J/ApJ/810/71ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/810/71doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.18100071CDSFinkelstein S.L.Ryan R.E.JRPapovich C.Dickinson M.Song M.,Somerville R.S.Ferguson H.C.Salmon B.Giavalisco M.Koekemoer A.M.,Ashby M.L.N.Behroozi P.Castellano M.Dunlop J.S.Faber S.M.,Fazio G.G.Fontana A.Grogin N.A.Hathi N.Jaacks J.Kocevski D.D.,Livermore R.McLure R.J.Merlin E.Mobasher B.Newman J.A.,Rafelski M.Tilvi V.Willner S.P.2017-01-23T22:00:00Z2016-01-18T13:54:16ZCDS support team

CDS, Observatoire de Strasbourg, 11 rue de l'Universite, F-67000 Strasbourg, France

cds-question@unistra.frultraviolet-photometryredshiftedsurveysgalaxiescatalogsWe present a robust measurement and analysis of the rest-frame ultraviolet (UV) luminosity functions at z=4-8. We use deep Hubble Space Telescope imaging over the Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey/GOODS fields, the Hubble Ultra Deep Field, and the Hubble Frontier Field deep parallel observations near the Abell 2744 and MACS J0416.1-2403 clusters. The combination of these surveys provides an effective volume of 0.6-1.2x10^6^Mpc^3^ over this epoch, allowing us to perform a robust search for faint (M_UV_=-18) and bright (M_UV_<-21) high-redshift galaxies. We select candidate galaxies using a well-tested photometric redshift technique with careful screening of contaminants, finding a sample of 7446 candidate galaxies at 3.5<z<8.5, with >1000 galaxies at z~6-8. We measure both a stepwise luminosity function for candidate galaxies in our redshift samples, and a Schechter function, using a Markov Chain Monte Carlo analysis to measure robust uncertainties. At the faint end, our UV luminosity functions agree with previous studies, yet we find a higher abundance of UV-bright candidate galaxies at z>=6.2015ApJ...810...71Fhttps://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/ApJ/810/71CatalogResearchIsServedByTAP VizieR generic serviceIsServedByConesearch servicerelated-toII/319 : UKIDSS-DR9 LAS, GCS and DXS Surveys (Lawrence+ 2012)J/ApJ/801/97 : GOODS-S + UDS stellar masses from CANDELS (Santini+, 2015)J/ApJS/218/33 : Spitzer-CANDELS catalog within 5 deep fields (Ashby+, 2015)J/ApJ/803/34 : z~4-10 galaxies from HST legacy fields (Bouwens+, 2015)J/MNRAS/440/2810 : Galaxy luminosity function at z =~ 7 (Bowler+, 2014)J/ApJ/780/34 : H_160_-selected galaxies in the HUDF (Lundgren+, 2014)J/ApJS/207/24 : GOODS-S CANDELS multiwavelength catalog (Guo+, 2013)J/MNRAS/432/2696 : Galaxy luminosity function at z = 7-9 (McLure+, 2013)J/ApJS/206/10 : CANDELS multiwavelength catalog (Galametz+, 2013)J/ApJ/769/80 : Spitzer/IRAC observations of five deep fields (Ashby+, 2013)J/ApJ/765/47 : Lyman-break galaxies and LAEs at z~3 (Nestor+, 2013)J/A+A/549/A63 : GMASS photometry (Kurk+, 2013)J/ApJS/203/24 : Structural param. of galaxies in CANDELS (van der Wel+, 2012)J/ApJ/756/164 : UV galaxies in CANDELS from z=8 to z=4 (Finkelstein+, 2012)J/ApJ/754/83 : UV continuum for z~4-7 star-forming galaxies (Bouwens+, 2012)J/A+A/545/A141 : UV selected sources in the GOODS-S field (Buat+, 2012)J/A+A/544/A156 : UltraVISTA Catalogue Release DR1 (McCracken+, 2012)J/ApJ/742/111 : Extreme emission-line galaxies in CANDELS (van der Wel+, 2011)J/ApJS/195/10 : The CDF-S survey: 4Ms source catalogs (Xue+, 2011)J/ApJ/736/31 : HETDEX pilot survey. II. 1.9<z<3.8 LAEs (Blanc+, 2011)J/ApJ/736/18 : Lyman-continuum emission at z~3 in SSA22 field (Nestor+, 2011)J/A+A/512/A12 : VLT/VIMOS spectroscopy in GOODS-South field (Balestra+, 2010)J/A+A/504/751 : GOODS-MUSIC catalog updated version (Santini+, 2009)J/ApJ/689/687 : GOODS-N spectroscopic survey (Barger+, 2008)J/A+A/478/83 : GOODS-South Field VLT/FORS2 redshifts. III. (Vanzella+, 2008)J/ApJ/653/53 : z~6 galaxies UV luminosity function (Bouwens+, 2006)J/AJ/132/1729 : Hubble Ultra Deep Field BVI-dropout sources (Beckwith+, 2006)J/A+A/449/951 : GOODS-MUSIC sample: multicolour catalog (Grazian+, 2006)J/ApJS/155/271 : CDF-South: Optical spectroscopy (Szokoly+, 2004)J/ApJ/600/L99 : Colours of z~6 galaxies in GOODS (Dickinson+, 2004)J/ApJ/595/685 : HST imaging in Chandra Deep Field-South (Grogin+, 2003)J/AJ/126/1607 : IRAS Revised Bright Galaxy Sample (Sanders+, 2003)J/AJ/126/539 : The Chandra Deep Fields North and South (Alexander+, 2003)https://cds.unistra.fr/vizier-org/licences_vizier.htmlhttps://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/ApJ/810/71https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/ApJ/810/71http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/ApJ/810/71https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/ApJ/810/71https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/ApJ/810/71http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/ApJ/810/71GETtext/xml+votablehttps://tapvizier.cds.unistra.fr/TAPVizieR/tapCone search capability for table J/ApJ/810/71/table3 (Catalog of candidate galaxies at 3.5~<z~<8.5)https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/conesearch/J/ApJ/810/71/table3?https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/conesearch/J/ApJ/810/71/table3?http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/conesearch/J/ApJ/810/71/table3?GETtext/xml+votable180.050000true53.12903194-27.772208890.0055555555555555566/11252 16486 34793 34796 35935https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/moc/J/ApJ/810/71?format=asciiUVOpticaldefaultJ/ApJ/810/71/table3Catalog of candidate galaxies at 3.5~<z~<8.5b_zphot[0.2/8] Lower 68% confidence boundary in zphotstat.fit.paramfloatrecnoRecord number assigned by the VizieR team. Should Not be used for identification.meta.recordintIDCatalog identifiermeta.idcharHRG14IAU designation (JHHMMSS.ss+DDMMSS.s) (1)meta.id;meta.maincharRAJ2000Right Ascension in decimal degrees (J2000)degpos.eq.ra;meta.mainDEJ2000Declination in decimal degrees (J2000)degpos.eq.dec;meta.mainzphot[2.8/8.4] Photometric redshiftsrc.redshiftfloatB_zphot[3.5/9.7] Upper 68% confidence boundary in zphotstat.fit.paramfloat1500Mag[-22.8/-15.4] Absolute AB magnitude at 1500 Angstromsmagphys.magAbsfloatb_1500Mag[-23/-16] Lower 68% confidence boundary in 1500Magmagstat.fit.paramfloatB_1500Mag[-22.7/-15] Lower 68% confidence boundary in 1500Magmagstat.fit.paramfloat