Search Results - "Pettini, Max"

One Percent Determination of the Primordial Deuterium Abundance by Cooke, Ryan J., Pettini, Max, Steidel, Charles C.

“…Abstract We report a reanalysis of a near-pristine absorption system, located at a redshift toward the quasar Q1243+307, based on the combination of archival…”
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Measuring the Physical Conditions in High-redshift Star-forming Galaxies: Insights from KBSS-MOSFIRE by Strom, Allison L., Steidel, Charles C., Rudie, Gwen C., Trainor, Ryan F., Pettini, Max

“…We use photoionization models that are designed to reconcile the joint rest-UV-optical spectra of high-z star-forming galaxies to self-consistently infer the…”
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The Keck Lyman Continuum Spectroscopic Survey (KLCS): The Emergent Ionizing Spectrum of Galaxies at z ∼ 3 by Steidel, Charles C., Bogosavljević, Milan, Shapley, Alice E., Reddy, Naveen A., Rudie, Gwen C., Pettini, Max, Trainor, Ryan F., Strom, Allison L.

“…Abstract We present results of a deep spectroscopic survey quantifying the statistics of the escape of ionizing radiation from star-forming galaxies at z  ∼ 3…”
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RECONCILING THE STELLAR AND NEBULAR SPECTRA OF HIGH-REDSHIFT GALAXIES by Steidel, Charles C, Strom, Allison L, Pettini, Max, Rudie, Gwen C, Reddy, Naveen A, Trainor, Ryan F

“…ABSTRACT We present a combined analysis of rest-frame far-UV (FUV; 1000–2000 Å) and rest-frame optical (3600–7000 Å) composite spectra formed from very deep…”
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A Window on the Earliest Star Formation: Extreme Photoionization Conditions of a High-ionization, Low-metallicity Lensed Galaxy at z ∼ 2 by Berg, Danielle A., Erb, Dawn K., Auger, Matthew W., Pettini, Max, Brammer, Gabriel B.

“…We report new observations of SL2S J021737-051329, a lens system consisting of a bright arc at z = 1.84435, magnified ∼17× by a massive galaxy at z = 0.65…”
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SPECTROSCOPIC MEASUREMENTS OF THE FAR-ULTRAVIOLET DUST ATTENUATION CURVE AT z ∼ 3 by Reddy, Naveen A, Steidel, Charles C, Pettini, Max, Bogosavljevic, Milan

“…ABSTRACT We present the first spectroscopic measurements of the shape of the far-ultraviolet (far-UV; Å) dust attenuation curve at high redshift ( ). Our…”
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THE CONNECTION BETWEEN REDDENING, GAS COVERING FRACTION, AND THE ESCAPE OF IONIZING RADIATION AT HIGH REDSHIFT by Reddy, Naveen A, Steidel, Charles C, Pettini, Max, Bogosavljevic, Milan, Shapley, Alice E

“…ABSTRACT Using a large sample of spectroscopically confirmed galaxies, we establish an empirical relationship between reddening ( ), neutral gas covering…”
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The KLEVER Survey: spatially resolved metallicity maps and gradients in a sample of 1.2 < z < 2.5 lensed galaxies by Curti, Mirko, Maiolino, Roberto, Cirasuolo, Michele, Mannucci, Filippo, Williams, Rebecca J, Auger, Matt, Mercurio, Amata, Hayden-Pawson, Connor, Cresci, Giovanni, Marconi, Alessandro, Belfiore, Francesco, Cappellari, Michele, Cicone, Claudia, Cullen, Fergus, Meneghetti, Massimo, Ota, Kazuaki, Peng, Yingjie, Pettini, Max, Swinbank, Mark, Troncoso, Paulina

“…ABSTRACT We present near-infrared observations of 42 gravitationally lensed galaxies obtained in the framework of the KMOS Lensed Emission Lines and VElocity…”
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The Evolution of O i over 3.2 < z < 6.5: Reionization of the Circumgalactic Medium by Becker, George D., Pettini, Max, Rafelski, Marc, D'Odorico, Valentina, Boera, Elisa, Christensen, Lise, Cupani, Guido, Ellison, Sara L., Farina, Emanuele Paolo, Fumagalli, Michele, López, Sebastian, Neeleman, Marcel, Ryan-Weber, Emma V., Worseck, Gábor

“…We present a survey for metal absorption systems traced by neutral oxygen over 3.2 < z < 6.5. Our survey uses Keck/ESI and VLT/X-Shooter spectra of 199 QSOs…”
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THE COLUMN DENSITY DISTRIBUTION AND CONTINUUM OPACITY OF THE INTERGALACTIC AND CIRCUMGALACTIC MEDIUM AT REDSHIFT ⟨ z ⟩ = 2.4 by Rudie, Gwen C., Steidel, Charles C., Shapley, Alice E., Pettini, Max

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THE LYMAN CONTINUUM ESCAPE FRACTION OF THE COSMIC HORSESHOE: A TEST OF INDIRECT ESTIMATES by Vasei, Kaveh, Siana, Brian, Shapley, Alice E., Quider, Anna M., Alavi, Anahita, Rafelski, Marc, Steidel, Charles C., Pettini, Max, Lewis, Geraint F.

