Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2006-05-10
Astron.J.132:1023-1034,2006
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
14 pages, 7 figures, 3 tables, to appear in the Astronomical Journal
Scientific paper
10.1086/505747
We combine data from the extremely deep Hubble Space Telescope $U$ (F300W) image obtained using WFPC2 as part of the parallel observations of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field campaign, with $BVi$ images from the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey (GOODS) to identify a sample of Lyman break galaxies in the redshift range $2.0 \lesssim z \lesssim 3.5$. We use recent stellar population synthesis models with a wide variety of ages, metallicities, redshifts, and dust content, and a detailed representation of the \HI cosmic opacity as a function of redshift to model the colors of galaxies in our combination of WFPC2/ACS filters. Using these models, we derive improved color selection criteria that provide a clean selection of relatively unobscured, star forming galaxies in this redshift range. Our WFPC2/F300W image is the deepest image ever obtained at that wavelength. The $10\sigma$ limiting magnitude measured over 0.2 arcsec$^2$ is 27.5 magnitudes in the WFPC2/F300W image, about 0.5 magnitudes deeper than the F300W image in the Hubble Deep Field (HDF)-N. This extra depth relative to the HDFs allows us to directly probe the luminosity function about 0.5 magnitudes deeper than the depth accessible with the HDF data along an independent line of sight. Our sample of star-forming galaxies with $2.0 \lesssim z \lesssim 3.5$ includes 125 objects, the majority of which show clumpy morphologies. We measure a star formation rate density of 0.18 $M_\odot \rm yr^{-1} Mpc^{-3}$, marginally higher than the value measured for the Hubble Deep Fields.
Casertano Stefano
de Mello Duilia
Wadadekar Yogesh
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