%0 Generic %1 rigby2017magellan %A Rigby, J. R. %A Bayliss, M. B. %A Sharon, K. %A Gladders, M. D. %A Chisholm, J. %A Dahle, H. %A Johnson, T. %A Paterno-Mahler, R. %A Wuyts, E. %A Kelson, D. D. %D 2017 %K high lense resolution spectroscopy %T The Magellan Evolution of Galaxies Spectroscopic and Ultraviolet Reference Atlas (MEGaSaURA) I: The Sample and the Spectra %U http://arxiv.org/abs/1710.07294 %X We introduce Project MEGaSaURA: The Magellan Evolution of Galaxies Spectroscopic and Ultraviolet Reference Atlas. MEGaSaURA comprises medium-resolution, rest-frame ultraviolet spectroscopy of N=15 bright gravitationally lensed galaxies at redshifts of 1.68$<$z$<$3.6, obtained with the MagE spectrograph on the Magellan telescopes. The spectra cover the observed-frame wavelength range $3200 < łambda_o < 8280$ \AA ; the verage spectral resolving power is R=3300. The median spectrum has a signal-to-noise ratio of $SNR=21$ per resolution element at 5000 \AA . As such, the MEGaSaURA spectra have superior signal-to-noise-ratio and wavelength coverage compared to what COS/HST provides for starburst galaxies in the local universe. This paper describes the sample, the observations, and the data reduction. We compare the measured redshifts for the stars, the ionized gas as traced by nebular lines, and the neutral gas as traced by absorption lines; we find the expected bulk outflow of the neutral gas, and no systemic offset between the redshifts measured from nebular lines and the redshifts measured from the stellar continuum. We provide the MEGaSaURA spectra to the astronomical community through a data release.

@misc{rigby2017magellan, abstract = {We introduce Project MEGaSaURA: The Magellan Evolution of Galaxies Spectroscopic and Ultraviolet Reference Atlas. MEGaSaURA comprises medium-resolution, rest-frame ultraviolet spectroscopy of N=15 bright gravitationally lensed galaxies at redshifts of 1.68$<$z$<$3.6, obtained with the MagE spectrograph on the Magellan telescopes. The spectra cover the observed-frame wavelength range $3200 < \lambda_o < 8280$ \AA ; the verage spectral resolving power is R=3300. The median spectrum has a signal-to-noise ratio of $SNR=21$ per resolution element at 5000 \AA . As such, the MEGaSaURA spectra have superior signal-to-noise-ratio and wavelength coverage compared to what COS/HST provides for starburst galaxies in the local universe. This paper describes the sample, the observations, and the data reduction. We compare the measured redshifts for the stars, the ionized gas as traced by nebular lines, and the neutral gas as traced by absorption lines; we find the expected bulk outflow of the neutral gas, and no systemic offset between the redshifts measured from nebular lines and the redshifts measured from the stellar continuum. We provide the MEGaSaURA spectra to the astronomical community through a data release.}, added-at = {2017-10-23T10:24:19.000+0200}, author = {Rigby, J. R. and Bayliss, M. B. and Sharon, K. and Gladders, M. D. and Chisholm, J. and Dahle, H. and Johnson, T. and Paterno-Mahler, R. and Wuyts, E. and Kelson, D. D.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/282ca2270ddad89a9d435f524233c527e/miki}, description = {[1710.07294] The Magellan Evolution of Galaxies Spectroscopic and Ultraviolet Reference Atlas (MEGaSaURA) I: The Sample and the Spectra}, interhash = {c409108e1a380179687425be02906ac8}, intrahash = {82ca2270ddad89a9d435f524233c527e}, keywords = {high lense resolution spectroscopy}, note = {cite arxiv:1710.07294Comment: Resubmitted to AAS Journals. Data release will accompany journal publication}, timestamp = {2017-10-23T10:24:19.000+0200}, title = {The Magellan Evolution of Galaxies Spectroscopic and Ultraviolet Reference Atlas (MEGaSaURA) I: The Sample and the Spectra}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/1710.07294}, year = 2017 }