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The VANDELS ESO public spectroscopic survey: observations and first data release

This paper describes the observations and the first data release (DR1) of the ESO public spectroscopic survey "VANDELS, a deep VIMOS survey of the CANDELS CDFS and UDS fields". VANDELS' main targets are star-forming galaxies at 2.4<z<5.5…

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On The Detection Of Ionizing Radiation Arising From Star-Forming Galaxies At Redshift z ~ 3-4 : Looking For Analogs Of "Stellar Reionizers"

We use the spatially-resolved, multi-band photometry in the GOODS South field acquired by the CANDELS project to constrain the nature of candidate Lyman continuum (LyC) emitters at redshift z~3.7 identified using ultra-deep imaging below…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 Eros Vanzella , Yicheng Guo , Mauro Giavalisco , Andrea Grazian , Marco Castellano , Stefano Cristiani , Mark Dickinson , Adriano Fontana , Mario Nonino , Emanuele Giallongo , Laura Pentericci , Audrey Galametz , S. M. Faber , Henry C. Ferguson , Norman A. Grogin , Anton M. Koekemoer , Jeffrey Newman , Brian D. Siana

LINEAR: A Novel Algorithm for Reconstructing Slitless Spectroscopy from HST/WFC3

We present a grism extraction package (LINEAR) designed to reconstruct one-dimensional spectra from a collection of slitless spectroscopic images, ideally taken at a variety of orientations, dispersion directions, and/or dither positions.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-02-21 R. E. Ryan , S. Casertano , N. Pirzkal

Optical Design of the EXperiment for Cryogenic Large-Aperture Intensity Mapping (EXCLAIM)

This work describes the design and implementation of optics for EXCLAIM, the EXperiment for Cryogenic Large-Aperture Intensity Mapping. EXCLAIM is a balloon-borne telescope that will measure integrated line emission from carbon monoxide…

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CLASH: Extreme Emission Line Galaxies and Their Implication on Selection of High-Redshift Galaxies

We utilize the CLASH (Cluster Lensing And Supernova survey with Hubble) observations of 25 clusters to search for extreme emission-line galaxies (EELGs). The selections are carried out in two central bands: F105W (Y105) and F125W (J125), as…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-23 Xingxing Huang , Wei Zheng , Junxian Wang , Holland Ford , Doron Lemze , John Moustakas , Xinwen Shu , Arjen Van der Wel , Adi Zitrin , Brenda L. Frye , Marc Postman , Matthias Bartelmann , Narciso Benitez , Larry Bradley , Tom Broadhurst , Dan Coe , Megan Donahue , Leopoldo Infante , Daniel Kelson , Anton Koekemoer , Ofer Lahav , Elinor Medezinski , Leonidas Moustakas , Piero Rosati , Stella Seitz , Keiichi Umetsu

The DES Science Verification Weak Lensing Shear Catalogues

We present weak lensing shear catalogues for 139 square degrees of data taken during the Science Verification (SV) time for the new Dark Energy Camera (DECam) being used for the Dark Energy Survey (DES). We describe our object selection,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-05-25 M. Jarvis , E. Sheldon , J. Zuntz , T. Kacprzak , S. L. Bridle , A. Amara , R. Armstrong , M. R. Becker , G. M. Bernstein , C. Bonnett , C. Chang , R. Das , J. P. Dietrich , A. Drlica-Wagner , T. F. Eifler , C. Gangkofner , D. Gruen , M. Hirsch , E. M. Huff , B. Jain , S. Kent , D. Kirk , N. MacCrann , P. Melchior , A. A. Plazas , A. Refregier , B. Rowe , E. S. Rykoff , S. Samuroff , C. Sánchez , E. Suchyta , M. A. Troxel , V. Vikram , T. Abbott , F. B. Abdalla , S. Allam , J. Annis , A. Benoit-Lévy , E. Bertin , D. Brooks , E. Buckley-Geer , D. L. Burke , D. Capozzi , A. Carnero Rosell , M. Carrasco Kind , J. Carretero , F. J. Castander , J. Clampitt , M. Crocce , C. E. Cunha , C. B. D'Andrea , L. N. da Costa , D. L. DePoy , S. Desai , H. T. Diehl , P. Doel , A. Fausti Neto , B. Flaugher , P. Fosalba , J. Frieman , E. Gaztanaga , D. W. Gerdes , R. A. Gruendl , G. Gutierrez , K. Honscheid , D. J. James , K. Kuehn , N. Kuropatkin , O. Lahav , T. S. Li , M. Lima , M. March , P. Martini , R. Miquel , J. J. Mohr , E. Neilsen , B. Nord , R. Ogando , K. Reil , A. K. Romer , A. Roodman , M. Sako , E. Sanchez , V. Scarpine , M. Schubnell , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , R. C. Smith , M. Soares-Santos , F. Sobreira , M. E. C. Swanson , G. Tarle , J. Thaler , D. Thomas , A. R. Walker , R. H. Wechsler

