Physical conditions of the interstellar medium of high-redshift, strongly lensed submillimetre galaxies from the Herschel-ATLAS

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We present Herschel-Spectral and Photometric Imaging Receiver (SPIRE) Fourier transform spectrometer (FTS) and radio follow-up observations of two Herschel-Astrophysical Terahertz Large Area Survey (H-ATLAS)-detected strongly lensed distant galaxies. In one of the targeted galaxies H-ATLAS J090311.6+003906 (SDP.81), we detect [Oiii]88μm and [Cii]158μm lines at a signal-to-noise ratio of ~5. We do not have any positive line identification in the other fainter target H-ATLAS J091305.0-005343 (S...

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Authors: Valtchanov, I; Virdee, J; Ivison, R; Swinyard, B; van der Werf, P

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
• Volume: 415
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 3473-3484
• Publication date: 2011-08-01
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.18959.x
• EISSN: 1365-2966
• ISSN: 0035-8711
• Language: English
• Keywords: galaxies: individual: SDP.81: H-ATLAS J090311.6+003906; galaxies: individual: SDP.130: H-ATLAS J091305.0-005343; infrared: galaxies; submillimetre: ISM; radio continuum: galaxies; galaxies: evolution