Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jan 1998
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1998mnras.293l...6t&link_type=abstract
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 293, p. L6-L12
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
22
Lyman Alpha Radiation, Galactic Radiation, Galactic Evolution, Red Shift, Space Density, Milky Way Galaxy
Scientific paper
We report the detection of seven candidate Ly-alpha-emitting galaxies which have been found during the preliminary phase of the Calar Alto Deep Imaging Survey (CADIS). They are selected from 147 emission-line galaxies detected in a field of 60 sq arcmin with a Fabry-Perot interferometer, following the exclusion of 140 sources identified as foreground galaxies by a combination of broad- and narrowband filters. Although no conclusive spectroscopic confirmation is yet available, we expect from an analysis of possible residual contamination by foreground objects that two or more of the candidates will turn out to be genuine Ly-alpha-emitting primeval galaxies at a redshift of z = 5.7. For a flat universe (q0 = 0.5), this would be in perfect agreement with refined predictions of the abundance of primeval galaxies and various recent results on the space density of young galaxies at z not greater than 4.5.
Beckwith Steve
Fockenbrock Ralf
Hippelein H. H.
Meisenheimer Klaus
Roeser Hermann-Josef
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