HST imaging and Keck Spectroscopy of z~6 I-band Drop-Out Galaxies in the ACS GOODS Fields

We measure the surface density of i'-band dropout galaxies at z~6 through wide field HST/ACS imaging and ultra-deep Keck/DEIMOS spectroscopy. Using deep HST/ACS SDSS-i' (F775W) and SDSS-z' (F850LP) imaging from GOODS-N (200 arcmin^2), we…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Elizabeth Stanway , Andrew Bunker , Richard McMahon , Richard Ellis , Tommaso Treu , Patrick McCarthy

A Matched Catalogue of z> 5.9 Galaxies in the WFC3 Hubble Ultra Deep Field

There have been several independent analyses of the recent Wide Field Camera 3 images of the Hubble Deep Field, selecting galaxies at z>6 through the Lyman break technique. Presented here is a matched catalogue of objects in common between…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-12-09 Andrew Bunker , Stephen Wilkins

Detection of Lyman Continuum from 3.0 < z < 3.5 Galaxies in the HETDEX Survey

Questions as to what drove the bulk reionization of the Universe, how that reionization proceeded, and how the hard ionizing radiation reached the intergalactic medium remain open and debated. Observations probing that epoch are severely…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-10-27 Dustin Davis , Karl Gebhardt , Erin Mentuch Cooper , John Chisholm , Robin Ciardullo , Daniel J. Farrow , Steven L. Finkelstein , Caryl Gronwall , Eric Gawiser , Gary J. Hill , Ulrich Hopp , Donghui Jeong , Martin Landriau , Chenxu Liu , Maja Lujan Niemeyer , Donald P. Schneider , Jan Snigula , Sarah Tuttle

THINGS: The HI Nearby Galaxy Survey

We present "The HI Nearby Galaxy Survey (THINGS)", a high spectral (<=5.2 km/s) and spatial (~6") resolution survey of HI emission in 34 nearby galaxies obtained using the NRAO Very Large Array (VLA). The overarching scientific goal of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-27 F. Walter , E. Brinks , W. J. G. de Blok , F. Bigiel , R. C. Kennicutt, , M. D. Thornley , A. K. Leroy

WINGS: A WIde-field Nearby Galaxy-cluster Survey. II. Deep optical photometry of 77 nearby clusters

(Abridged) Context. This is the second paper of a series devoted to the WIde Field Nearby Galaxy-cluster Survey (WINGS). WINGS is a long term project which is gathering wide-field, multi-band imaging and spectroscopy of galaxies in a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 J. Varela , M. D'Onofrio , C. Marmo , G. Fasano , D. Bettoni , A. Cava , W. J. Couch , A. Dressler , P. Kjaergaard , M. Moles , E. Pignatelli , B. M. Poggianti , T. Valentinuzzi

The DEEP2 Redshift Survey: Lyman Alpha Emitters in the Spectroscopic Database

We present the first results of a search for Lyman-alpha emitters (LAEs) in the DEEP2 spectroscopic database that uses a search technique that is different from but complementary to traditional narrowband imaging surveys. We have visually…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Marcin Sawicki , Brian C. Lemaux , Puragra Guhathakurta , Evan N. Kirby , Nicholas P. Konidaris , Crystal L. Martin , Michael C. Cooper , David C. Koo , Jeffrey A. Newman , Benjamin J. Weiner

