Emission-line galaxies from HETDEX pilot survey Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Adams J.J.
  2. Blanc G.A.
  3. Hill G.J.
  4. Gebhardt K.
  5. Drory N.
  6. Hao L.,Bender R.
  7. Byun J.
  8. Ciardullo R.
  9. Cornell M.E.
  10. Finkelstein S.L.
  11. Fry A.,Gawiser E.
  12. Gronwall C.
  13. Hopp U.
  14. Jeong D.
  15. Kelz A.
  16. Kelzenberg R.,Komatsu E.
  17. MacQueen P.J.
  18. Murphy J.
  19. Odoms P.S.
  20. Roth M.
  21. Schneider D.P.,Tufts J.R.
  22. Wilkinson C.P.
  23. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

We present a catalog of emission-line galaxies selected solely by their emission-line fluxes using a wide-field integral field spectrograph. This work is partially motivated as a pilot survey for the upcoming Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment. We describe the observations, reductions, detections, redshift classifications, line fluxes, and counterpart information for 397 emission-line galaxies detected over 169arcmin^2^ with a 3500-5800{AA} bandpass under 5{AA} full-width-half-maximum (FWHM) spectral resolution. The survey's best sensitivity for unresolved objects under photometric conditions is between 4 and 20x10^-17^erg/s/cm^2^ depending on the wavelength, and Ly{alpha} luminosities between 3x10^42^ and 6x10^42^erg/s are detectable. This survey method complements narrowband and color-selection techniques in the search of high-redshift galaxies with its different selection properties and large volume probed. The four survey fields within the COSMOS, GOODS-N, MUNICS, and XMM-LSS areas are rich with existing, complementary data. We find 105 galaxies via their high-redshift Ly{alpha} emission at 1.9<z<3.8, and the majority of the remainder objects are low-redshift [OII]3727 emitters at z<0.56. The classification between low- and high-redshift objects depends on rest-frame equivalent width (EW), as well as other indicators, where available. Based on matches to X-ray catalogs, the active galactic nuclei fraction among the Ly{alpha} emitters is 6%. We also analyze the survey's completeness and contamination properties through simulations. We find five high-z, highly significant, resolved objects with FWHM sizes >44arcmin^2^ which appear to be extended Ly{alpha} nebulae. We also find three high-z objects with rest-frame Ly{alpha} EW above the level believed to be achievable with normal star formation, EW0>240{AA}.

Keywords
  1. galaxies
  2. visible-astronomy
  3. line-intensities
  4. redshifted
  5. surveys
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2011ApJS..192....5A
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IVOA Identifier IVOID
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/192/5
Document Object Identifer DOI
doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.21920005

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History

2011-04-07T11:31:34Z
Resource record created
2011-04-07T11:31:34Z
Created
2018-10-18T14:56:17Z
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