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Two bright submillimeter galaxies in a z=4.05 proto-cluster in GOODS-North, and accurate radio-infrared photometric redshifts
E. Daddi, H. Dannerbauer, D. Stern +7
We present the serendipitous discovery of z=4.05 molecular gas CO emission lines with the IRAM Plateau de Bure interferometer coincident with GN20 and GN20.2, two luminous submilli…
A Luminosity Function of Lyman Alpha Emitting Galaxies at Redshift 4.5
Steve Dawson, James E. Rhoads, Sangeeta Malhotra +5
We present a catalog of 59 z=4.5 Lyman alpha emitting galaxies spectroscopically confirmed in a campaign of Keck/DEIMOS follow-up observations to candidates selected in the Large A…
Metal enriched gaseous halos around distant radio galaxies: Clues to feedback in galaxy formation
Michiel Reuland, Wil van Breugel, Wim de Vries +11
We present the results of an optical and near-IR spectroscopic study of giant nebular emission line halos associated with three z > 3 radio galaxies, 4C 41.17, 4C 60.07 and B2 0902…
The XMM Cluster Survey: A Massive Galaxy Cluster at z=1.45
S. A. Stanford, A. K. Romer, K. Sabirli +14
We report the discovery of XMMXCS J2215.9-1738, a massive galaxy cluster at z =1.45, which was found in the XMM Cluster Survey. The cluster candidate was initially identified as an…
The Discovery of Three New z>5 Quasars in the AGN and Galaxy Evolution Survey
Richard J. Cool, Christopher S. Kochanek, Daniel J. Eisenstein +15
We present the discovery of three z>5 quasars in the AGN and Galaxy Evolution Survey (AGES) spectroscopic observations of the NOAO Deep Wide-Field Survey (NDWFS) Bootes Field. Thes…
The HST/ACS Grism Parallel Survey: II. First Results and a Catalog of Faint Emission-Line Galaxies at z < 1.6
Igor Drozdovsky, Lin Yan, Hsiao-Wen Chen +4
We present the first results from the HST/ACS Grism Parallel Survey, a large program obtaining deep, slitless ACS grism spectroscopy of high-latitude HST parallel fields. We report…
X-ray Properties of Lyman Break Galaxies in the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey
B. D. Lehmer, W. N. Brandt, D. M. Alexander +9
We constrain the X-ray emission properties of Lyman break galaxies (LBGs) at z ~ 3-6 using the 2 Ms Chandra Deep Field-North and 1 Ms Chandra Deep Field-South. Large samples of LBG…
Spectroscopic Properties of the z=4.5 Lyman-alpha Emitters
Steve Dawson, James E. Rhoads, Sangeeta Malhotra +6
We present Keck/LRIS optical spectra of 17 Lya-emitting galaxies and one Lyman break galaxy at z=4.5 discovered in the Large Area Lyman Alpha (LALA) survey. The survey has identifi…
The Hubble Higher-Z Supernova Search: Supernovae to z=1.6 and Constraints on Type Ia Progenitor Models
L. -G. Strolger, A. G. Riess, T. Dahlen +33
We present results from the Hubble Higher-z Supernova Search, the first space-based open field survey for supernovae (SNe). In cooperation with the Great Observatories Origins Deep…
X-ray nondetection of the Lyman-alpha Emitters at z ~ 4.5
J. X. Wang, J. E. Rhoads, S. Malhotra +6
The Lyman-alpha emitters found at z ~ 4.5 by the Large Area Lyman Alpha (LALA) survey have high equivalent widths in the Lyman-alpha line, which can be produced by either narrow-li…
A Luminous Lyman-alpha Emitting Galaxy at Redshift z=6.535: Discovery and Spectroscopic Confirmation
James E. Rhoads, Chun Xu, Steve Dawson +6
We present a redshift z=6.535 galaxy discovered by its Lyman alpha emission in a 9180A narrowband image from the Large Area Lyman Alpha (LALA) survey. The Ly-a line luminosity (1.1…
The Rest-Frame UV Luminosity Density of Star-Forming Galaxies at Redshifts z>3.5
M. Giavalisco, M. Dickinson, H. C. Ferguson +12
