PROBING THE IGM/GALAXY CONNECTION. IV. THE LCO/WFCCD GALAXY SURVEY OF 20 FIELDS SURROUNDING UV-BRIGHT QUASARS
We publish the survey for galaxies in 20 fields containing ultraviolet bright quasars (with z [subscript em] ≈ 0.1-0.5) that can be used to study the association between galaxies and absorption systems from the low-z intergalactic medium (IGM). The survey is magnitude limited (R ≈ 19.5 mag) and high...
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| author | Prochaska, J. Xavier Weiner, B. Chen, H.-W. Mulchaey, J. S. Cooksey, Kathy |
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| description | We publish the survey for galaxies in 20 fields containing ultraviolet bright quasars (with z [subscript em] ≈ 0.1-0.5) that can be used to study the association between galaxies and absorption systems from the low-z intergalactic medium (IGM). The survey is magnitude limited (R ≈ 19.5 mag) and highly complete out to 10' from the quasar in each field. It was designed to detect dwarf galaxies (L ≈ 0.1L*) at an impact parameter ρ ≈ 1 Mpc (z = 0.1) from a quasar. The complete sample (all 20 fields) includes R-band photometry for 84,718 sources and confirmed redshifts for 2800 sources. This includes 1198 galaxies with 0.005 < z < (z [subscript em] – 0.01) at a median redshift of 0.18, which may associated with IGM absorption lines. All of the imaging was acquired with cameras on the Swope 40'' telescope and the spectra were obtained via slit mask observations using the WFCCD spectrograph on the Dupont 100'' telescope at Las Campanas Observatory. This paper describes the data reduction, imaging analysis, photometry, and spectral analysis of the survey. We tabulate the principal measurements for all sources in each field and provide the spectroscopic data set online. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/957072022-09-27T15:25:52Z PROBING THE IGM/GALAXY CONNECTION. IV. THE LCO/WFCCD GALAXY SURVEY OF 20 FIELDS SURROUNDING UV-BRIGHT QUASARS Prochaska, J. Xavier Weiner, B. Chen, H.-W. Mulchaey, J. S. Cooksey, Kathy MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research Cooksey, Kathy We publish the survey for galaxies in 20 fields containing ultraviolet bright quasars (with z [subscript em] ≈ 0.1-0.5) that can be used to study the association between galaxies and absorption systems from the low-z intergalactic medium (IGM). The survey is magnitude limited (R ≈ 19.5 mag) and highly complete out to 10' from the quasar in each field. It was designed to detect dwarf galaxies (L ≈ 0.1L*) at an impact parameter ρ ≈ 1 Mpc (z = 0.1) from a quasar. The complete sample (all 20 fields) includes R-band photometry for 84,718 sources and confirmed redshifts for 2800 sources. This includes 1198 galaxies with 0.005 < z < (z [subscript em] – 0.01) at a median redshift of 0.18, which may associated with IGM absorption lines. All of the imaging was acquired with cameras on the Swope 40'' telescope and the spectra were obtained via slit mask observations using the WFCCD spectrograph on the Dupont 100'' telescope at Las Campanas Observatory. This paper describes the data reduction, imaging analysis, photometry, and spectral analysis of the survey. We tabulate the principal measurements for all sources in each field and provide the spectroscopic data set online. 2015-02-27T13:40:28Z 2015-02-27T13:40:28Z 2011-03 2011-01 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 0067-0049 1538-4365 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/95707 Prochaska, J. Xavier, B. Weiner, H.-W. Chen, K. L. Cooksey, and J. S. Mulchaey. “PROBING THE IGM/GALAXY CONNECTION. IV. THE LCO/WFCCD GALAXY SURVEY OF 20 FIELDS SURROUNDING UV-BRIGHT QUASARS.” The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 193, no. 2 (March 28, 2011): 28. © 2011 The American Astronomical Society en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0067-0049/193/2/28 The Astrophysical Journal. Supplement Series Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf IOP Publishing American Astronomical Society |
| spellingShingle | Prochaska, J. Xavier Weiner, B. Chen, H.-W. Mulchaey, J. S. Cooksey, Kathy PROBING THE IGM/GALAXY CONNECTION. IV. THE LCO/WFCCD GALAXY SURVEY OF 20 FIELDS SURROUNDING UV-BRIGHT QUASARS |
| title | PROBING THE IGM/GALAXY CONNECTION. IV. THE LCO/WFCCD GALAXY SURVEY OF 20 FIELDS SURROUNDING UV-BRIGHT QUASARS |
| title_full | PROBING THE IGM/GALAXY CONNECTION. IV. THE LCO/WFCCD GALAXY SURVEY OF 20 FIELDS SURROUNDING UV-BRIGHT QUASARS |
| title_fullStr | PROBING THE IGM/GALAXY CONNECTION. IV. THE LCO/WFCCD GALAXY SURVEY OF 20 FIELDS SURROUNDING UV-BRIGHT QUASARS |
| title_full_unstemmed | PROBING THE IGM/GALAXY CONNECTION. IV. THE LCO/WFCCD GALAXY SURVEY OF 20 FIELDS SURROUNDING UV-BRIGHT QUASARS |
| title_short | PROBING THE IGM/GALAXY CONNECTION. IV. THE LCO/WFCCD GALAXY SURVEY OF 20 FIELDS SURROUNDING UV-BRIGHT QUASARS |
| title_sort | probing the igm galaxy connection iv the lco wfccd galaxy survey of 20 fields surrounding uv bright quasars |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/95707 |
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