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

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. Fazio, A. Fontana, N. A. Grogin, J.-S. Huang, D. Kocevski, M. Rafelski, B. J. Weiner and S. P. Willner
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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

Nature, 2013, vol. 502, issue 7472, 524-527

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.

Date: 2013
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