The LBT botes field survey. I. the rest-frame ultraviolet and near-infrared luminosity functions and clustering of bright lyman break galaxies at Z ~ 3

Bian, FuyanFan, XiaohuiJiang, LinhuaMcGreer, IanDey, ArjunGreen, Richard FMaiolino, RobertoWalter, FabianLee, Kyoung-SooDave, R2015-12-130004-637Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/71301We present a deep LBT/LBC Uspec-band imaging survey (9 deg 2) covering the NOAO Boötes field. A total of 14,485 Lyman break galaxies (LBGs) at z ∼ 3 are selected, which are used to measure the rest-frame UV luminosity function (LF). The large sample siAuthor/s retain copyrightKeywords: galaxies: evolution; galaxies: formation; galaxies: high-redshiftThe LBT botes field survey. I. the rest-frame ultraviolet and near-infrared luminosity functions and clustering of bright lyman break galaxies at Z ~ 3201310.1088/0004-637X/774/1/282016-02-24