First spectroscopic measurements of [O III] emission from Lyα selected field galaxies at z ~ 3.1

McLinden, Emily M; Finkelstein, Steven; Rhoads, James E; Malhorta, Sangeeta; Hibon, Pascale; Richardson, Mark L A; Cresci, Giovanni; Quirrenbach, Andreas; Pasquali, Anna; Bian, Fuyan; Fan, Xiaohui; Woodward, Charles E

First spectroscopic measurements of [O III] emission from Lyα selected field galaxies at z ~ 3.1

Date

2011

Authors

McLinden, Emily M

Finkelstein, Steven

Rhoads, James E

Malhorta, Sangeeta

Hibon, Pascale

Richardson, Mark L A

Cresci, Giovanni

Quirrenbach, Andreas

Pasquali, Anna

Bian, Fuyan

Publisher

IOP Publishing

Abstract

We present the first spectroscopic measurements of the [O III] 5007 line in two z3.1 Lyα emitting galaxies (LAEs) using the new near-infrared instrument LUCIFER1 on the 8.4 m Large Binocular Telescope. We also describe the optical imaging and spectroscop