A&A 574, A19 (2015) Astronomy DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201424649 & c ESO 2015 Astrophysics New constraints on dust emission and UV attenuation of z = 6.5–7.5 galaxies from millimeter observations D. Schaerer1,2, F. Boone2, M. Zamojski1, J. Staguhn3,4, M. Dessauges-Zavadsky1 , S. Finkelstein5,andF.Combes6 1 Observatoire de Genève, Université de Genève, 51 Ch. des Maillettes, 1290 Versoix, Switzerland e-mail:
[email protected] 2 CNRS, IRAP, 14 avenue É. Belin, 31400 Toulouse, France 3 The Henry A. Rowland Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles Street, MD 21218, Baltimore, USA 4 Observational Cosmology Lab., Code 665, NASA at Goddard Space Flight Center, MD 20771, Greenbelt, USA 5 The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA 6 Observatoire de Paris, LERMA, 61 Av. de l’Observatoire, 75014 Paris, France Received 21 July 2014 / Accepted 3 November 2014 ABSTRACT Context. Determining the dust properties and UV attenuation of distant star-forming galaxies is of great interest for our understanding of galaxy formation and cosmic star formation in the early Universe. However, few direct measurements exist so far. Aims. To shed new light on these questions, we have targeted two recently discovered Lyman-break galaxies (LBGs) at z ≈ 6.8and z = 7.508 to search for dust continuum and [C ii] λ158 μm line emission. Methods. The strongly lensed z ≈ 6.8 LBG A1703-zD1 behind the galaxy cluster Abell 1703 and the spectroscopically confirmed z = 7.508 LBG z8-GND-5296 in the GOODS-N field were observed with the Plateau de Bure Interferometer (PdBI) at 1.2 mm.