Emission-line galaxies from HETDEX pilot survey : J/ApJS/192/5


Authors : Adams J.J. orcid , Blanc G.A., Hill G.J. (hide) , Blanc G.A., Hill G.J. et..al

Bibcode : 2011ApJS..192....5A (ADS) (Simbad) (Objects) (hide)

CDS Keywords : Galaxies, optical; Equivalent widths; Redshifts; Surveys
UAT : Galaxies, Optical astronomy, Line intensities, Redshifted, Surveys

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The HETDEX pilot survey. I. Survey design, performance, and catalog of emission-line galaxies. (2011)

Keywords : cosmology observations - galaxies: evolution - galaxies: formation - galaxies: high-redshift

Abstract:We present a catalog of emission-line galaxies selected solely by their emission-line fluxes using a wide-field integral field spectrograph. This work is partially motivated as a pilot survey for the upcoming Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment. We describe the observations, reductions, detections, redshift classifications, line fluxes, and counterpart information for 397 emission-line galaxies detected over 169arcmin^2^ with a 3500-5800{AA} bandpass under 5{AA} full-width-half-maximum (FWHM) spectral resolution. The survey's best sensitivity for unresolved objects under photometric conditions is between 4 and 20x10^-17^erg/s/cm^2^ depending on the wavelength, and Ly{alpha} luminosities between 3x10^42^ and ...(more)
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We obtained regular fall/winter/spring dark time observations from 2007 September to 2010 February on the McDonald 2.7m Harlan J. Smith telescope with the Visible Integral-field Replicable Unit Spectrograph Prototype (VIRUS-P).

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