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Probing the faint-end luminosity function of Lyman-alpha emitters at 3 < z < 7 behind 17 MUSE lensing clusters

Benjamin Yvan Alexandre Clement

Context. This paper presents a study of the galaxy Lyman-alpha luminosity function (LF) using a large sample of 17 lensing clusters observed by the Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) at the ESO Very Large Telescope (VLT). The magnification resulting ...

Edp Sciences S A2023

Euclid preparation XXXIII. Characterization of convolutional neural networks for the identification of galaxy-galaxy strong-lensing events

Frédéric Courbin, Georges Meylan, Georgios Vernardos, Benjamin Yvan Alexandre Clement

Forthcoming imaging surveys will increase the number of known galaxy-scale strong lenses by several orders of magnitude. For this to happen, images of billions of galaxies will have to be inspected to identify potential candidates. In this context, deep-le ...

Edp Sciences S A2024

ARE ULTRA-FAINT GALAXIES AT z=6-8 RESPONSIBLE FOR COSMIC REIONIZATION? COMBINED CONSTRAINTS FROM THE HUBBLE FRONTIER FIELDS CLUSTERS AND PARALLELS

Jean-Paul Richard Kneib, Hakim Atek, Benjamin Yvan Alexandre Clement

We use deep Hubble Space Telescope imaging of the Frontier Fields to accurately measure the galaxy rest-frame ultraviolet luminosity function (UV LF) in the redshift range z similar to 6-8. We combine observations in three lensing clusters, A2744, MACS 041 ...

Iop Publishing Ltd2015

Molecular gas properties of a lensed star-forming galaxy at z similar to 3.6: a case study

Jean-Paul Richard Kneib, Benjamin Yvan Alexandre Clement

We report on the galaxy MACSJ0032-arc at z(CO) = 3.6314 discovered during the Herschel Lensing snapshot Survey of massive galaxy clusters, and strongly lensed by the cluster MACSJ0032.1+1808. The successful detections of its rest-frame ultraviolet (UV), op ...

Edp Sciences S A2017

Search of strong lens systems in the Dark Energy Survey using convolutional neural networks

Frédéric Courbin, Hung-Hsu Chan, Cameron Alexander Campbell Lemon, Georgios Vernardos, Benjamin Yvan Alexandre Clement, Aymeric Alexandre Galan, Karina Alexandra Rojas Olate, Elodie Marie Charlène Savary

We present our search for strong lens, galaxy-scale systems in the first data release of the Dark Energy Survey (DES), based on a color-selected parent sample of 18 745 029 luminous red galaxies (LRGs). We used a convolutional neural network (CNN) to grade ...

EDP SCIENCES S A2022

Precision Modeling of JWST's First Cluster Lens SMACS J0723.3-7327*

Jean-Paul Richard Kneib, Benjamin Yvan Alexandre Clement, Benjamin Emmanuel Nicolas Beauchesne

Exploiting the fundamentally achromatic nature of gravitational lensing, we present a lens model for the massive galaxy cluster SMACS J0723.3-7323 (SMACS J0723; z = 0.388) that significantly improves upon earlier work. Building on strong-lensing constraint ...

IOP Publishing Ltd2023

Hubble Frontier Fields: the geometry and dynamics of the massive galaxy cluster merger MACSJ0416.1-2403

Jean-Paul Richard Kneib, Hakim Atek, Benjamin Yvan Alexandre Clement, David Richard Harvey, Markus Rexroth

We use a joint optical/X-ray analysis to constrain the geometry and history of the ongoing merging event in the massive galaxy cluster MACSJ0416.1-2403 (z = 0.397). Our investigation of cluster substructure rests primarily on a combined strong-and weak-len ...

Wiley-Blackwell2015

Strong-lensing analysis of MACSJ0717.5+3745 from Hubble Frontier Fields observations: How well can the mass distribution be constrained?

Jean-Paul Richard Kneib, Hakim Atek, Benjamin Yvan Alexandre Clement, Markus Rexroth

We present a strong-lensing analysis of MACSJ0717.5+3745 (hereafter MACS J0717), based on the full depth of the Hubble Frontier Field (HFF) observations, which brings the number of multiply imaged systems to 61, ten of which have been spectroscopically con ...

Edp Sciences S A2016

Hubble Frontier Fields: a high-precision strong-lensing analysis of the massive galaxy cluster Abell 2744 using similar to 180 multiple images

Jean-Paul Richard Kneib, Hakim Atek, Benjamin Yvan Alexandre Clement, Markus Rexroth

We present a high-precision mass model of galaxy cluster Abell 2744, based on a strong gravitational-lensing analysis of the Hubble Space Telescope Frontier Fields (HFF) imaging data, which now include both Advanced Camera for Surveys and Wide Field Camera ...

Oxford University Press2015

The BUFFALO HST Survey

Jean-Paul Richard Kneib, Pascale Jablonka, Huanyuan Shan, Hakim Atek, David Richard Harvey, Benjamin Yvan Alexandre Clement

The Beyond Ultra-deep Frontier Fields and Legacy Observations (BUFFALO) is a 101 orbit + 101 parallel Cycle 25 Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Treasury program taking data from 2018 to 2020. BUFFALO will expand existing coverage of the Hubble Frontier Fields ...