HELP: A catalogue of 170 million objects, selected at 0.36-4.5 $\mu$m, from 1270 deg.$^{2}$ of prime extragalactic fields

We present an optical to near-infrared selected astronomical catalogue covering 1270 deg.$^2$. This is the first attempt to systematically combine data from 23 of the premier extragalactic survey fields - the product of a vast investment of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-10-23 Raphael Shirley , Yannick Roehlly , Peter D Hurley , Veronique Buat , María del Carmen Campos Varillas , Steven Duivenvoorden , Kenneth J Duncan , Andreas Efstathiou , Duncan Farrah , Eduardo González Solares , Katarzyna Małek , Lucia Marchetti , Ian McCheyne , Andreas Papadopoulos , Estelle Pons , Roberto Scipioni , Mattia Vaccari , Seb Oliver

Constraining the neutral fraction of hydrogen in the IGM at redshift 7.5

We present a large spectroscopic campaign with Keck/MOSFIRE targeting Lyman-alpha emission (Ly$\alpha$) from intrinsically faint Lyman-break Galaxies (LBGs) behind 12 efficient galaxy cluster lenses. Gravitational lensing allows us to probe…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-06-12 Austin Hoag , Maruša Bradač , Kuang-Han Huang , Charlotte Mason , Tommaso Treu , Kasper B. Schmidt , Michele Trenti , Victoria Strait , Brian C. Lemaux , Emily Finney , Maia Paddock

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Quasar Lens Search. II. Statistical Lens Sample from the Third Data Release

We report the first results of our systematic search for strongly lensed quasars using the spectroscopically confirmed quasars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). Among 46,420 quasars from the SDSS Data Release 3 (~4188 deg^2), we…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Naohisa Inada , Masamune Oguri , Robert H. Becker , Min-Su Shin , Gordon T. Richards , Joseph F. Hennawi , Richard L. White , Bartosz Pindor , Michael A. Strauss , Christopher S. Kochanek , David E. Johnston , Michael D. Gregg , Issha Kayo , Daniel Eisenstein , Patrick B. Hall , Francisco J. Castander , Alejandro Clocchiatti , Scott F. Anderson , Donald P. Schneider , Donald G. York , Robert Lupton , Kuenley Chiu , Yozo Kawano , Ryan Scranton , Joshua A. Frieman , Charles R. Keeton , Tomoki Morokuma , Hans-Walter Rix , Edwin L. Turner , Scott Burles , Robert J. Brunner , Erin Scott Sheldon , Neta A. Bahcall , Masataka Fukugita

The JWST/PASSAGE Survey: Testing Reionization Histories with JWST's First Unbiased Survey for Lyman alpha Emitters at Redshifts 7.5-9.5

Lyman $\alpha$ (Ly$\alpha$) emission is one of few observable features of galaxies that can trace the neutral hydrogen content in the Universe during the Epoch of Reionization (EoR). To accomplish this we need an efficient way to survey for…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-02-27 Axel Runnholm , Matthew J. Hayes , Vihang Mehta , Matthew A. Malkan , Claudia Scarlata , Kalina V. Nedkova , Marc Rafelski , Benedetta Vulcani , Mason Huberty , E. Christian Herenz , Anne Hutter , Sean Bruton , Ayan Acharyya , Hakim Atek , Ivano Baronchelli , Andrew J. Battisti , Maruša Bradač , Andrew J. Bunker , Y. Sophia Dai , Clea Hannahs , Farhanul Hasan , Keunho J. Kim , Nicha Leethochawalit , Yu-Heng Lin , Michael J. Rutkowski , Alberto Saldana-Lopez , Zahra Sattari , Xin Wang

