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1000 High-redshift Galaxies with Spatially-resolved Spectroscopy: Angular Momentum over 10 Billion Years

No. 168 (June 2017), 36–39

Authors
  • Harrison, Chris [European Southern Observatory (ESO); Centre for Extragalactic Astronomy, Durham University, United Kingdom]
  • Swinbank, Mark [Centre for Extragalactic Astronomy, Durham University, United Kingdom]
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Section
Astronomical Science
Abstract

A sample of ~1000 high-redshift (z ~ 0.3–1.7) star-forming galaxies has been observed with three-dimensional spectroscopy using the KMOS and MUSE spectrographs in order to explore the dynamical properties of galaxies across cosmic time. A summary of the survey is presented along with one set of results that explores the relationship between the angular momentum of the star-forming gas and galaxy morphology. This work expands previous angular momentum studies that mostly focused on local galaxies, to cover the past 10 billion years of cosmic time.

DOI
Bibcode
2017Msngr.168...36H
Dates
Created: 2017-06-01/2017-06-30
Length
4 pages
Rights
Copyright European Southern Observatory

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Harrison, C., Swinbank, M.; 1000 High-redshift Galaxies with Spatially-resolved Spectroscopy: Angular Momentum over 10 Billion Years. The Messenger 168 (June 2017): 36–39. https://doi.org/10.18727/0722-6691/5024