21 citations
2 papers
astro-ph2006★ 21 cited
The Wide Field Imager Lyman-Alpha Search (WFILAS) for Galaxies at Redshift ~5.7: II. Survey Design and Sample Analysis
E. Westra, D. Heath Jones, C. E. Lidman +6
Context: Wide-field narrowband surveys are an efficient way of searching large volumes of high-redshift space for distant galaxies. Aims: We describe the Wide Field Imager Lyman-Al…
astro-ph2004★ 20 cited
The Wide Field Imager Lyman-Alpha Search (WFILAS) for Galaxies at Redshift ~5.7: I. A Spatially Compact Lyman-alpha Emitting Galaxy at Redshift 5.721
Eduard Westra, D. Heath Jones, Chris E. Lidman +6
We report the spectroscopic confirmation of a compact \lya emitting galaxy at . A FORS2 spectrum of the source shows a strong asymmetric line with a flux of 5$\times10^{-1…