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A galaxy rapidly forming stars 700 million years after the Big Bang at redshift 7.51

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  • S. L. Finkelstein

    (The University of Texas at Austin, 2515 Speedway, Stop C1400, Austin, Texas 78712, USA)

  • C. Papovich

    (George P. and Cynthia Woods Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University, 4242 TAMU, College Station, Texas 78743, USA)

  • M. Dickinson

    (National Optical Astronomy Observatory)

  • M. Song

    (The University of Texas at Austin, 2515 Speedway, Stop C1400, Austin, Texas 78712, USA)

  • V. Tilvi

    (George P. and Cynthia Woods Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University, 4242 TAMU, College Station, Texas 78743, USA)

  • A. M. Koekemoer

    (Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive)

  • K. D. Finkelstein

    (The University of Texas at Austin, 2515 Speedway, Stop C1400, Austin, Texas 78712, USA)

  • B. Mobasher

    (University of California)

  • H. C. Ferguson

    (Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive)

  • M. Giavalisco

    (University of Massachusetts)

  • N. Reddy

    (University of California)

  • M. L. N. Ashby

    (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street)

  • A. Dekel

    (Racah Institute of Physics, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91904, Israel)

  • G. G. Fazio

    (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street)

  • A. Fontana

    (INAF-Osservatorio di Roma, II-00040, Monteporzio, Italy)

  • N. A. Grogin

    (Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive)

  • J.-S. Huang

    (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street)

  • D. Kocevski

    (University of Kentucky)

  • M. Rafelski

    (Infrared Processing and Analysis Center, MS 100-22, Caltech, Pasadena, California 91125, USA)

  • B. J. Weiner

    (Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, 933 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA)

  • S. P. Willner

    (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street)

Abstract

A deep near-infrared spectroscopic survey of 43 photometrically-selected galaxies with redshift z > 6.5 detects a near-infrared emission line from only a single galaxy; this line is likely to be Lyman α emission at a wavelength of 1.0343 μm, placing this galaxy at z = 7.51.

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  • S. L. Finkelstein & C. Papovich & M. Dickinson & M. Song & V. Tilvi & A. M. Koekemoer & K. D. Finkelstein & B. Mobasher & H. C. Ferguson & M. Giavalisco & N. Reddy & M. L. N. Ashby & A. Dekel & G. G. , 2013. "A galaxy rapidly forming stars 700 million years after the Big Bang at redshift 7.51," Nature, Nature, vol. 502(7472), pages 524-527, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:502:y:2013:i:7472:d:10.1038_nature12657
    DOI: 10.1038/nature12657
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