Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1999-11-12
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
6 pages, 6 figures, to be published in Photometric Redshifts and the Detection of High Redshift Galaxies, ASP Conf. Series, 19
Scientific paper
A method for searching for emission-line objects in "windows" between atmospheric emission lines using multislits is described. A search for Ly alpha emitters at z = 6.5 in the 9130A window using this technique is being carried out with the multi-object spectrograph on CFHT. This technique could be extended to similar windows at longer wavelengths, aided by the (1 + z) factor in observed equivalent widths. In the J band there are windows corresponding to Ly alpha at z = 7.7, 8.7 and 9.3; in the H band, there are two at z = 11.9 and 13.4. Multislit window observations in these bands coupled with photometric redshift information offer perhaps the best method of the detecting extremely high redshift galaxies.
Crampton David
Lilly Simon
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