Tunable filter imaging of high redshift quasar fields

Details Tunable filter imaging of high redshift quasar fields Tunable filter imaging of high redshift quasar fields

2012-02-02

arxiv.org/abs/1202.0422v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics

13 pages, 8 figures. Submitted to MNRAS

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We have used the Taurus Tunable Filter to search for Lyman alpha emitters in the fields of three high redshift quasar fields: two at z~2.2 (MRC B1256-243 and MRC B2158-206) and one at z~4.5 (BR B0019-1522). Our observations had a field of view of around 35 square arcminutes, and reached AB magnitudes of magnitudes of ~21 (MRC B1256-243), ~22 (MRC B2158-206), and ~22.6 (BR B0019-1522), dependent on wavelength. We have identified candidate emission line galaxies in all three of the fields, with the higher redshift field being by far the richest. By combining our observations with simulations of the instrumental response, we estimate the total density of emission line galaxies in each field. Seventeen candidate emission line galaxies were found in within 1.5 Mpc of BR0019-1522, a number density of 4.9 +/- 1.2 x 10^-3 Mpc^-3, suggesting a significant galaxy overdensity at z~4.5.

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