NIR Follow-Up of the VVDS 02hr Field

Abstract

We present a new K-band survey covering 623 arcmin${}^2$ in the VVDS 0226-0430 deep field down to a limiting magnitude K${}_{\mathrm{Vega}}$ $\le$ 20.5. We use the spectroscopic sample extracted from this new K-band catalogue to assess the effectiveness of optical-near infrared color selections in identifying extreme classes of objects at high redshift.

6 pages, 4 figures. To appear in the Proceedings of the IAU Symposium No. 235, 2006, "Galaxy Evolution across the Hubble Time", F. Combes & J. Palous, eds