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PLCK G165.7+67.0: Analysis of a Massive Lensing Cluster in a Hubble Space Telescope Census of Submillimeter Giant Arcs Selected Using Planck/Herschel

  • Brenda L. Frye
  • , Massimo Pascale
  • , Yujing Qin
  • , Adi Zitrin
  • , José Diego
  • , Greg Walth
  • , Haojing Yan
  • , Christopher J. Conselice
  • , Mehmet Alpaslan
  • , Adam Bauer
  • , Lorenzo Busoni
  • , Dan Coe
  • , Seth H. Cohen
  • , Hervé Dole
  • , Megan Donahue
  • , Iskren Georgiev
  • , Rolf A. Jansen
  • , Marceau Limousin
  • , Rachael Livermore
  • , Dara Norman
  • Sebastian Rabien, Rogier A. Windhorst

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Abstract

We present Hubble Space Telescope WFC3-IR imaging in the fields of six apparently bright dusty star-forming galaxies (DSFGs) at z = 2-4 identified by their rest-frame far-infrared colors using the Planck and Herschel space facilities. We detect near-infrared counterparts for all six submillimeter sources, allowing us to undertake strong-lensing analyses. One field in particular stands out for its prominent giant arcs, PLCK G165.7+67.0 (G165). After combining the color and morphological information, we identify 11 sets of image multiplicities in this one field. We construct a strong-lensing model constrained by this lensing evidence, which uncovers a bimodal spatial mass distribution, and from which we measure a mass of (2.6 ±0.11) ×10 14 M o within ∼250 kpc. The bright (S 350 ≈ 750 mJy) DSFG appears as two images: a giant arc with a spatial extent of that is merging with the critical curve, and a lower-magnification counterimage that is detected in our new longer-wavelength ground- and space-based imaging data. Using our ground-based spectroscopy, we calculate a dynamical mass of M o to the same fixed radius, although this value may be inflated relative to the true value if the velocity distribution is enhanced in the line-of-sight direction. We suggest that the bimodal mass taken in combination with the weak X-ray flux and low SZ decrement may be explained as a pre-merger for which the intracluster gas is diluted along the line of sight, while the integrated surface mass density is supercritical to strong-lensing effects.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number51
JournalAstrophysical Journal
Volume871
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 20 2019

Keywords

  • galaxies: clusters: general
  • galaxies: fundamental parameters
  • galaxies: high-redshift
  • gravitational lensing: strong
  • submillimeter: galaxies

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Space and Planetary Science

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