Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1999-05-26
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
7 pages, 5 figures, paper presented at the VLT Opening Symposium, Antofagasta (Chile), 1-4 March, 1999
Scientific paper
10.1007/10720961_15
Clusters of galaxies as gravitational lenses allow to study the stellar content and properties of high-z galaxies much fainter than the usual spectroscopic field surveys. We review the recent results obtained on the identification and study of very distant galaxies seen through lensing clusters. Using the gravitational amplification effect in lenses with well known mass distributions, it is possible to build up and study a sample of galaxies with 1 < z < 7. Source candidates are selected close to the critical lines at high-z, through photometric redshifts computed on a large wavelength interval, as well as lens-inversion criteria. This procedure allows to reduce the selection biases in luminosity, and towards active star-forming objects, provided that selection criteria include IR photometry. This is the method presently used in our large collaborative program, aimimg to perform the spectroscopic follow up with the VLT of high-z candidates selected from suitable photometric campaigns.
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