Redshift z ~ 1 Field Galaxies Observed with the Keck Telescope and the HST

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1996-04-19

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9604113v1

Astrophys.J. 469 (1996) 535

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

20 pages (31 with table and GIF figures). Full text and postscript figures are available at http://www.ucolick.org/~nicole/pub

Scientific paper

10.1086/177802

We report results based on 35 new spectroscopic redshifts obtained with the Keck Telescope for field galaxies that also have photometry and morphology from survey images taken by the refurbished HST. A sample of 24 redshifts for galaxies fainter than I = 22 has a median redshift of z ~ 0.81. This result is inconsistent with the lower median redshift of z ~ 0.6 predicted by the ``maximal merger models'' of Carlberg (1996), which otherwise fit existing data. The data match an extrapolation of the CFRS, as well as predictions of certain mild luminosity-evolution models. Nearly half of the redshifts lie in two structures at z ~ 0.81 and z ~ 1.0, showing the presence of high density concentrations spanning scales of ~ 1/h Mpc, i.e., the size of groups. We find emission lines or the presence of possible neighbors in 7 of 9 otherwise luminous galaxies with red central regions at redshifts beyond z ~ 0.7. We also note a diversity of morphological types among blue galaxies at z ~ 1, including small compact galaxies, ``chains,'' and ``blue nucleated galaxies.'' These morphologies are found among local, but generally less luminous, galaxies. Distant blue galaxies also include apparently normal late-type spirals. These findings could imply modest bursts of star formation caused by mergers or interactions of small, gas-rich galaxies with each other or with larger, well-formed galaxies. This first glimpse of very faint z ~ 1 field galaxies of diverse colors and morphologies suggests that a mixture of physical processes is at work in the formation and evolution of faint field galaxies.

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