Lyman Break Galaxies at Redshift z~3: Survey Description and Full Data Set

We present the basic data for a large ground-based spectroscopic survey for z~3 ``Lyman break galaxies'' (LBGs), photometrically selected using rest-UV colors from very deep images in 17 high Galactic latitude fields. The total survey…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 C. C. Steidel , K. L. Adelberger , A. E. Shapley , M. Pettini , M. Dickinson , M. Giavalisco

Euclid: Early Release Observations -- A preview of the Euclid era through a galaxy cluster magnifying lens

We present the first analysis of the Euclid Early Release Observations (ERO) program that targets fields around two lensing clusters, Abell 2390 and Abell 2764. We use VIS and NISP imaging to produce photometric catalogs for a total of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-04-30 H. Atek , R. Gavazzi , J. R. Weaver , J. M. Diego , T. Schrabback , N. A. Hatch , N. Aghanim , H. Dole , W. G. Hartley , S. Taamoli , G. Congedo , Y. Jimenez-Teja , J. -C. Cuillandre , E. Bañados , S. Belladitta , R. A. A. Bowler , M. Franco , M. Jauzac , G. Mahler , J. Richard , P. -F. Rocci , S. Serjeant , S. Toft , D. Abriola , P. Bergamini , A. Biviano , P. Dimauro , M. Ezziati , J. B. Golden-Marx , C. Grillo , A. C. N. Hughes , Y. Kang , J. -P. Kneib , M. Lombardi , G. A. Mamon , C. J. R. McPartland , M. Meneghetti , H. Miyatake , M. Montes , D. J. Mortlock , P. A. Oesch , N. Okabe , P. Rosati , A. N. Taylor , F. Tarsitano , J. Weller , M. Kluge , R. Laureijs , S. Paltani , T. Saifollahi , M. Schirmer , C. Stone , A. Mora , B. Altieri , A. Amara , S. Andreon , N. Auricchio , M. Baldi , A. Balestra , S. Bardelli , A. Basset , R. Bender , C. Bodendorf , D. Bonino , E. Branchini , M. Brescia , J. Brinchmann , S. Camera , G. P. Candini , V. Capobianco , C. Carbone , V. F. Cardone , J. Carretero , S. Casas , F. J. Castander , M. Castellano , S. Cavuoti , A. Cimatti , C. J. Conselice , L. Conversi , Y. Copin , L. Corcione , F. Courbin , H. M. Courtois , A. Da Silva , H. Degaudenzi , A. M. Di Giorgio , J. Dinis , M. Douspis , F. Dubath , X. Dupac , S. Dusini , A. Ealet , M. Farina , S. Farrens , S. Ferriol , S. Fotopoulou , M. Frailis , E. Franceschi , S. Galeotta , W. Gillard , B. Gillis , C. Giocoli , P. Gómez-Alvarez , A. Grazian , F. Grupp , L. Guzzo , M. Hailey , S. V. H. Haugan , J. Hoar , H. Hoekstra , M. S. Holliman , W. Holmes , I. Hook , F. Hormuth , A. Hornstrup , P. Hudelot , K. Jahnke , M. Jhabvala , E. Keihänen , S. Kermiche , A. Kiessling , T. Kitching , R. Kohley , B. Kubik , K. Kuijken , M. Kümmel , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , O. Lahav , D. Le Mignant , S. Ligori , P. B. Lilje , V. Lindholm , I. Lloro , D. Maino , E. Maiorano , O. Mansutti , O. Marggraf , K. Markovic , N. Martinet , F. Marulli , R. Massey , S. Maurogordato , H. J. McCracken , S. Mei , Y. Mellier , E. Merlin , G. Meylan , M. Moresco , L. Moscardini , R. Nakajima , R. C. Nichol , S. -M. Niemi , C. Padilla , K. Paech , F. Pasian , J. A. Peacock , K. Pedersen , W. J. Percival , V. Pettorino , S. Pires , G. Polenta , M. Poncet , L. A. Popa , L. Pozzetti , F. Raison , A. Renzi , J. Rhodes , G. Riccio , E. Romelli , M. Roncarelli , R. Saglia , D. Sapone , P. Schneider , A. Secroun , G. Seidel , S. Serrano , C. Sirignano , G. Sirri , J. Skottfelt , L. Stanco , P. Tallada-Crespí , H. I. Teplitz , I. Tereno , R. Toledo-Moreo , I. Tutusaus , L. Valenziano , T. Vassallo , G. Verdoes Kleijn , A. Veropalumbo , Y. Wang , E. Zucca , C. Baccigalupi , C. Burigana , G. Castignani , Z. Sakr , V. Scottez , M. Viel , P. Simon , D. Stern , J. Martín-Fleitas , D. Scott

