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We present different methods used to identify high redshift (z>5) objects in the high-magnification regions of lensing galaxy clusters, taking advantage of very well constrained lensing models. The research procedures are explained and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2017-03-29 J. Richard , R. Pello , J. -P. Kneib , D. Schaerer , M. R. Santos , R. Ellis

Selection of starbursts through either deep narrow band imaging of redshifted Ly-alpha emitters, or localisation of host galaxies of gamma-ray bursts both give access to starburst galaxies that are significantly fainter than what is…

We have measured the counts-in-cells fluctuations of 268 Lyman-break galaxies with spectroscopic redshifts in six 9 arcmin by 9 arcmin fields at z~3. The variance of galaxy counts in cubes of comoving side length 7.7, 11.9, 11.4 h^{-1} Mpc…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 K. Adelberger , C. Steidel , M. Giavalisco , M. Dickinson , M. Pettini , M. Kellogg

Aims: We measure the clustering properties for a large samples of u- (z~3), g- (z~4), and r- (z~5) dropouts from the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Legacy Survey (CFHTLS) Deep fields. Methods: Photometric redshift distributions along with…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 H. Hildebrandt , J. Pielorz , T. Erben , L. van Waerbeke , P. Simon , P. Capak

Analysis of the deepest available images of the sky, obtained by the Hubble Space Telescope, reveals a large number of candidate high-redshift galaxies. A catalogue of 1,683 objects is presented, with estimated redshifts ranging from $z=0$…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Kenneth M. Lanzetta , Amos Yahil , Alberto Fernandez-Soto

Galaxies are not uniformly distributed in space. On large scales the Universe displays coherent structure, with galaxies residing in groups and clusters on scales of ~1-3 Mpc/h, which lie at the intersections of long filaments of galaxies…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 Alison L. Coil

Near-infrared observations of Lyman-break galaxies at redshifts z~3 are beginning to provide constraints on ages, star-formation histories, dust content, metallicities, and stellar masses. At present, uncertainties of more than an order of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Henry C. Ferguson , Mark Dickinson , Casey Papovich

We present a description of the observations and data reduction procedures for an extensive spectroscopic and multi-band photometric study of nine high redshift, optically-selected cluster candidates. The primary goal of the survey is to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 J. B. Oke , Marc Postman , Lori Lubin

We present deep two-dimensional spectra of 22 candidate and confirmed Lyman break galaxies (LBGs) at redshifts 2<z<4 in the Hubble Deep Field (HDF) obtained at the Keck II telescope. The targets were preferentially selected with spatial…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 James D. Lowenthal , David C. Koo , Luc Simard , Eelco van Kampen

We review the properties of z>5 galaxies studied with HST and with the Keck telescopes, and discuss the detectability of Lyman alpha emission-line galaxies out to z~6.5 based on these data and ongoing narrowband imaging surveys. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Esther M. Hu , Lennox L. Cowie , Richard G. McMahon

Galaxies undergoing formation and evolution can now be observed over a time baseline of some 12 Gyr. An inherent difficulty with high-redshift observations is that the objects are very faint and the best resolution (HST) is only ~0.5 kpc.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-27 Garth D. Illingworth , Rychard J. Bouwens

We present the results of ground-based and HST imaging studies targeted on z>4.5 quasar fields. High-redshift galaxies identified in deep narrow-band Lyman alpha images of the fields surrounding the quasars BR1202-0725 (z=4.694) and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Esther M. Hu , Richard G. McMahon , Eiichi Egami

We review the steps which have led to the discovery of a widespread population of objects at z = 3 with many of the characteristics which we expect for primeval galaxies, and emphasize in particular the advantages of a colour selection…

We report on the clustering properties of Lyman-break galaxies (LBGs) at z~3. The correlation length of flux-limited samples of LBGs depends on their rest-frame ultraviolet (UV) luminosity at lambda ~1700 Angstrom, with fainter galaxies…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Mauro Giavalisco , Mark Dickinson

[Abridged] We present out results on the cross-correlation of Lyman break galaxies (LBGs) around three damped \Ly absorbers (DLAs) at redshift three from deep multi-band MOSAIC images obtained at the KPNO 4m. The large area of the MOSAIC…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Nicolas Bouche , James D. Lowenthal

We measure the spatial clustering of galaxies as a function of their morphological type at z~0.8, for the first time in a deep redshift survey with full morphological information. This is obtained by combining high-resolution HST imaging…

Radio galaxies are uniquely useful as probes of large-scale structure as their uniform identification with giant elliptical galaxies out to high redshift means that the evolution of their bias factor can be predicted. As the initial stage…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Mark Lacy

We present the results of a 135-arcmin$^2$ search for high-redshift galaxies lensed by 29 clusters from the MAssive Cluster and extended MAssive Cluster Surveys (MACS and eMACS). We use relatively shallow images obtained with the Hubble…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-12-20 Andrew Repp , Harald Ebeling , Johan Richard

Using a combination of near-infrared and optical photometry, along with multi-object spectroscopy, we have confirmed the existence of a high-redshift cluster of galxies at z = 0.96. The cluster was found using a wide-angle tailed radio…

Connecting galaxies with their descendants (or progenitors) at different redshifts can yield strong constraints on galaxy evolution. Observational studies have historically selected samples of galaxies using a physical quantity, such as…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-20 Carl J. Mundy , Christopher J. Conselice , Jamie R. Ownsworth