期刊
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
卷 386, 期 1, 页码 370-376出版社
BLACKWELL PUBLISHING
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13030.x
关键词
galaxies : evolution; galaxies : high-redshift; galaxies : starburst
资金
- Science and Technology Facilities Council [ST/F002742/1, ST/F007094/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- STFC [ST/F002742/1, ST/F007094/1] Funding Source: UKRI
We present a survey of bright optical dropout sources in two deep, multiwavelength surveys comprising 11 widely separated fields, aimed at constraining the galaxy luminosity function at z approximate to 7 for sources at 5-10 L* (z = 6). Our combined survey area is 225 arcmin(2) to a depth of J(AB) = 24.2 (3 sigma) and 135 arcmin(2) to J = 25.3 (4 sigma). We find that infrared data longwards of 2 mu m are essential for classifying optical dropout sources, and in particular for identifying cool Galactic star contaminants. Our limits on the number density of high-redshift sources are consistent with current estimates of the Lyman break galaxy luminosity function at z = 6.
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