Narrow-Band Survey of the GOODS Fields: Search for Lyman-Alpha Emitters at z = 5.7

• Main Authors: Ajiki, Masaru, Mobasher, Bahram, Taniguchi, Yoshiaki, Shioya, Yasuhiro, Nagao, Tohru, Murayama, Takashi, Sasaki, Shunji S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 24.10.2005
• Subjects: Physics - Astrophysics of Galaxies; Physics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics; Physics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics; Physics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena; Physics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics; Physics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
• DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0510672

Astrophys.J.638:596-602,2006 We present results from optical narrow-band lambda_c = 8150A ~ and Delta lambda = 120A) observations of the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey (GOODS) fields, using Suprime-Cam on the Subaru Telescope. Using these narrow-band data, we then perform a survey of Lyman alpha Emitters (LAEs) at z~5.7. The LAE survey covers an area of approx 320 arcmin^2 and a co-moving volume of ~8.0 x 10^4 Mpc^3. We found a total of 10 (GOODS-N) and 4 (GOODS-S) LAE candidates at z~5.7. We perform a study of the spatial distribution, space density, and star formation properties of the LAEs at z~5.7.