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An ultraviolet ultra-luminous lyman break galaxy at z = 2.78 in NDWFS Bootes field

Authors :
Bian, Fuyan
Fan, Xiaohui
Jiang, Linhua
Dey, Arjun
Green, Richard F
Maiolino, Roberto
Walter, Fabian
McGreer, Ian
Wang, Ran
Lin, Yen-Ting
Bian, Fuyan
Fan, Xiaohui
Jiang, Linhua
Dey, Arjun
Green, Richard F
Maiolino, Roberto
Walter, Fabian
McGreer, Ian
Wang, Ran
Lin, Yen-Ting
Source :
Astrophysical Journal, The
Publication Year :
2012

Abstract

We present one of the most ultraviolet (UV) luminous Lyman break galaxies (LBGs; J1432+3358) at z = 2.78, discovered in the NOAO Deep Wide-Field Survey Boötes field. The R-band magnitude of J1432+3358 is 22.29AB, more than two magnitudes brighter than ty

Details

Database :
OAIster
Journal :
Astrophysical Journal, The
Publication Type :
Electronic Resource
Accession number :
edsoai.on1291798608
Document Type :
Electronic Resource