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The Deep Optical Imaging of the Extended Groth Strip

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2009-09-24 v1

Abstract

We present ugRu'g'R optical images taken with the MMT/Megacam and the Subaru/Suprime of the Extended Groth Strip survey. The total survey covers an area of about 1\sim 1 degree2^2, including four sub-fields and is optimized for the study of galaxies at z3z\sim3. Our methods for photometric calibration in AB magnitudes, the limiting magnitude and the galaxy number count are described. A sample of 1642 photometrically selected candidate LBGs to an apparent RABR_{AB} magnitude limit of 25.0 is present. The average sky surface density of our LBGs sample is \sim 1.0 arcmin2^{-2}, slightly higher than the previous finding.

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@article{arxiv.0905.3945,
  title  = {The Deep Optical Imaging of the Extended Groth Strip},
  author = {Ying-He Zhao and Jia-Sheng Huang and M. L. N. Ashby and G. G. Fazio and S. Miyazaki},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0905.3945},
  year   = {2009}
}

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Accepted for publication by RAA