SEARCH FOR z {approx} 6.96 Ly{alpha} EMITTERS WITH MAGELLAN/IMACS IN THE COSMOS FIELD
- School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287 (United States)
- 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, Vol. 741, Issue 2; Other Information: DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/741/2/101; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0004-637X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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