Sizes of Lensed Lower-luminosity z=4-8 Galaxies from the Hubble Frontier Field Program

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  • R. J. Bouwens
  • G. D. Illingworth
  • P. G. van Dokkum
  • P. A. Oesch
  • M. Stefanon
  • B. Ribeiro

We constrain the rest-UV size-luminosity relation for star-forming galaxies at z similar to 4 and z similar to 6, 7, and 8 identified behind clusters from the Hubble Frontier Fields (HFF) program. The size-luminosity relation is key to deriving accurate luminosity functions (LF) for faint galaxies. Making use of the latest lensing models and full data set for these clusters, lensing-corrected sizes and luminosities are derived for 68 z similar to 4, 184 z similar to 6, 93 z similar to 7, and 53 z similar to 8 galaxies. We show that size measurements can be reliably measured up to linear magnifications of similar to 30x, where the lensing models are well calibrated. The sizes we measure span a >1 dex range, from

Original languageEnglish
Article number81
JournalAstrophysical Journal
Volume927
Issue number1
Number of pages22
ISSN0004-637X
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Mar 2022

    Research areas

  • STRONG-LENSING ANALYSIS, DARK-AGES REIONIZATION, STAR-FORMATION, FAINT-END, FORMATION SIMULATION, SURFACE BRIGHTNESS, GLOBULAR-CLUSTERS, MASS RELATION, EVOLUTION, EPOCH

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