“…ABSTRACT High-redshift star-forming galaxies are likely responsible for the reionization of the universe, yet direct detection of their escaping ionizing…”
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The Redshift Evolution of Rest-UV Spectroscopic Properties in Lyman-break Galaxies at z ∼ 2-4 by Du, Xinnan, Shapley, Alice E., Reddy, Naveen A., Jones, Tucker, Stark, Daniel P., Steidel, Charles C., Strom, Allison L., Rudie, Gwen C., Erb, Dawn K., Ellis, Richard S., Pettini, Max

“…We present the first comprehensive evolutionary analysis of the rest-frame UV spectroscopic properties of star-forming galaxies at z ∼ 2-4. We match samples at…”
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Physical Conditions in a Young, Unreddened, Low-metallicity Galaxy at High Redshift by Erb, Dawn K, Pettini, Max, Shapley, Alice E, Steidel, Charles C, Law, David R, Reddy, Naveen A

“…Increasingly large samples of galaxies are now being discovered at redshifts z {approx} 5-6 and higher. Many of these objects are inferred to be young, low in…”
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Mapping UV properties throughout the Cosmic Horseshoe: lessons from VLT-MUSE by James, Bethan L, Auger, Matt, Pettini, Max, Stark, Daniel P, Belokurov, V, Carniani, Stefano

“…Abstract We present the first spatially resolved rest-frame ultraviolet (UV) study of the gravitationally lensed galaxy, the ‘Cosmic Horseshoe’ (J1148+1930) at…”
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THE STRUCTURE OF THE CIRCUMGALACTIC MEDIUM OF GALAXIES: COOL ACCRETION INFLOW AROUND NGC 1097 by Bowen, David V, Chelouche, Doron, Jenkins, Edward B, Tripp, Todd M, Pettini, Max, York, Donald G, Frye, Brenda L

“…ABSTRACT We present Hubble Space Telescope far-UV spectra of four QSOs whose sightlines pass through the halo of NGC 1097 at impact parameters of ρ = 48–165…”
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Comprehensive study of a z = 2.35 DLA Galaxy: mass, metallicity, age, morphology and SFR from HST and VLT by Krogager, Jens-Kristian, Fynbo, Johan P. U., Ledoux, Cédric, Christensen, Lise, Gallazzi, Anna, Laursen, Peter, Møller, Palle, Noterdaeme, Pasquier, Péroux, Céline, Pettini, Max, Vestergaard, Marianne

“…We present a detailed study of the emission from a z = 2.35 galaxy that causes damped Lyman α absorption in the spectrum of the background quasar (QSO), SDSS…”
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The Keck Baryonic Structure Survey: using foreground/background galaxy pairs to trace the structure and kinematics of circumgalactic neutral hydrogen at z ∼ 2 by Steidel, Charles C, Hummels, Cameron B, Rudie, Gwen C, Trainor, Ryan F, Bogosavljević, Milan, Erb, Dawn K, Pettini, Max, Reddy, Naveen A, Shapley, Alice E, Strom, Allison L, Theios, Rachel L, Faucher-Giguère, Claude-André, Hopkins, Philip F, Kereš, Dušan

“…ABSTRACT We present new measurements of the spatial distribution and kinematics of neutral hydrogen in the circumgalactic and intergalactic medium surrounding…”
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SDSS J1059+4251, a Highly Magnified z ∼ 2.8 Star-forming Galaxy: ESI Observations of the Rest-frame UV Spectrum by Citro, Annalisa, Erb, Dawn K., Pettini, Max, Auger, Matthew W., Becker, George D., James, Bethan L.

“…Abstract Detailed analyses of high-redshift galaxies are challenging because these galaxies are faint, but this difficulty can be overcome with gravitational…”
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A downturn in intergalactic C iv as redshift 6 is approached by Ryan-Weber, Emma V., Pettini, Max, Madau, Piero, Zych, Berkeley J.

“…We present the results of the largest survey to date for intergalactic metals at redshifts z > 5, using near-IR spectra of nine quasi-stellar objects with…”
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A Survey of Star-forming Galaxies in the 1.4 z 2.5 Redshift Desert: Overview by Steidel, Charles C, Shapley, Alice E, Pettini, Max, Adelberger, Kurt L, Erb, Dawn K, Reddy, Naveen A, Hunt, Matthew P

“…The redshift interval 1.4 ~ z ~ 2.5 has been described by some as the "redshift desert" because of historical difficulties in spectroscopically identifying…”
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