LAEs at z~4.5 in the LALA Cetus field Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Wang J.-X.
  2. Malhotra S.
  3. Rhoads J.E.
  4. Zhang H.-T.
  5. Finkelstein S.L.
  6. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

We present a large sample of Ly{alpha}-emitting galaxies (LAEs) spectroscopically confirmed at redshift z~4.5, based on Inamori-Magellan Areal Camera and Spectrograph spectroscopic observations of candidate z~4.5 Ly{alpha}-emitting galaxies in the large area Lyman alpha (LALA) narrowband imaging survey Cetus field. We identify 110 of them as z~4.5 Ly{alpha} emitters based on single-line detections with no continuum emission blueward of the line. Six foreground galaxies are identified, either based on multiple lines or blueward continuum emission. The Ly{alpha} confirmation rate varies from <50% to 76% for candidates selected in different narrowband filters at slightly different redshifts. The sample includes many objects with equivalent widths (EWs)>~200{AA}. These large EW candidates are spectroscopically confirmed at the same rate as candidates with more modest EWs.

Keywords
  1. galaxies
  2. spectroscopy
  3. redshifted
  4. line-intensities
  5. surveys
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2009ApJ...706..762W
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ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/706/762
Document Object Identifer DOI
doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.17060762

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History

2012-01-12T09:17:02Z
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2012-01-12T09:17:02Z
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2012-01-28T14:38:39Z
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