The H$α$ Luminosity Function and Star Formation Rate at $z \approx 0.24$ in the Cosmos 2 Square-Degree Field

Details The H$α$ Luminosity Function and Star Formation Rate at $z \approx 0.24$ in the Cosmos 2 Square-Degree Field The H$α$ Luminosity Function and Star Formation Rate at $z \approx 0.24$ in the Cosmos 2 Square-Degree Field

2007-09-07

arxiv.org/abs/0709.1009v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

13 pages, 9 fifgure, to apper in ApJS

Scientific paper

10.1086/523703

To derive a new H$\alpha$ luminosity function and to understand the clustering properties of star-forming galaxies at $z \approx 0.24$, we have made a narrow-band imaging survey for H$\alpha$ emitting galaxies in the HST COSMOS 2 square degree field. We used the narrow-band filter NB816 ($\lambda_c = 8150$ \AA, $\Delta \lambda = 120$ \AA) and sampled H$\alpha$ emitters with $EW_{\rm obs}(\rm H\alpha + [N\textsc{ii}]) > 12$ \AA in a redshift range between $z=0.233$ and $z=0.251$ corresponding to a depth of 70 Mpc. We obtained 980 H$\alpha$ emitting galaxies in a sky area of 5540 arcmin$^2$, corresponding to a survey volume of $3.1 \times 10^4 {\rm Mpc^3}$. We derive a H$\alpha$ luminosity function with a best-fit Schechter function parameter set of $\alpha = -1.35^{+0.11}_{-0.13}$, $\log\phi_* = -2.65^{+0.27}_{-0.38}$, and $\log L_* ({\rm erg s^{-1}}) = 41.94^{+0.38}_{-0.23}$. The H$\alpha$ luminosity density is $2.7^{+0.7}_{-0.6} \times 10^{39}$ ergs s$^{-1}$ Mpc$^{-3}$. After subtracting the AGN contribution (15 %) to the H$\alpha$ luminosity density, the star formation rate density is evaluated as $1.8^{+0.7}_{-0.4} \times 10^{-2}$ $M_{\sun}$ yr$^{-1}$ Mpc$^{-3}$. The angular two-point correlation function of H$\alpha$ emitting galaxies of $\log L({\rm H\alpha}) > 39.8$ is well fit by a power law form of $w(\theta) = 0.013^{+0.002}_{-0.001} \theta^{-0.88 \pm 0.03}$, corresponding to the correlation function of $\xi(r) = (r/1.9{\rm Mpc})^{-1.88}$. We also find that the H$\alpha$ emitters with higher H$\alpha$ luminosity are more strongly clustered than those with lower luminosity.

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