Emission line galaxies at z = 6.5

2003/11/27 by Jaron Kurk, J. Kurk, A. Cimatti +11
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0311603

2 pages, no figures, to be published in "Multiwavelength mapping of galaxy formation and evolution", proceedings of a conference held in Venice, October 13-16 2003, one typographic error corrected

arxiv created 2003/11/28 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01

Abstract

We are carrying out a search for Lyman alpha emitting galaxies at z = 6.5 employing slitless spectroscopy at the VLT. In our 43 square arcminute field we find three isolated single emission lines with SEDs consistent with line emitting galaxies at z = 6.5.

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