaufer, A., Kellner, S., Kendrew, S., Kern, L., Kervella, P., Kiekebusch, M., Kishimoto, M., Klarmann, L., Klein, R., Köhler, R., Kok, Y., Kolb, J., Koutoulaki, M., Kulas, M., Labadie, L., Lacour, S., Lagrange, A.-M., Lapeyrère, V., Laun, W., Lazareff, B., Le Bouquin, J.-B., Léna, P., Lenzen, R., Lévêque, S., Lin, C.-C., Lippa, M., Lutz, D., Magnard, Y., Maire, A.-L., Mehrgan, L., Mérand, A., Millour, F., Mollière, P., Moulin, T., Müller, A., Müller, E., Müller, F., Netzer, H., Neumann, U., Nowak, M., Oberti, S., Ott, T., Pallanca, L., Panduro, J., Pasquini, L., Paumard, T., Percheron, I., Perraut, K., Perrin, G., Peterson, B.M., Petrucci, P.-O., Pflüger, A., Pfuhl, O., Phan Duc, T., Pineda, J.E., Plewa, P.M., Popovic, D., Pott, J.-U., Prieto, A., Pueyo, L., Rabien, S., Ramírez, A., Ramos, J.R., Rau, C., Ray, T., Riquelme, M., Rodríguez-Coira, G., Rohloff, R.-R., Rouan, D., Rousset, G., Sanchez-Bermudez, J., Schartmann, M., Scheithauer, S., Schöller, M., Schuhler, N., Segura-Cox, D., Shangguan, J., Shimizu, T.T., Spyromilio, J., Sternberg, A., Stock, M.R., Straub, O., Straubmeier, C., Sturm, E., Suárez Valles, M., Tacconi, L.J., Thi, W.-F., Tristram, K.R.W., Valenzuela, J.J., Boekel, R. van, Dishoeck, E.F. van, Vermot, P., Vincent, F., Von Fellenberg, S., Waisberg, I., Wang, J.J., Wank, I., Weber, J., Weigelt, G., Widmann, F., Wieprecht, E., Wiest, M., Wiezorrek, E., Wittkowski, M., Woillez, J., Wolff, B., Yang, P., Yazici, S., Ziegler, D., Zins, G., Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique (LESIA), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, and Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

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General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology, [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics], Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, 0103 physical sciences, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics
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The angular resolution of the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) and the excellent sensitivity of GRAVITY have led to the first detection of spatially resolved kinematics of high velocity atomic gas near an accreting super- massive black hole, revealing rotation on sub-parsec scales in the quasar 3C 273 at a distance of 550 Mpc. The observations can be explained as the result of circular orbits in a thick disc configuration around a 300 million solar mass black hole. Within an ongoing Large Programme, this capability will be used to study the kinematics of atomic gas and its relation to hot dust in a sample of quasars and Seyfert galaxies. We will measure a new radius-luminosity relation from spatially resolved data and test the current methods used to measure black hole mass in large surveys., Published in The Messenger vol. 178, pp. 20-24, December 2019.

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2019
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8. The mean star formation rate of X-ray selected active galaxies and its evolution fromz ~ 2.5: results from PEP-Herschel

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Rosario, D.J., primary, Santini, P., additional, Lutz, D., additional, Shao, L., additional, Maiolino, R., additional, Alexander, D.M., additional, Altieri, B., additional, Andreani, P., additional, Aussel, H., additional, Bauer, F.E., additional, Berta, S., additional, Bongiovanni, A., additional, Brandt, W.N., additional, Brusa, M., additional, Cepa, J., additional, Cimatti, A., additional, Cox, T.J., additional, Daddi, E., additional, Elbaz, D., additional, Fontana, A., additional, Förster Schreiber, N.M., additional, Genzel, R., additional, Grazian, A., additional, Le Floch, E., additional, Magnelli, B., additional, Mainieri, V., additional, Netzer, H., additional, Nordon, R., additional, Pérez Garcia, I., additional, Poglitsch, A., additional, Popesso, P., additional, Pozzi, F., additional, Riguccini, L., additional, Rodighiero, G., additional, Salvato, M., additional, Sanchez-Portal, M., additional, Sturm, E., additional, Tacconi, L.J., additional, Valtchanov, I., additional, and Wuyts, S., additional

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2012
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9. First results from SPIFFI, II: The luminous infrared galaxy NGC 6240 and the luminous sub-millimeter galaxy SMMJ 14011+0252

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Eisenhauer, F., primary, Tecza, M., additional, Thatte, N., additional, Genzel, R., additional, Abuter, R., additional, Iserlohe, C., additional, Schreiber, J., additional, Horrobin, M., additional, Schegerer, A., additional, Baker, A.J., additional, Bender, R., additional, Davies, R., additional, Lehnert, M., additional, Lutz, D., additional, Nesvadba, N., additional, Seitz, S., additional, and Tacconi, L.J., additional

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2004
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10. 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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