IOP PUBLISHING LTD2020

New constraints on the faint end of the UV luminosity function at z∼ 7-8 using the gravitational lensing of the hubble frontier fields cluster A2744

Jean-Paul Richard Kneib, Hakim Atek, Benjamin Yvan Alexandre Clement

Exploiting the power of gravitational lensing, the Hubble Frontier Fields (HFF) program aims at observing six massive galaxy clusters to explore the distant universe far beyond the limits of blank field surveys. Using the complete Hubble Space Telescope ob ...

American Astronomical Society2015

Euclid preparation XLVIII. The pre-launch Science Ground Segment simulation framework

Frédéric Courbin, Georges Meylan, Benjamin Yvan Alexandre Clement

Context. The European Space Agency’s Euclid mission is one of a raft of forthcoming large-scale cosmology surveys that will map the large-scale structure in the Universe with unprecedented precision. The mission will collect a vast amount of data that will ...

2024

The first Frontier Fields cluster: 4.5 mu m excess in a z similar to 8 galaxy candidate in Abell 2744

Jean-Paul Richard Kneib, Hakim Atek, Benjamin Yvan Alexandre Clement

Aims. We present in this letter the first analysis of a: 8 galaxy candidate found in the Hubble and Spitzer imaging data of Abell 2744 as part of the Hubble Frontier Fields legacy program. Methods. We applied the most commonly used methods to select except ...

EDP Sciences2014

Hubble Frontier Fields: predictions for the return of SN Refsdal with the MUSE and GMOS spectrographs

Jean-Paul Richard Kneib, Hakim Atek, Benjamin Yvan Alexandre Clement, Markus Rexroth

We present a high-precision mass model of the galaxy cluster MACS J1149.6+ 2223, based on a strong gravitational lensing analysis of Hubble Space Telescope Frontier Fields (HFF) imaging data and spectroscopic follow-up with Gemini/Gemini Multi-Object Spect ...

Oxford Univ Press2016

[C II] and 12CO (1-0) emission maps in HLSJ091828. 6+ 514223: a strongly lensed interacting system at z= 5.24

Jean-Paul Richard Kneib, Benjamin Yvan Alexandre Clement

We present Submillimeter Array [ C II] 158 mu m and Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (CO)-C-12(1-0) line emission maps for the bright, lensed, submillimeter source at z = 5.2430 behind A 773: HLSJ091828.6+514223 (HLS0918). We combine these measurements with ...

American Astronomical Society2014

Probing the z> 6 universe with the first Hubble frontier fields cluster A2744

Jean-Paul Richard Kneib, Hakim Atek, Benjamin Yvan Alexandre Clement

The Hubble Frontier Fields program combines the capabilities of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) with the gravitational lensing of massive galaxy clusters to probe the distant universe to an unprecedented depth. Here, we present the results of the first co ...

American Astronomical Society2014

Narrowband selected high-redshift galaxy candidates contaminated by lower redshift [OIII] ultra-strong emitter line galaxies

Jean-Paul Richard Kneib, Benjamin Yvan Alexandre Clement

Context. Lyman-break galaxies (LBG) and narrowband (NB) surveys have been successful at detecting large samples of high-redshift galaxies. Both methods are subject to contamination from low-redshift interlopers. Aims. Our aim is to investigate the nature o ...

EDP Sciences2015

Hubble Frontier Fields: a high-precision strong-lensing analysis of galaxy cluster MACSJ0416.1-2403 using similar to 200 multiple images

Jean-Paul Richard Kneib, Hakim Atek, Benjamin Yvan Alexandre Clement, Markus Rexroth

We present a high-precision mass model of the galaxy cluster MACSJ0416.1-2403, based on a strong-gravitational-lensing analysis of the recently acquired Hubble Space Telescope Frontier Fields (HFF) imaging data. Taking advantage of the unprecedented depth ...

Oxford University Press2014

Strong lensing in UNIONS: Toward a pipeline from discovery to modeling

Frédéric Courbin, Hung-Hsu Chan, Cameron Alexander Campbell Lemon, Georgios Vernardos, Benjamin Yvan Alexandre Clement, Karina Alexandra Rojas Olate, Elodie Marie Charlène Savary

We present a search for galaxy-scale strong gravitational lenses in the initial 2500 square degrees of the Canada-France Imaging Survey (CFIS). We designed a convolutional neural network (CNN) committee that we applied to a selection of 2 344 002 r-band im ...

EDP SCIENCES S A2022

[C II] emission in z similar to 6 strongly lensed, star-forming galaxies

Jean-Paul Richard Kneib, Benjamin Yvan Alexandre Clement

The far-infrared fine-structure line [C II] at 1900.5 GHz is known to be one of the brightest cooling lines in local galaxies, and therefore it has been suggested to be an efficient tracer for star formation in very high redshift galaxies. However, recent ...

Oxford Univ Press2016