The Australia Telescope Large Area Survey: Spectroscopic Catalogue and Radio Luminosity Functions

The Australia Telescope Large Area Survey (ATLAS) has surveyed seven square degrees of sky around the Chandra Deep Field South (CDFS) and the European Large Area ISO Survey - South 1 (ELAIS-S1) fields at 1.4 GHz. ATLAS aims to reach a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Minnie Y. Mao , Rob Sharp , Ray P. Norris , Andrew M. Hopkins , Nick Seymour , James E. J. Lovell , Enno Middelberg , Kate E. Randall , Elaine M. Sadler , D. J. Saikia , Stanislav S. Shabala , Peter-Christian Zinn

Dark Energy Survey Year 1 Results: Galaxy-Galaxy Lensing

We present galaxy-galaxy lensing measurements from 1321 sq. deg. of the Dark Energy Survey (DES) Year 1 (Y1) data. The lens sample consists of a selection of 660,000 red galaxies with high-precision photometric redshifts, known as redMaGiC,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-09-05 J. Prat , C. Sánchez , Y. Fang , D. Gruen , J. Elvin-Poole , N. Kokron , L. F. Secco , B. Jain , R. Miquel , N. MacCrann , M. A. Troxel , A. Alarcon , D. Bacon , G. M. Bernstein , J. Blazek , R. Cawthon , C. Chang , M. Crocce , C. Davis , J. De Vicente , J. P. Dietrich , A. Drlica-Wagner , O. Friedrich , M. Gatti , W. G. Hartley , B. Hoyle , E. M. Huff , M. Jarvis , M. M. Rau , R. P. Rollins , A. J. Ross , E. Rozo , E. S. Rykoff , S. Samuroff , E. Sheldon , T. N. Varga , P. Vielzeuf , J. Zuntz , T. M. C. Abbott , F. B. Abdalla , S. Allam , J. Annis , K. Bechtol , A. Benoit-Lévy , E. Bertin , D. Brooks , E. Buckley-Geer , D. L. Burke , A. Carnero Rosell , M. Carrasco Kind , J. Carretero , F. J. Castander , C. E. Cunha , C. B. D'Andrea , L. N. da Costa , S. Desai , H. T. Diehl , S. Dodelson , T. F. Eifler , E. Fernandez , B. Flaugher , P. Fosalba , J. Frieman , J. García-Bellido , E. Gaztanaga , D. W. Gerdes , T. Giannantonio , D. A. Goldstein , R. A. Gruendl , J. Gschwend , G. Gutierrez , K. Honscheid , D. J. James , T. Jeltema , M. W. G. Johnson , M. D. Johnson , D. Kirk , E. Krause , K. Kuehn , S. Kuhlmann , O. Lahav , T. S. Li , M. Lima , M. A. G. Maia , M. March , J. L. Marshall , P. Martini , P. Melchior , F. Menanteau , J. J. Mohr , R. C. Nichol , B. Nord , A. A. Plazas , A. K. Romer , A. Roodman , M. Sako , E. Sanchez , V. Scarpine , R. Schindler , M. Schubnell , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , M. Smith , R. C. Smith , M. Soares-Santos , F. Sobreira , E. Suchyta , M. E. C. Swanson , G. Tarle , D. Thomas , D. L. Tucker , V. Vikram , A. R. Walker , R. H. Wechsler , B. Yanny , Y. Zhang