A Magellan M2FS spectroscopic survey of galaxies at 5.5 < z < 6.8: program overview and a sample of the brightest Ly alpha emitters
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Jiang, Linhua
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A Magellan M2FS spectroscopic survey of galaxies at 5.5 < z < 6.8: program overview and a sample of the brightest Ly alpha emitters
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- Jiang, Linhua;
- Shen, Yue;
- Bian, Fuyan;
- Zheng, Zhen Ya;
- Wu, Jin;
- Oyarzún, Grecco A.;
- Blanc Mendiberri, Guillermo;
- Fan, Xiaohui;
- Ho, Luis C.;
- Infante, Leopoldo;
- Wang, Ran;
- Wu, Xue Bing;
- Mateo, Mario;
- Bailey, John I.;
- Crane, Jeffrey D.;
- Olszewski, Edward W;
- Shectman, Stephen;
- Thompson, Ian;
- Walker, Matthew G.;
Abstract
We present a spectroscopic survey of high-redshift, luminous galaxies over four square degrees on the sky, aiming to build a large and homogeneous sample of Ly alpha emitters (LAEs) at z approximate to 5.7 and 6.5, and Lyman-break galaxies (LBGs) at 5.5 < z < 6.8. The fields that we choose to observe are well studied, such as by the Subaru XMM-Newton Deep Survey and COSMOS. They have deep optical imaging data in a series of broad and narrow bands, allowing for the efficient selection of galaxy candidates. Spectroscopic observations are being carried out using the multi-object spectrograph M2FS on the Magellan Clay telescope. M2FS is efficient enough to identify high-redshift galaxies, owing to its 256 optical fibers deployed over a circular field of view 30' in diameter. We have observed similar to 2.5 square degrees. When the program is completed, we expect to identify more than 400 bright LAEs at z approximate to 5.7 and 6.5, and a substantial number of LBGs at z >= 6. This unique sample will be used to study a variety of galaxy properties and to search for large protoclusters. Furthermore, the statistical properties of these galaxies will be used to probe cosmic reionization. We describe the motivation, program design, target selection, and M2FS observations. We also outline our science goals, and present a sample of the brightest LAEs at z approximate to 5.7 and 6.5. This sample contains 32 LAEs with Ly alpha luminosities higher than 10(43) erg s(-1). A few of them reach >= 3 x 10(43) erg s(-1), comparable to the two most luminous LAEs known at z >= 6, "CR7" and "COLA1." These LAEs provide ideal targets to study extreme galaxies in the distant universe.
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National Key R&D Program of China
2016YFA0400703
2016YFA0400702
National Science Foundation of China
11533001
Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) through a China-Chile Joint Research Fund (CCJRF)
1503
National Astronomical Observatories of China
XDB09000000
Special Fund for Astronomy from the Ministry of Finance
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Astrophysical Journal, 2017 Vol. 846 (2): 134
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