1998/02/05 by Mark Dickinson, Dickinson, Mark
Physics and Astronomy · #Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/9802064
To be published in the proceedings of the STScI May 1997 Symposium ``The Hubble Deep Field,'' eds. M. Livio, S.M. Fall and P. Madau. 26 pages, LaTeX, with encapsulated postscript figures. Uses cupconf.sty (included). Minor typographical and proofreading errors corrected (20 April 1998 resubmission)
openalex publication_date 1998/02/05 · arxiv created 1998/04/20 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The quality, depth, and multi-color nature of the Hubble Deep Field images makes them an excellent resource for studying galaxies at z > 2 using selection techniques based on the presence of the 912A Lyman break. I present a descriptive review of this method and of the properties of the objects which it identifies, and summarize spectroscopic progress on galaxies with 2 < z < 4 in the HDF. Using ground-based and HDF samples of Lyman break galaxies I discuss the luminosity function of galaxies at z ~ 3, and consider the effects of extinction on the star formation rates that are derived from the UV luminosity information. Infrared observations of the HDF provide data on the rest-frame optical properties of z ~ 3 galaxies, which are briefly described.