Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Dec 2007
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007aas...211.9529l&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #211, #95.29; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 39, p.899
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
We present Hubble ACS I814 images, Subaru i images, and 3200A- 9000A optical spectroscopy for a sample of 139 narrow emission-line galaxies with quasar-like optical colors in the COSMOS Hubble Treasury field. These galaxies were all originally identified as quasar candidates in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, primarily by their location in optical four-color space and secondarily by radio continuum emission. The sample shows the full range of galaxy morphologies, including very luminous galaxies and low surface brightness objects as well as compact dwarf galaxies. At least 17 of the galaxies (12% of the sample) have a close companion of comparable size and strong tidal features, indicating an ongoing merger or interaction. As an initial analysis, we compare the spectroscopic redshifts of these galaxies with their photometrically determined redshifts, and find no significant difference between the accuracy of this sample's photometric redshifts and that of the COSMOS galaxy population as a whole.
Capak Peter
Carroll Philip
Colon A.
Cosmos Collaboration
Impey Chris
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