SEARCH FOR z {approx} 6.96 Ly{alpha} EMITTERS WITH MAGELLAN/IMACS IN THE COSMOS FIELD

Journal Article · Thu Nov 10 04:00:00 EST 2011 · Astrophysical Journal

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/741/2/101; COUNTRY OF INPUT: INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY (IAEA)· OSTI ID:21612681

Hibon, P; Malhotra, S; Rhoads, J ^[1]; Willott, C ^[2]

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1. School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287 (United States)
2. Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics, National Research Council (Canada)

We report a search for z {approx} 6.96 Ly{alpha} emitters (LAEs) using a narrowband filter, centered at 9680 A with the Inamori-Magellan Area Camera and Spectrograph instrument on the Magellan telescope at Las Campanas Observatory. We obtain a sample of six LAE candidates of luminosity {approx}10{sup 42} erg s{sup -1} in a total area of 465 arcmin{sup 2} corresponding to a comoving volume of {approx}72,000 Mpc{sup 3}. From this result, we derive a Ly{alpha} luminosity function (LF) at z {approx} 6.96 and compare our sample with the only z {approx} 6.96 LAE spectroscopically confirmed to date. We find no evolution between the z = 5.7 and z {approx} 7 Ly{alpha} LFs if a majority of our candidates are confirmed. Spectroscopic confirmation for this sample will enable more robust conclusions.

• OSTI ID: 21612681
• Journal Information: Astrophysical Journal, Journal Name: Astrophysical Journal Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 741; ISSN ASJOAB; ISSN 0004-637X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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