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    Kamieneski, Patrick S.; Frye, Brenda L.; Pascale, Massimo; Cohen, Seth H.; Windhorst, Rogier A.; Jansen, Rolf A.; Yun, Min S.; Cheng, Cheng; Summers, Jake S.; Carleton, Timothy; Harrington, Kevin C.; Diego, Jose M.; Yan, Haojing; Koekemoer, Anton M.; Willmer, Christopher N. A.; Petric, Andreea; Furtak, Lukas J.; Foo, Nicholas; Conselice, Christopher J.; Coe, Dan; Driver, Simon P.; Grogin, Norman A.; Marshall, Madeline A.; Nonino, Mario; Pirzkal, Nor; Robotham, Aaron S. G.; Ryan, Russell E.; Tompkins, Scott

    Astrophysical journal/˜The œAstrophysical journal, 10/2023, Volume: 955, Issue: 2
    Journal Article

    Abstract Gradients in the mass-to-light ratio of distant galaxies impede our ability to characterize their size and compactness. The long-wavelength filters of JWST’s NIRCam offer a significant step forward. For galaxies at Cosmic Noon ( z ∼ 2), this regime corresponds to the rest-frame near-infrared, which is less biased toward young stars and captures emission from the bulk of a galaxy’s stellar population. We present an initial analysis of an extraordinary lensed dusty star-forming galaxy at z = 2.3 behind the El Gordo cluster ( z = 0.87), named El Anzuelo (“The Fishhook”) after its partial Einstein-ring morphology. The far-UV to near-IR spectral energy distribution suggests an intrinsic star formation rate of 81 − 2 + 7 M ⊙ yr − 1 and dust attenuation A V ≈ 1.6, in line with other DSFGs on the star-forming main sequence. We develop a parametric lens model to reconstruct the source-plane structure of dust imaged by the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, far-UV to optical light from Hubble, and near-IR imaging with 8 filters of JWST/NIRCam, as part of the Prime Extragalactic Areas for Reionization and Lensing Science program. The source-plane half-light radius is remarkably consistent from ∼1 to 4.5 μ m, despite a clear color gradient where the inferred galaxy center is redder than the outskirts. We interpret this to be the result of both a radially decreasing gradient in attenuation and substantial spatial offsets between UV- and IR-emitting components. A spatial decomposition of the SED reveals modestly suppressed star formation in the inner kiloparsec, which suggests that we are witnessing the early stages of inside-out quenching.