CANDELSz7: A large spectroscopic survey of CANDELS galaxies in the reionization epoch
Authors
Pentericci, L
Vanzella, E
Castellano, M
Fontana, A
De Barros, S
Grazian, A
Marchi, F
Bradac, M
Conselice, CJ
Cristiani, S
Dickinson, M
Finkelstein, SL
Giallongo, E
Guaita, L
Koekemoer, AM
Santini, P
Tilvi, V
Publication Date
2018-11-19Journal Title
Astronomy and Astrophysics
ISSN
0004-6361
Publisher
EDP Sciences
Volume
619
Type
Article
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Pentericci, L., Vanzella, E., Castellano, M., Fontana, A., De Barros, S., Grazian, A., Marchi, F., et al. (2018). CANDELSz7: A large spectroscopic survey of CANDELS galaxies in the reionization epoch. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 619 https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732465
Abstract
We present the results of CANDELSz7, an ESO large program aimed at confirming
spectroscopically a homogeneous sample of z~6 and z~7 star forming galaxies.
The candidates were selected in the GOODS-South, UDS and COSMOS fields using
the official CANDELS catalogs based on H160-band detections. Standard color
criteria, which were tailored depending on the ancillary multi-wavelength data
available for each field, were applied to select more than 160 candidate
galaxies at z~6 and z~7. Deep medium resolution FORS2 spectroscopic
observations were then conducted with integration times ranging from 12 to 20
hours, to reach a Lyalpha flux limit of approximately 1-3x 10-18 erg/s/cm^2 at
3sigma. For about 40% of the galaxies we could determine a spectroscopic
redshift, mainly through the detection of a single emission line that we
interpret as Lyalpha emission, or for some of the brightest objects (H160<
25.5) from the presence of faint continuum and sharp drop that we interpret as
a Lyman break. In this paper we present the redshifts and main properties of 65
newly confirmed high redshift galaxies. Adding previous proprietary and
archival data we assemble a sample of ~260 galaxies that we use to explore the
evolution of the Lyalpha fraction in Lyman break galaxies and the change in the
shape of the emission line between z~6 and z~7. We also discuss the accuracy of
the CANDELS photometric redshifts in this redshift range.
Sponsorship
STFC
ERC
Funder references
Science and Technology Facilities Council (ST/M001172/1)
European Research Council (695671)
Embargo Lift Date
2100-01-01
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External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732465
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/286674
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