J/A+A/421/41 FORS Deep Field UV to blue photometry (Gabasch+, 2004)
The evolution of the luminosity functions in the FORS Deep Field from low to
high redshift. I. The blue bands.
Gabasch A., Bender R., Seitz S., Hopp U., Saglia R.P., Feulner G.,
Snigula J., Drory N., Appenzeller I., Heidt J., Mehlert D., Noll S.,
Boehm A., Jaeger K., Ziegler B., Fricke K.J.
<Astron. Astrophys. 421, 41 (2004)>
=2004A&A...421...41G 2004A&A...421...41G
ADC_Keywords: Galaxies, photometry
Keywords: galaxies: luminosity function, mass function -
galaxy: fundamental parameters - galaxies: high-redshift -
galaxies: distances and redshifts - galaxies: evolution
Abstract:
We use the very deep and homogeneous I-band selected dataset of the
FORS Deep Field (FDF) to trace the evolution of the luminosity
function over the redshift range 0.5<z<5.0. We show that the FDF
I-band selection down to IAB=26.8 misses of the order of 10% of the
galaxies that would be detected in a K-band selected survey with
magnitude limit KAB=26.3 (like FIRES). Photometric redshifts for
5558 galaxies are estimated based on the photometry in 9 filters (U,
B, Gunn g, R, I, SDSS z, J, K and a special filter centered at 834nm).
File Summary:
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FileName Lrecl Records Explanations
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ReadMe 80 . This file
tables.dat 64 35 Schechter function fit in five bands
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See also:
J/A+A/398/49 : UBgRIJKs photometry in the FORS Deep Field (Heidt+, 2003)
J/A+A/418/885 : The FORS Deep Field Spectroscopic Survey (Noll+, 2004)
Byte-by-byte Description of file: tables.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 5 A5 --- Band Band (1)
7- 10 F4.2 --- z1 Redshift interval
11 A1 --- --- [-]
12- 15 F4.2 --- z2 Redshift interval
18- 22 F5.2 mag mag magnitude in the band
25- 28 F4.2 mag E_mag Error on mag (upper limit)
31- 34 F4.2 mag e_mag Error on mag (lower limit)
36- 41 F6.4 Mpc-3 phi Density of galaxies (luminosity function)
44- 49 F6.4 Mpc-3 E_phi Error on phi (upper limit)
52- 57 F6.4 Mpc-3 e_phi Error on phi (lower limit)
59- 63 F5.2 --- alpha parameter of Schechter's function (2)
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Note (1): The bands are:
the restframe UV (1500Å and 2800Å), B, g' and u'
Note (2): Schechter's function expressed the luminosity function
phi(L) ∝ (L/Lo)α exp(-L/Lo)
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History:
From electronic version of the journal
(End) Patricia Vannier [CDS] 18-Jun-2004