An ultraviolet ultra-luminous lyman break galaxy at z = 2.78 in NDWFS Bootes field

Date

2012

Authors

Bian, Fuyan
Fan, Xiaohui
Jiang, Linhua
Dey, Arjun
Green, Richard F
Maiolino, Roberto
Walter, Fabian
McGreer, Ian
Wang, Ran
Lin, Yen-Ting

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IOP Publishing

Abstract

We present one of the most ultraviolet (UV) luminous Lyman break galaxies (LBGs; J1432+3358) at z = 2.78, discovered in the NOAO Deep Wide-Field Survey Boötes field. The R-band magnitude of J1432+3358 is 22.29AB, more than two magnitudes brighter than ty

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Keywords: galaxies: high-redshift; galaxies: individual (J1432+3358); galaxies: star formation

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Astrophysical Journal, The

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Open Access

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