We have measured the rest--frame lambda~1500 Ang comoving specific luminosity density of star--forming galaxies at redshift 3.5<z<6.5 from deep images taken with the Hubble Space T…
The Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey: Initial Results From Optical and Near-Infrared Imaging
M. Giavalisco, the GOODS Team
This Special Issue of the Astrophysical Journal Letters is dedicated to presenting initial results from the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey (GOODS) that are primarily, but…
Color-selected galaxies at z~6 in the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey
M. Dickinson, D. Stern, M. Giavalisco +15
We report early results on galaxies at z~6, selected from Hubble Space Telescope imaging for the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey. Spectroscopy of one object with the Advanc…
The Size Evolution of High Redshift Galaxies
Henry C. Ferguson, Mark Dickinson, Mauro Giavalisco +14
Hubble Space Telescope images of high-redshift galaxies selected via color and photometric redshifts are used to examine the size and axial-ratio distribution of galaxies as a func…
The Most Distant Galaxies
Hyron Spinrad
I review selected current observations of distant galaxies and our interpretation of the fragile (and occasionally contradictory) data. Galaxies at the ``contemporary limit'' of te…
Spectroscopic Confirmation of a Radio-Selected Galaxy Overdensity at z=1.11
Daniel Stern, Brad Holden, S. A. Stanford +1
We report the discovery of a galaxy overdensity at z=1.11 associated with the z=1.110 high-redshift radio galaxy MG0442+0202. The group, CL0442+0202, was found in a near-infrared s…
Illuminating Protogalaxies? The Discovery of Extended Lyman-alpha Emission around a QSO at z=4.5
Andrew Bunker, Joanna Smith, Hyron Spinrad +2
We have discovered extended Lyman- emission around a QSO in a deep long-slit spectrum with Keck/LRIS at moderate spectral resolution (). The line emission…
CO emission and associated HI absorption from a massive gas reservoir surrounding the z=3 radio galaxy B3 J2330+3927
Carlos De Breuck, Roberto Neri, Raffaella Morganti +10
We present results of a comprehensive multi-frequency study of the radio galaxy B3 J2330+3927. The 1.9" wide radio source, consisting of 3 components, is bracketed by 2 objects in…
Optical and Near-Infrared Spectroscopy of a High-Redshift, Hard X-ray Emitting Spiral Galaxy
Steve Dawson, Nate McCrady, Daniel Stern +4
We present optical and near-infrared Keck spectroscopy of CXOHDFN J123635.6+621424 (hereafter HDFX28), a hard X-ray source at a redshift of z = 2.011 in the flanking fields of the…
Spectroscopic Confirmation of Three Redshift 5.7 Lyman-alpha Emitters from the Large Area Lyman Alpha Survey
James E. Rhoads, Arjun Dey, Sangeeta Malhotra +5
Narrow-band searches for Lyman alpha emission are an efficient way of identifying star-forming galaxies at high redshifts. We present Keck telescope spectra confirming redshifts z…
Old elliptical galaxies at z=1.5 and the Kormendy relation
I. Waddington, R. A. Windhorst, S. H. Cohen +8
Deep spectroscopy of the two mJy radio galaxies LBDS 53W069 and 53W091 has previously shown them to have old (>3 Gyr) stellar populations at z=1.5. Here we present the results of H…
Time-Dependent Optical Spectroscopy of GRB 010222: Clues to the GRB Environment
N. Mirabal, J. P. Halpern, S. R. Kulkarni +9
We present sequential optical spectra of the afterglow of GRB 010222 obtained one day apart using the Low Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (LRIS) and the Echellette Spectrograph and…
HST Imaging of a z=1.55 Old Galaxy Group
Andrew Bunker, Hyron Spinrad, Ross McLure +7
We present high-resolution imaging in the rest-frame optical of the weak radio source LBDS53W091. Previous optical spectroscopy has shown that this object has an evolved stellar po…