The Intermediate-Band Dropout Method: A New Method to Search for High-Redshift Galaxies

• Published in: Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan Vol. 57; no. 2; pp. 287 - 293
• Main Authors: Shioya, Yasuhiro, Taniguchi, Yoshiaki, Ajiki, Masaru, Nagao, Tohru, Murayama, Takashi, Sasaki, Shunji, Sumiya, Ryoko, Hatakeyama, Yuichiro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Oxford University Press 25.04.2005
• Subjects: early universe; galaxies: formation; cosmology: observations; galaxies: evolution

We propose a new method to search for high-redshift galaxies that is based on an intermediate-band dropout technique rather than the usual broad-band dropout one. In this method, we use an intermediate-band filter whose central wavelength is longer than 7000 Å. This new method makes it possible to d...