Using the Bullet Cluster as a Gravitational Telescope to Study z~7 Lyman Break Galaxies

Details Using the Bullet Cluster as a Gravitational Telescope to Study z~7 Lyman Break Galaxies Using the Bullet Cluster as a Gravitational Telescope to Study z~7 Lyman Break Galaxies

2011-01-24

arxiv.org/abs/1101.4677v3

Hall et al. 2012, ApJ, 745, 155

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics

12 pages, 2 tables, 9 figures. Accepted for publication in ApJ. V3: two new figures, improved calculation of intrinsic counts,

Scientific paper

10.1088/0004-637X/745/2/155

We use imaging obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field Camera 3 to search for z_850 dropouts at z~7 and J_110 dropouts at z~9 lensed by the Bullet Cluster. In total we find 10 z_850 dropouts in our 8.27 arcmin^2 field. Using magnification maps from a combined weak and strong lensing mass reconstruction of the Bullet Cluster and correcting for estimated completeness levels, we calculate the surface density and luminosity function of our z_850 dropouts as a function of intrinsic (accounting for magnification) magnitude. We find results consistent with published blank field surveys, despite using much shallower data, and demonstrate the effectiveness of cluster surveys in the search for z~7 galaxies.

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