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The MUSE view of the Frontier Field clusters

Authors :
Vera Patriício
Roser Pello
Guillaume Mahler
D. Bina
Johan Richard
David J. Lagattuta
Bina
Benjamin Clément
Source :
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union. 11:764-767
Publication Year :
2015
Publisher :
Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2015.

Abstract

Strong gravitational magnification in the core of lensing clusters allows to probe the faint-end of the galaxy luminosity function up to very high redshift. In particular, the Frontier Fields have allowed us to identify a large number of faint dropouts and constrain the Lyman-break luminosity function at z~5-7. I present here the results of an ongoing program with MUSE, a new integral field spectrograph on the Very Large Telescope having a large field of view (1 arcmin2), to confirm these candidate high redshift dropouts through Lyman-α emission and identify additional emitters with high equivalent width, fainter than the depth of the Frontier Fields Hubble images. Combined with similar deep exposures taken with MUSE in blank fields, this gives us the best opportunity to probe the Lyman-α luminosity function over a wide range in luminosity.

Details

ISSN :
17439221 and 17439213
Volume :
11
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........80122888b7bb3ae33a936f4599455b03
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1017/s174392131600675x