Candidate primeval galaxies in the Hubble deep field - INSPIRE

DataBETA

Candidate primeval galaxies in the Hubble deep field

Jun, 1996

9 pages

Published in:

Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 280 (1996) L43

e-Print:

astro-ph/9605130 [astro-ph]

DOI:

10.1093/mnras/280.3.L43

Report number:

ESO-1166

View in:

ADS Abstract Service

reference search15 citations

Citations per year

Abstract: (arXiv)

We present the results of colour-selection of candidate high redshift (2.6

<

z

<

3.9) galaxies within the Hubble Deep Field based on the Ly-break at 912\AA . We find 8 such objects in the region, giving a comoving number density comparable to that of nearby bright galaxies (for a flat q

_0

=0.5, H

_0

=100 kms

^{-1}

Mpc

^{-1}

universe). We provide basic data on the properties of these objects, and show that despite their absolute magnitude being significantly brighter than L

^*

(typically M

_B

= -22), they are generally smaller than nearby galaxies. Furthermore, visual inspection of their images shows that they are all highly disturbed systems, with multiple nuclei, tails and plumes, suggesting that they are undergoing merging processes similar to most nearby starburst galaxies. Theoretical models suggest that galaxies form by accumulation of numerous subcomponents, and we suggest that we are seeing this process underway in these objects. It is thus possible that the epoch of galaxy formation might have been discovered.

References(21)

Figures(0)

Colors and magnitudes predicted for high redshift galaxies

G.D. Coleman
(
- Vanderbilt U. (main)
)
,
C.C. Wu
,
D.W. Weedman
(
- Penn State U.
)

- Astrophys.J.Suppl. 43 (1980) 393-416
•
DOI:
- 10.1086/190674

Morphological studies of the galaxy populations in distant 'Butcher-Oemler' clusters with HST. 1: AC 114 A T Z = 0.31 and Abell 370 at Z = 0.37

Warrick J. Couch
(
- New South Wales U.
)
,
Richard S. Ellis
(
- New South Wales U.
)
,
Ray M. Sharples
(
- Durham U.
)
,
Ian Smail
(
- Durham U.
)

- Astrophys.J. 430 (1994) 121-138
•
DOI:
- 10.1086/174387

- Astrophys.J. 434 114

- Astrophys.J. 435 L23

The contribution of late-type/irregulars to the faint galaxy counts from hst medium deep survey images

- Astrophys.J. 453 (1995) 48
•
e-Print:
- astro-ph/9511123
•
DOI:
- 10.1086/176369

- Astron.J. 105 1633

Galaxy colors in various color band systems

- Publ.Astron.Soc.Pac. 107 (1995) 945
•
DOI:
- 10.1086/133643

A Faint galaxy redshift survey to B = 24

et al.

- Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 273 (1995) 157
•
e-Print:
- astro-ph/9503116
•
DOI:
- 10.1093/mnras/273.1.157

- Astrophys.J. 357 L9

The Photometric performance and calibration of WFPC2

Jon A. Holtzman
(
- New Mexico State U. and
- Baltimore, Space Telescope Sci. and
- Arizona State U. and
- Caltech, JPL and
- Michigan U.
)
,
Christopher J. Burrows
(
- New Mexico State U. and
- Baltimore, Space Telescope Sci. and
- Arizona State U. and
- Caltech, JPL and
- Michigan U.
)
,
Stefano Casertano
(
- New Mexico State U. and
- Baltimore, Space Telescope Sci. and
- Arizona State U. and
- Caltech, JPL and
- Michigan U.
)
,
J. Jeff Hester
(
- New Mexico State U. and
- Baltimore, Space Telescope Sci. and
- Arizona State U. and
- Caltech, JPL and
- Michigan U.
)
,
John T. Trauger
(
- New Mexico State U. and
- Baltimore, Space Telescope Sci. and
- Arizona State U. and
- Caltech, JPL and
- Michigan U.
)

et al.

- Publ.Astron.Soc.Pac. 107 (1995) 1065-1093
•
DOI:
- 10.1086/133664

- Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 214 87

The Observed properties of high redshift cluster galaxies

Guinevere Kauffmann
(
- UC, Berkeley, Astron. Dept.
)

- Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 274 (1995) 161
•
e-Print:
- astro-ph/9409075
•
DOI:
- 10.1093/mnras/274.1.161

The Canada-France Redshift Survey. 6. Evolution of the galaxy luminosity function to Z 1

- Astrophys.J. 455 (1995) 108
•
e-Print:
- astro-ph/9507079
•
DOI:
- 10.1086/176560

- Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 223 11

- Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 266 983

- Astrophys.J. 192 241

- Astron.J. 107 24

- Astron.J. 104 941

Lyman limit imaging of high redshift galaxies. 3. New observations of 4 QSO fields

- Astron.J. 110 (1995) 2519
•
e-Print:
- astro-ph/9509089
•
DOI:
- 10.1086/117709

Deep CCD survey - Galaxy luminosity and color evolution

J.A. Tyson
(
- Bell Labs
)

- Astron.J. 96 (1988) 1-23
•
DOI:
- 10.1086/114786

- Nature 375 471