Star formation histories, extinction, and dust properties of strongly
  lensed z~1.5-3 star-forming galaxies from the Herschel Lensing Survey
  Multi-wavelength, optical to IR/sub-mm observations of 5 strongly lensed
galaxies identified by the Herschel Lensing Survey, plus two well-studied
lensed galaxies, MS1512-cB58 and the Cosmic Eye, for which we also provide
updated Herschel measurements, are used to determine the physical properties of
z~1.5-3 star-forming galaxies close to or below the detection limits of blank
fields. We constrain their stellar and dust content, determine star formation
rates and histories, dust attenuation and extinction laws, and other related
properties. We perform SED-fits of the full photometry of each object as well
for the optical and infrared parts separately, exploring various parameters,
including nebular emission. The IR observations and emission line measurements,
where available, are used a posteriori constraints on the models. Besides the
various stellar population models we explore, we use the observed IR/UV ratio
to estimate the extinction and create "energy conserving models", that
constrain most accurately the physical properties of our sources. Our sample
has a median lensing-corrected IR luminosity ~ 3e11 Lsun, stellar masses
between 2e9 and 2e11 Msun, and IR/UV luminosity ratios spanning a wide range.
The dust masses of our galaxies are in the range 2 to 17e7 Msun, extending
previous studies at the same redshift down to lower masses. We do not find any
particular trend of the dust temperature Tdust with IR luminosity, suggesting
an overall warmer dust regime at our redshift regardless of luminosity. Lensing
enables us to study the detailed physical properties of individual IR-detected
z~1.5-3 galaxies up to a factor ~10 fainter than achieved with deep blank field
observations. We demonstrate that multi-wavelength observations combining
stellar and dust emission can constrain star formation histories and extinction
laws of star-forming galaxies.
